Ralph Earle (yachting)
Ralph Earle may refer to: *Ralph Earle (ambassador) (1928–2020), American diplomat and arms control negotiator *Ralph Earle (American naval officer) (1874–1939), American naval officer *Ralph Earle (politician) (1835–1879), British politician *Ralph Earle Jr. (1908–1995), American biblical scholar See also *Ralph Earl Ralph Earl (May 11, 1751 – August 16, 1801) was an American painter known for his portraits, of which at least 183 can be documented. He also painted six landscapes, including a panorama display of Niagara Falls. Early life Ralph Ea ...

Ralph Earle (ambassador)
Ralph Earle II (September 26, 1928 - January 13, 2020) was an American diplomat and arms control negotiator. He was a key architect of several major international arms control accords. He served as the United States' chief negotiator at the SALT II round of talks on nuclear disarmament from 1978 to 1979, as director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) between 1980 and 1981 and as deputy director at the ACDA from 1994 to 1999. Early life and education Earle was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 1928. He was the son of the former Governor of Pennsylvania, George H. Earle III and Huberta Potter Earle Sheaffer. He attended Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania and graduated from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1946. He graduated with a Bachlors degree in history from Harvard College in 1950 and Harvard Law School and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Earle is a member of the influential Van Leer family. ...
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Ralph Earle (American Naval Officer)
Ralph Earle (3 May 1874 – 13 February 1939) served the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was the Chief, Bureau of Ordnance (BUORD) and retired as a rear admiral in 1927. Biography Earle was born on 3 May 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1896. He served at sea in several ships, among them , , and . While on board , he won commendations from the President and Secretary of the Navy for his conduct at the time of a disastrous turret explosion. He commanded during the Tampico Affair, and at the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, and later commanded . Ashore, Earle had duty at the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Proving Ground. An expert on guns and explosives, he was made Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance shortly before the United States entered World War I. Under his administration the North Sea mine barrage was conceived and executed using a new type of mine, and the plan of mountin ...
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Ralph Earle (politician)
Ralph Anstruther Earle (1835 – 10 June 1879) was a British Conservative Party politician. Early career He came from a well-known Liverpool family with a Whig background, and was educated at Harrow, before joining the British Foreign Service. While working as an attaché at the embassy in Paris, from 1857 he supplied Benjamin Disraeli, who was leading the opposition in the House of Commons, with secret diplomatic information to use against the government of Lord Palmerston. Political activity Probably hoping Disraeli would become Foreign Secretary on a change of government, he became the politician's private secretary. Disraeli in fact became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1858, and Earle served as his secretary for eight years. Disraeli sent him to Paris in 1858, on a confidential mission to the Emperor Napoleon III, without consulting the Foreign Secretary, Malmesbury, in an unsuccessful attempt to influence events in Italy. Earle was elected at the 1859 general ele ...
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Ralph Earle Jr
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced , as are all other English spellings without "l". * Raife, a very rare variant. * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. Given name Middle Ages * Ral ...
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