Arthur Graham Rymill (9 May 1868 – 10 September 1934) was a

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n businessman and powerboat enthusiast.

History

Rymill was born on

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, the third son of

Henry Rymill Henry Rymill (1 May 1836 – 21 February 1927) and Frank Rymill (27 November 1837 – 26 May 1915) were brothers prominent in business and public service in the 19th century South Australia. Henry "Harry" Rymill and Francis "Frank" Rymill were ...

(1836–1927) and Lucy Lockett Rymill née Baker (1839–1885). He was educated at

Prince Alfred College , motto_translation = Do Brave Deeds and Endure , established = 1869 , type = Independent, single-sex, day & boarding , headmaster = David Roberts , chaplain = Reverend ...

and F. I. Caterer's

Glenelg Grammar School Thomas Caterer (31 July 1825 – c. 4 January 1917) was a pioneer schoolteacher of Adelaide, South Australia who founded in 1862 a private school for boys which in 1866 became Norwood Grammar School. His brother, Frederick Isaac Caterer (c. 1840 ...

, then started as a junior at the office of H. & F. Rymill. He gained pastoral experience in several sheep stations in the State's north-east — Curnamona, Baratta, and Winninie — in the years 1892–1897 before returning to the office. In 1910 he was appointed managing director and executor of Canowie Pastoral Company, one of the best-known stud sheep breeders in Australia, liquidated in 1925. He also had interests in the Olive Downs, Gnalta and Weinteriga stations in New South Wales. He was a principal of H & F Rymill, a pastoral company founded by his father. He also served as director of several major South Australian companies: * Bennett and Fisher Ltd. *the

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* Royal Insurance Company

Other interests

With his brother Ernest Seymour Rymill, he owned and successfully raced several hydroplane speedboats named ''Tortoise'' with which they won the Australasian speed boat championship almost continuously for 18 years. He collapsed and died of heart failure when presiding at a meeting of the Canowie Pastoral Co. at his office, in Pirie Chambers, Adelaide.

Family

Rymill married Agnes Lucy Campbell (1 February 1886 – 22 August 1966) on 7 June 1905. * (Sir)

Arthur Campbell Rymill Sir Arthur Campbell Rymill (8 December 1907 – 27 March 1989) was a businessman, solicitor and Lord Mayor of Adelaide, South Australia. History Born in Adelaide, the son of businessman Arthur Graham Rymill (9 May 1868 – 10 September 1934) ...

(8 Dec 1907 – 27 March 1989) married Margaret Earle Cudmore (daughter of Roland Cudmore) in 1934; they had two daughters. See

for more members of this important South Australian family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rymill, Arthur Graham 1868 births 1934 deaths Australian pastoralists Australian motorboat racers Rymill family Colony of South Australia people