Sir Ralph William Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet (1848–1916) was an
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historian
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ballistics
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expert, and
artist
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. He was the son of
Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 2nd Baronet (1807 – 19 December 1881) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1851 to 1880.
Payne-Gallwey was the son of Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet and his wife H ...
, MP. His son
William Payne-Gallwey was a first-class cricketer who was killed in action during the
First World War
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Works
He authored books on military and sporting history, theory, and practice. He wrote ''The Crossbow'', which was re-published in 2007 by
Skyhorse Publishing
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Publications
* ''The Book of the Crossbow''
* ''The Fowler in Ireland, or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl: Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them''
* ''The Book of Duck Decoys: Their Construction, Management and History''
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Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Writers from Yorkshire
People educated at Eton College
Rifle Brigade officers
Gordon Highlanders officers
People from North Yorkshire
1848 births
1916 deaths
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