Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, Vanity Fair, 1893-08-10

Sir Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet (1848–1916) was an

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Life

The son of

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, and his wife Emily Anne, a daughter of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet, the young Payne-Gallwey was educated at

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. In 1881, he inherited from his father the

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estate in the

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.John Robinson, ''Felling the Ancient Oaks'' (Aurum Press, 2011, ), He married Edith Alice Usborne. Their son William Payne-Gallwey was a soldier and first-class cricketer who was killed in action during the

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. As a result of that, Payne-Gallwey decided to sell his Yorkshire estate.

Works

Payne-Gallwey began by writing books on sport. Early works included ''The Book of Duck Decoys'' (1886) and ''Letters to Young Shooters'' (1892). His ''The Crossbow'' appeared in 1903, and his ''High Pheasants in Theory and Practice'' in 1913. In later life, he also turned to history and current affairs, with ''The Mystery of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough'' (1907), ''A History of the George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles I'' (1908) and ''The War, A Criticism'' (June, 1915). This was an appeal for

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to be brought in, to greatly increase the size of the British Army.R. F. Payne-Gallwey
''The War: a crticism''
June 1915, full text, accessed 9 February 2023

Publications

* ''The Crossbow, Mediaeval and Modern, Military and Sporting; its Construction, History and Management, with a Treatise on the Balista and Catapult of the Ancients'' (London: Longmand Green & Co., 1903; reprinted by Holland of London, 1958; new edition by

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, 2007) * ''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'' (London: John van Voorst, 1886) * ''Letters to Young Shooters'' (1892) * ''The Mystery of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough'' (London: Edward Arnold, 1907) * ''A History of the George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles I'' (London: Edward Arnold, 1908) * ''High Pheasants in Theory and Practice'' (London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1913) * ''The War, A Criticism'' (London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1915)

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External links

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''The Book of Duck Decoys'' by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 1886
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''The War: a crticism'', 1915
(full text) 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 {{UK-historian-stub