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Walter Rye (31 October 1843 – 24 February 1929) was a British athlete and antiquary, who wrote over 80 works on
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Early life

Walter Rye was born on 31 October 1843 in
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. He was the seventh child of Edward Rye, a solicitor and
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, and his wife, Maria Rye née Tuppen. His sister was the social reformer Maria Rye, and his brother was the entomologist Edward Caldwell Rye. His grandfather was Edward Rye of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk.


Career

Rye was the "father" of
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(or paper chasing, as it was then known), being the principal founder in 1868 of the
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, and its president until his death. He won over 100 prizes for walking, running and cycling. He also served as the athletics correspondent of the ''
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''. He regularly visited
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throughout his life, and helped save a number of its historic buildings from destruction. He was a founder member of the Norfolk Broads Protection Society. In 1900 he retired from his career as a solicitor and settled in Norwich; and only eight years later was elected Mayor, an office he held in the year 1908–9.


Personal life

Rye married Georgina Eliza Sturges in 1870: he described her as "the prettiest and pluckiest creature I have ever met". The couple had seven sons and three daughters, including the solicitor and
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Frank Rye Frank Gibbs Rye (12 August 1874 – 18 October 1948) was a British solicitor and Conservative politician. The third son of Walter Rye, the athlete and antiquary, and Georgina Eliza Rye of Norwich, he was educated at Fauconberg Grammar School, ...
. Rye died at his Norwich home, 66 Clarendon Road, on 24 February 1929. He is buried in the village of
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, Norfolk.


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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rye, Walter 1843 births 1929 deaths People from Chelsea, London Mayors of Norwich English antiquarians Historians of Norfolk Contributors to the Victoria County History English male cross country runners