Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey
Sir Ralph William Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet (1848–1916) was an English engineer, historian, ballistics expert, and artist. He was the son of Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 2nd Baronet, MP. His son William Payne-Gallwey was a first-class cricketer who was killed in action during the First World War.
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.[1][2]
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
- Letters to Young Shooters. 1892.
- The Mystery of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough. Edward Arnold. 1907.
- A history of The George worn on the scaffold by Charles I. 1908.
- High Pheasants in Theory and Practice. 1913.
- The War, A Criticism. 1915.
Notes[]
- ^ Andrew Renshaw (2014). Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918. A&C Black. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4088-3236-3.
- ^ Ralph Payne-Gallwey (2012). The Book of the Crossbow: With an Additional Section on Catapults and Other Siege Engines. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-13926-5.
External links[]
- Media related to Sir Ralph William Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 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
- British historian stubs