Robert Sutherland RATTRAY

1881 - 1938  (56 years)

• Name	Robert Sutherland RATTRAY
  Birth	5 Sep 1881	Bengal, East India
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 May 1938	Farmoor, Berkshire   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I84878	TREE999D_REST
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Arthur RATTRAY,   b. 4 Jul 1841, Caluctta, Bengal, India d. 1911, Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Louise Wakely SUTHERLAND,   b. 18 Nov 1856, Calcutta, India d. 12 Feb 1941, Preston, Lancashire (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	23 Jul 1879	Eltham St Peter, Lewisham, Middlesex
  Notes	[LMA / ancestry image] 1879 Marriage solemnized at St Peter's Church in the Parish of Eltham in the County of Kent. 23 July 1879 Arthur RATTRAY aged 37 years bachelor Bengal Uncovented Civil Service of Talbot Road son of Robert Halsam Rattray Buyer Civil Service, and Mary Louise Wakely SUTHERLAND aged 22 spinster of St Peters daughter of John Sutherland MD Inspector Gen Hospitals. Wits: J(?) Rattray and W Ross
  Family ID	F15153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rattray was born in India of Scottish parents. In 1906 he joined the Gold Coast Customs Service. In 1911 he became the assistant District Commissioner at Ejura. Learning local languages, he was appointed head of the Anthropological Department of Asante in 1921. He retired in 1930. He was killed while flying a glider in 1938 [Source: Wikipedia] India

  
  

• Sources

  [S3717] General Register Office Index (Deaths), (Record located and transcribed by Denise Carr / Jim Flack), Deaths Apr-Jun 1938 Abingdon 2c 336. RATTRAY Robert S aged 56 [est yob 1882] [S1339] National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1938. RATTRAY Robert Sutherland CBE DSc of the Old Homestead Winslow Buckinghamshire died 14 May 1938 at Farmoor near Oxford Probate London 14 July to Lloyds Bank Limited Effects £1948 5s 3d. Resworn £1980 15s 9d