Ralph Ouseley | |
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Born | May 7, 1739 |
Died | 1803 (aged 63–64) |
Occupation | Antiquarian |
Children |
William Ouseley Gore Ouseley Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley |
Ralph Ouseley (7 May 1739 [1] [2]–1803 [2]) was an Irish antiquarian and major in the British Army. (The family name is variously spelled Ouseley or Ousley. [3])
His brother was John, who was father to Gideon Ouseley and grandfather to major-general Ralph Ouseley.
Ralph himself had several children by two wives. By his first wife Elizabeth Holland of Limerick (whom he married on 1 April 1763) he had three daughters and two sons, William who became an orientalist and Gore who became a Baronet. [1] [2] Elizabeth died on 28 November 1782, and he took a second wife, Mary Collins, with whom he only had 1 surviving child, Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley who also became an orientalist. [2]
He lived in Limerick and in Dunmore, County Galway. [1]
Ralph was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and was a collector and an antiquarian. [1]
He was published several times in the Transactions of the Academy, including for example Ouseley 1788 which recounted his discovery of three Later Bronze Age horns in Carrigogunnell, County Limerick. [1] A partial account of his personal collection of antiquities was reported by Charles Étienne Coquebert de Montbret , who visited him in 1790. [1]
Ralph Ouseley | |
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Born | May 7, 1739 |
Died | 1803 (aged 63–64) |
Occupation | Antiquarian |
Children |
William Ouseley Gore Ouseley Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley |
Ralph Ouseley (7 May 1739 [1] [2]–1803 [2]) was an Irish antiquarian and major in the British Army. (The family name is variously spelled Ouseley or Ousley. [3])
His brother was John, who was father to Gideon Ouseley and grandfather to major-general Ralph Ouseley.
Ralph himself had several children by two wives. By his first wife Elizabeth Holland of Limerick (whom he married on 1 April 1763) he had three daughters and two sons, William who became an orientalist and Gore who became a Baronet. [1] [2] Elizabeth died on 28 November 1782, and he took a second wife, Mary Collins, with whom he only had 1 surviving child, Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley who also became an orientalist. [2]
He lived in Limerick and in Dunmore, County Galway. [1]
Ralph was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and was a collector and an antiquarian. [1]
He was published several times in the Transactions of the Academy, including for example Ouseley 1788 which recounted his discovery of three Later Bronze Age horns in Carrigogunnell, County Limerick. [1] A partial account of his personal collection of antiquities was reported by Charles Étienne Coquebert de Montbret , who visited him in 1790. [1]