Birth name | Ranald Ker Cuthbertson | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 August 1899 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 December 1983 | (aged 84)||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||
School | Edinburgh Academy | ||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||
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73rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||
In office 1959–1960 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | David MacMyn | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | David Kerr | ||||||||||||
Ranald Cuthbertson W.S. (20 August 1899 - 28 December 1983) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 73rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Cuthbertson went to Edinburgh Academy and graduated in 1916. He then played for Edinburgh Academicals. [1]
Cuthberson was appointed Honorary Secretary of Edinburgh Academicals junior side in 1926, [2] and took on the same role for the main team in 1932. [3] He was also a director of the Infirmary Sevens in Edinburgh till 1934. [4]
In 1936, Cuthertson was elected to the committee of the Scottish Rugby Union, replacing A. I. S. McPherson of Edinburgh Academicals. [5] As a member of the committee, he travelled to Wales in 1939 with the Scotland international team for their match at Cardiff;, [6] and to Dublin for their match against Ireland. [7]
Cuthbertson acted as president of Edinburgh Academicals from 1948 to 1950. [8]
He was on the board of the International Rugby Board in 1954, [9] and in 1959 he became the 73rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union, a role he fulfilled for the standard term of one year. [10]
After he left the Edinburgh Academy, Cuthbertson signed up to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1917. [11]
Cuthbertson played cricket for Edinburgh Academicals, [12] and was also a noted angler. [13]
Professionally, Cuthbertson was a lawyer, and a Writer to the Signet. [14] He joined the firm Mackenzie, Innes and Logan before moving on to the board of Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society. [15] He was a director of the Floors Stud Company of Kelso, the firm that the Duke of Roxburghe used to maintain his estate; Floors Castle was on the Duke's estate. [16]
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Birth name | Ranald Ker Cuthbertson | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 August 1899 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 December 1983 | (aged 84)||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||
School | Edinburgh Academy | ||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||
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73rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||
In office 1959–1960 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | David MacMyn | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | David Kerr | ||||||||||||
Ranald Cuthbertson W.S. (20 August 1899 - 28 December 1983) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 73rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Cuthbertson went to Edinburgh Academy and graduated in 1916. He then played for Edinburgh Academicals. [1]
Cuthberson was appointed Honorary Secretary of Edinburgh Academicals junior side in 1926, [2] and took on the same role for the main team in 1932. [3] He was also a director of the Infirmary Sevens in Edinburgh till 1934. [4]
In 1936, Cuthertson was elected to the committee of the Scottish Rugby Union, replacing A. I. S. McPherson of Edinburgh Academicals. [5] As a member of the committee, he travelled to Wales in 1939 with the Scotland international team for their match at Cardiff;, [6] and to Dublin for their match against Ireland. [7]
Cuthbertson acted as president of Edinburgh Academicals from 1948 to 1950. [8]
He was on the board of the International Rugby Board in 1954, [9] and in 1959 he became the 73rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union, a role he fulfilled for the standard term of one year. [10]
After he left the Edinburgh Academy, Cuthbertson signed up to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1917. [11]
Cuthbertson played cricket for Edinburgh Academicals, [12] and was also a noted angler. [13]
Professionally, Cuthbertson was a lawyer, and a Writer to the Signet. [14] He joined the firm Mackenzie, Innes and Logan before moving on to the board of Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society. [15] He was a director of the Floors Stud Company of Kelso, the firm that the Duke of Roxburghe used to maintain his estate; Floors Castle was on the Duke's estate. [16]
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