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Sir Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet, was one of numerous
accomplished English gentlemen of the Victorian era. He, the third
of six Yorkshire baronets holding the name Payne-Gallwey, was born
on August 19, 1848, and died on November 24, 1916. He was educated
at Eton, married Edith Alice Usborne in 1877, and was Magistrate
for North Riding, Yorkshire. The couple had five children, of which
their only son was killed in action in World War I. Payne-Gallwey
was an extraordinarily talented engineer, historian, ballistics
expert, artist, and sport hunter. These abilities are amply
reflected in several books, some of which are considered to be
among the most definitive of their subjects. Among the most notable
are: The Fowler in Ireland ... (1882); Shooting, Field and Covert
... 2 vols. (1887), co-authored with Lord Walsingham; The Crossbow
... (1903); Introduction to The Diary of Col. Peter Hawker,
1802-1853. 1903; The Projectile Throwing Machines of the Ancients
... (1907); and Shooting High Pheasants ... (1913).The present
book, The Book of Duck Decoys ... (1886), is clearly the most
authoritative work on that subject.--Henry M. Reeves.
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