Major
Robert
Francis
"Robin, Jim, The Major"
Ruttledge
M.C.
Born in Erindale, County Carlow, Ireland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Katherine (Ruttledge) Gubbins [half], Barbara Alice Rutledge [half] and Maude Margaret Rutledge [half]
Husband of
Mabel Rose (Burke) Ruttledge
— married
8 Sep 1928 in Kingstown, County Dublin, Ireland
Father of
Olivia Anne (Ruttledge) Hemphill
Died
at age 102
in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Biography
Robert Francis Ruttledge, the son of Thomas Ruttledge and Mary Browne-Clayton, was born on 11 September 1899 at Erin Dale, townland of Mortarstown Upper, County Carlow, Ireland.[1] [2]
He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. He was educated at Quetta Cadet College, India. He fought in the Waziristan Campaign in 1919. He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1919.[3]
He married Mabel Rose Burke, daughter of William Creagh Burke and Kathleen Persse, on 8 September 1928 at Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland. [4] [5]
Children of Major Robert Francis Ruttledge and Mabel Rose Burke:
- Olivia Anne Ruttledge b. 1931, d. 7 Jul 2015
- Veronica Mary Ruttledge b. 1932
He retired from the military in 1939, with the rank of Major, late of the Poona Horse. He lived at Cloonee, Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland.
Robert Francis Ruttledge died on 12 or 13 January 2002 at age 102 at Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland.[6]
Sources
- ↑ SR District/Reg Area - Carlow Birth of ROBERT RUTTLEDGE on 11 September 1899 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
- ↑ ROBERT FRANCIS (Parents) THOMAS HENRY BRUEN RUTTLEDGE, Land Agent, and MARY CAROLINE formerly BROWNE-CLAYTON Image of civil register at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1899/02017/1774363.pdf
- ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/outstanding-ornithologist-and-a-founder-of-irish-wildbird-conservancy-1.1047312
- ↑ SR District/Reg Area - Rathdown Marriage of ROBERT Ruttledge and MABEL Burke on 08 September 1928 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
- ↑ ROBERT FRANCIS RUTTLEDGE, Captain Indian Army married MABEL ROSE BURKE Image of civil register at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1928/09085/5286695.pdf
- ↑ The date of death is "January 13th" in his obituary
See also:
- McNabb, Joseph. Ruttledge, Robert Francis (‘Robin’, ‘Jim’) Dictionary of Irish Biography https://www.dib.ie/biography/ruttledge-robert-francis-robin-jim-a7855
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/outstanding-ornithologist-and-a-founder-of-irish-wildbird-conservancy-1.1047312
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Francis_Ruttledge
- https://www.thepeerage.com/p7232.htm#i72311
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