Lt.-Col.
Ralph
Edward
Carr
Born in Eglingham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Carr, John Ralph Carr-Ellison, Henry Martin Carr, Oswald Carr RA, Eliza Isabella (Carr) Bosanquet, Theodore Carr RA, Henrietta Carr, Edmund (Carr Ellison) Carr, Hannah Carr and Cuthbert Ellison Carr
Husband of
Anne Jane (Wedgwood) Carr
— married
10 Sep 1870 (to 1877) in Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Father of
Oswald John Carr, Henry Arbuthnot Carr DSO, Noel Ralph Carr, Jessie Dorothea Carr, Martin Raymond Carr and Ralph Clement Wedgwood Carr
Died
at age 58
in Stuttgart, Germany
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2017
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Biography
This profile is part of the Carr Name Study.
Ralph Edward Carr was born on 30th June 1833 and christened on the 2nd August that year in Eglingham.[1]
He went to Rugby School in 1846.[2]
In 1851, he was 18 and at home in Gateshead with his family.[3]
He was commissioned into 39th Infantry Regiment in 1852. He commanded the 1st battalion 36th Regiment from Dec 1877- July 1881. A nice little military biography is [3]here
He married Anne Wedgwood on 10 Sept 1870 at
Cosheston, Pembroke. [4]
He commanded the 1st battalion 36th Regiment from Dec 1877- July 1881.
He died in Stutgart in April 1892.[5]
He presented Whistles as awards for the Officers of the best shooting company. These are in the Regimental Museum[6]
He died in April 1892 in Stuttgart, Germany.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDX7-P5P : 19 March 2020), Ralph Edward Carr, 1833.
- ↑ [1] Rugby School Register4 1881, P270
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVQ-DTC : 9 November 2019), Ralph E Carr in household of Ralp Carr, , Durham, England; citing , Durham, England, p. 13, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q269-Y116 : 26 October 2019), Colonel Ralph Edward Carr, 16 Apr 1892; citing Obituary, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,355.
- ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q269-Y116 : 26 October 2019), Colonel Ralph Edward Carr, 16 Apr 1892; citing Obituary, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,355.
- ↑ [[2]] History of the Worcesters
- ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q269-Y116 : 26 October 2019), Colonel Ralph Edward Carr, 16 Apr 1892; citing Obituary, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,355.
- freeBMD Marriages Sep Q 1870 Pembroke 11a 1007 WEDGWOOD Anne Jane + CARR Ralph Edward
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