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])
Ralph Ouseley | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1739 |
| Died | 1803 (aged 63–64) |
| Occupation | Antiquarian |
| Children | William Ouseley Gore Ouseley Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley |
Family edit
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]
Antiquarianism edit
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]
Works edit
- Ouseley, Ralph (1 January 1788). "An Account of Three Metal Trumpets, Found in the County of Limerick, in the Year 1787". The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. 2: 3–5. JSTOR 30079247.
- Ouseley, Ralph (1787). "An account of the moving of a bog, and the formation of a lake in the Co. of Galway. With 1 plate". The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. 2: 3–5. JSTOR 30079226.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Cahill 1993, p. 5.
- ^ a b c d Foster 1881, p. 477.
- ^ O'Hart 1892, p. 336.
Reference bibliography edit
- Cahill, Mary (1993). "Some unrecorded Bronze Age gold ornaments from County Limerick" (PDF). North Munster Antiquarian Journal. 35: 5–22.
- Foster, Joseph (1881). "Ouseley". The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire. Vol. 2. Nichols and Sons.
- O'Hart, John (1892). "Ouseley". Irish Pedigrees: Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. 2. J. Duffy and Company.
Further reading edit
- Kelly, Richard J. (30 June 1910). "The Name and Family of Ouseley". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 5th series. 40 (2). Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: 132–146. JSTOR 25514062. (Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland at the Internet Archive)
- Chinnéide, Síle Ní (1971). "A Journey from Cork to Limerick in December 1790" (PDF). North Munster Antiquarian Journal. 14: 65–74.
- Mitchiner, John (2009). "The Ouseleys — a Family Involvement with India". Asian Affairs. 40 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1080/03068370802658633. S2CID 162081178.