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5 unusual facts about Ranfurly


Earl of Ranfurly

Despite its territorial designation and the fact that it is in the Peerage of Ireland, the earldom (like the UK barony) refers to the village of Ranfurly in Renfrewshire.

Peter Petherick

Peter James Petherick (born 25 September 1942 in Ranfurly) is a former off-spinner who represented New Zealand in six Test cricket matches between October 1976 and March 1977.

Ranfurly

Ranfurly Shield, one of New Zealand's most important trophies in the sport of Rugby Union

Ranfurly, Renfrewshire

For elections to Renfrewshire Council, Bridge of Weir is part of ward 10, named 'Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank', which elects three of Renfrewshire's forty councillors.

Warren McSkimming

Warren Charles McSkimming (born 21 June 1979, Ranfurly, Otago) is a member of the Otago cricket team, competing in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions.


Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly

Following the end of World War II, Lord Ranfurly worked briefly in insurance at Lloyd's of London, not long after being appointed Governor of the Bahamas by Winston Churchill.

He and his wife met in 1937 when he was an aide-de-camp to Lord Gowrie, the Governor-General of Australia, an appointment Ranfurly held from 1936 to 1938.

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly

On arrival in Cairo, Lady Ranfurly laid low in the flat of her friends Pamela and Patrick Hore-Ruthven, but gradually her return became known.

Jack Reiter

They included Brigadier ‘Rudolf’ Vaughan, Lieutenant-Colonel John Combe (John Frederick Boyce Combe), Brigadier ‘Ted’ Todhunter, (Edward Joseph Todhunter), Captain Guy Ruggles-Brise (Guy E Ruggles-Brise) and Lieutenant, ‘Dan’ Ranfurly, (Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly).

Paerau

Despite being geographically close to Middlemarch and Roxburgh, the terrain and roads mean that Ranfurly and Patearoa are the more closely related communities of interested.

Riccardo Fedel

These included: Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, Lieutenant-Colonel John Frederick Boyce Combe, Brigadier Edward Joseph Todhunter, Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, Major-General Michael Gambier-Parry, Second Lieutenant, Lord (Dan) Ranfurly Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, Brigadier Douglas Arnold Stirling, Brigadier Edward William Drummond Vaughan.


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