|
Ralph Broome
Ralph Broome may refer to: * Ralph Broome (bobsledder) (1889–1985), British Army officer and Olympic bobsledder * Ralph Broome (pamphleteer) Ralph Broome (1742–1805) was an English stockjobber, pamphleteer and satirical poet. Several of his works argued in defence of Warren Hastings during the latter's impeachment of Warren Hastings, impeachment proceedings. Life and career The third ... (1742–1805), English stockjobber, pamphleteer and satirical poet * Ralph Champney Broome (1860–1915), British Indian Army officer {{hndis, Broome, Ralph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Broome (bobsledder)
Lieutenant colonel Ralph Howard Broome (5 July 1889 – 25 January 1985) was a British Army officer and bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He was born in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India, and died in Poole, Dorset, England.SR Olympic SportRetrieved 7 January 2017./ref> Honours Broome won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. Earlier, Broome had been awarded the Military Cross (1915) and Distinguished Service Order (1918) while serving with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War. He retired from the Royal Tank Corps The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is an armoured regiment equipped with Challenger 2 main battle tanks and structured under 12th A ... as a lieutenant colonel in 1935. References SourcesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medallists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Broome (pamphleteer)
Ralph Broome (1742–1805) was an English stockjobber, pamphleteer and satirical poet. Several of his works argued in defence of Warren Hastings during the latter's impeachment of Warren Hastings, impeachment proceedings. Life and career The third son of Ralph Broome (1714–1768) of the manor of Bushton, Wiltshire, Broome was sent as a cadet to History of India, India, where he acquired Oriental languages, including Persian language, Persian, and became a judge advocate with the rank of captain in the Bengal Army. While in India, Broome fathered a daughter, Miriam (c. 1781–1840), by an unknown Indian lady. The girl accompanied him back to England in about 1785. An Amelia Margaret Broome, mentioned in Ralph Broome's will, may be an illegitimate daughter of Miriam, or possibly of her father. In 1803, Miriam was married to Broome's lawyer nephew, also Ralph Broome (1781–1838). In 1790, Broome himself married Lucy Jeffreys, a daughter of Richard Jeffreys of Penkelly, Brecknockshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |