Frederick George Ravenhill
1832/3–95
Army officer. Served in the Royal Artillery. Gentleman cadet, 1847; captain, 1867, major, 1872, lieutenant-colonel, 1877, major-general, 1893. From 1882 on half pay as inspector and purchaser of horses; moved to the Remount Establishment in 1891. Retired in 1894. Originator of the Horse Registration Scheme and the Remount Department.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/49/27/48)
Wiltshire, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1916 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 January 2018)
Winton 2013, p. 445
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
