Ralph Ouseley (1739)
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Ralph Ouseley | |
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| Born | May 7, 1739 |
| Died | 1803 (aged 63–64) |
| Occupation | Antiquarian |
| Children | William Ouseley Gore Ouseley Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley |
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])
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]