Granville Ryrie

Major General Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie KCMG, CB, VD was an Australian soldier and politician who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War.

Ryrie was born in Michelago, New South Wales onJuly 1865, into a farming family. His father was Alexander Ryrie, a grazier and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and of the Legislative Council , and his mother was Charlotte, ne Faunce, both born in New South Wales. Granville was educated at Mittagong and at The Kings School, Sydney he later became a jackaroo, and eventually managed his own property. He was also a good heavyweight boxer. In 1896 he married Mary McFarland, whom Ryrie nicknamed Mick. Mary McFarland was the daughter of Sir Alfred McFarland , a judge in New South Wales.

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