Rattray (surname)
Appearance
Rattray[1] is a surname of Scottish origin.[2] It was first used by the descendants of Alanus de Ratheriff and is derived from Rattray in Perth and Kinross.
The Rattray Tartan was formally catalogued on 27 March 1969.[3] Notable people with the Rattray surname include:
- Cathy Rattray-Williams (born 1963), Jamaican track and field sprinter
- Celine Rattray (born 1975), English film producer
- Charlie Rattray (1911–1995), English footballer
- Colin Rattray (1931–2009), Australian politician
- David Grey Rattray (1958–2007), South African historian
- David Rattray (1970-), Scottish sport shooter
- James Rattray (1818–1854), British Army officer and war artist
- Jamie Lee Rattray (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
- Robert Sutherland Rattray (1881–1938), British anthropologist and Africanist
- Sylvester Rattray, Scottish medical writer.
- Tania Rattray (born 1958), Australian politician, daughter of Colin Rattray
- Thomas Rattray (1684–1743), Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
See also
[edit]- Clan Rattray
- Devin Ratray (born 1977), American actor
References
[edit]- ^ Welcome to the Clan Rattray, Clan Rattray, retrieved 4 February 2024
- ^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 88. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Tartan Details - Rattray, The Scottish Registry of Tartans, 5 February 2009, retrieved 4 February 2024