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	In 1932 he acquired the 2,500 acre<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://portal.clahosting.org.uk/MY-CLA/Events/Event-Details/eventDateId/3282\|title=My CLA > MY CLA > Events > Event Details\|website=portal.clahosting.org.uk}}</ref> [[Ashcombe]] estate in Devon, still owned by his descendants, where in 1935 he built as his residence Ashcombe Tower House, situated on a spur of Little [[Haldon]] above the stream known as the Dawlish Water, so named after the tower built there in 1833 as an observatory. [[Brian O'Rorke]] was chosen as the architect for the project on the grounds that he had never designed such a house before and would therefore be open to Lady Rayner's ideas. At Ashcombe Tower, the Arts and Crafts style meets Art Deco.<ref>Powers, Alan (2005). ''The Twentieth Century House in Britain from the Archives of Country Life''. Aurum Press; {{ISBN\|1-84513-012-X}}</ref><ref>Barber, Chips; Barber, Sally (1996). ''Around & About the Haldon Hills – Revisited''. Obelisk Publications. {{ISBN\|1-899073-31-0}}. pp. 36–44</ref>		In 1932 he acquired the 2,500 acre<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://portal.clahosting.org.uk/MY-CLA/Events/Event-Details/eventDateId/3282\|title=My CLA > MY CLA > Events > Event Details\|website=portal.clahosting.org.uk}}</ref> [[Ashcombe]] estate in Devon, still owned by his descendants, where in 1935 he built as his residence Ashcombe Tower House, situated on a spur of Little [[Haldon]] above the stream known as the Dawlish Water, so named after the tower built there in 1833 as an observatory. [[Brian O'Rorke]] was chosen as the architect for the project on the grounds that he had never designed such a house before and would therefore be open to Lady Rayner's ideas. At Ashcombe Tower, the Arts and Crafts style meets Art Deco.<ref>Powers, Alan (2005). ''The Twentieth Century House in Britain from the Archives of Country Life''. Aurum Press; {{ISBN\|1-84513-012-X}}</ref><ref>Barber, Chips; Barber, Sally (1996). ''Around & About the Haldon Hills – Revisited''. Obelisk Publications. {{ISBN\|1-899073-31-0}}. pp. 36–44</ref>

	As one of the first British officers to enter [[Adolf Hitler]]'s Berlin bunker, the [[Führerbunker]], in the Second World War, Rayner was given a red telephone as a souvenir by [[Soviet]] soldiers and used it at Ashcombe Tower. The Bakelite phone has an engraved swastika and the name Adolf Hitler.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', ''Museums rejected Hitler bunker phone.'' 12 February 2017, p. 26</ref><ref>Griffith, R. S. Ll. (2009). Personal communication.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Adolf Hitler's wartime telephone to be auctioned\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18/adolf-hitler-telephone-auction-second-world-war\|website=The Guardian\|accessdate=31 August 2017\|date=18 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		As one of the first British officers to enter [[Adolf Hitler]]'s Berlin bunker, the [[Führerbunker]], in the Second World War, Rayner was given a red telephone as a souvenir by [[Soviet]] soldiers and used it at Ashcombe Tower. The Bakelite phone has an engraved swastika and the name Adolf Hitler.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', ''Museums rejected Hitler bunker phone.'' 12 February 2017, p. 26</ref><ref>Griffith, R. S. Ll. (2009). Personal communication.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Adolf Hitler's wartime telephone to be auctioned\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18/adolf-hitler-telephone-auction-second-world-war\|website=The Guardian\|accessdate=31 August 2017\|date=18 February 2017}}</ref>

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	Brigadier '''Sir Ralph Herbert Rayner''' [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (13 January 1896 – 17 July 1977) was a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician.		Brigadier '''Sir Ralph Herbert Rayner''' [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (13 January 1896 – 17 July 1977) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician.

	Rayner was commissioned into the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]], in which he served as a signals officer. He was seconded to the [[Royal Flying Corps]] in 1916. During the [[First World War]] he served on the Western Front and [[India]]. He was seconded to the [[Indian Army]] in 1917, transferred in January 1919 and served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War\|Third Afghan War]], for which he was made a Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]]. He transferred to the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] in 1926.<ref name="auto">Half Yearly Army List January 1933</ref> Between July 1928 and January 1930 he was [[Aide-de-camp\|ADC]] to the [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon\|Marquess of Willingdon]], [[Governor General of Canada]].<ref name="auto"/> He was promoted [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in 1919, [[major]] in 1932 and retired in 1933.<ref name="auto"/> He then entered politics and was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)\|Totnes]] from 1935 to 1955. He rejoined the Army during the [[Second World War]] and reached the rank of [[brigadier]].		Rayner was commissioned into the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]], in which he served as a signals officer. He was seconded to the [[Royal Flying Corps]] in 1916. During the [[First World War]] he served on the Western Front and [[India]]. He was seconded to the [[Indian Army]] in 1917, transferred in January 1919 and served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War\|Third Afghan War]], for which he was made a Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]]. He transferred to the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] in 1926.<ref name="auto">Half Yearly Army List January 1933</ref> Between July 1928 and January 1930 he was [[Aide-de-camp\|ADC]] to the [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon\|Marquess of Willingdon]], [[Governor General of Canada]].<ref name="auto"/> He was promoted [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in 1919, [[major]] in 1932 and retired in 1933.<ref name="auto"/> He then entered politics and was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)\|Totnes]] from 1935 to 1955. He rejoined the Army during the [[Second World War]] and reached the rank of [[brigadier]].

	He was made [[~~Deputy Lieutenant~~]] of [[Devon]] in 1952, [[Knight Bachelor\|knighted]] in 1956, and became [[High Sheriff of Devon]] in 1958. He married a member of the Courtauld family, textile magnates.		He was made [[deputy lieutenant]] of [[Devon]] in 1952, [[Knight Bachelor\|knighted]] in 1956, and became [[High Sheriff of Devon]] in 1958. He married a member of the Courtauld family, textile magnates.

	In 1932 he acquired the 2,500 acre<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://portal.clahosting.org.uk/MY-CLA/Events/Event-Details/eventDateId/3282\|title=My CLA > MY CLA > Events > Event Details\|website=portal.clahosting.org.uk}}</ref> [[Ashcombe]] estate in Devon, still owned by his descendants, where in 1935 he built as his residence Ashcombe Tower House, situated on a spur of Little [[Haldon]] above the stream known as the Dawlish Water, so named after the tower built there in 1833 as an observatory. [[Brian O'Rorke]] was chosen as the architect for the project on the grounds that he had never designed such a house before and would therefore be open to Lady Rayner's ideas. At Ashcombe Tower, the Arts and Crafts style meets Art Deco.<ref>Powers, Alan (2005). ''The Twentieth Century House in Britain from the Archives of Country Life''. Aurum Press; {{ISBN\|1-84513-012-X}}</ref><ref>Barber, Chips; Barber, Sally (1996). ''Around & About the Haldon Hills – Revisited''. Obelisk Publications. {{ISBN\|1-899073-31-0}}. pp. 36–44</ref>		In 1932 he acquired the 2,500 acre<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://portal.clahosting.org.uk/MY-CLA/Events/Event-Details/eventDateId/3282\|title=My CLA > MY CLA > Events > Event Details\|website=portal.clahosting.org.uk}}</ref> [[Ashcombe]] estate in Devon, still owned by his descendants, where in 1935 he built as his residence Ashcombe Tower House, situated on a spur of Little [[Haldon]] above the stream known as the Dawlish Water, so named after the tower built there in 1833 as an observatory. [[Brian O'Rorke]] was chosen as the architect for the project on the grounds that he had never designed such a house before and would therefore be open to Lady Rayner's ideas. At Ashcombe Tower, the Arts and Crafts style meets Art Deco.<ref>Powers, Alan (2005). ''The Twentieth Century House in Britain from the Archives of Country Life''. Aurum Press; {{ISBN\|1-84513-012-X}}</ref><ref>Barber, Chips; Barber, Sally (1996). ''Around & About the Haldon Hills – Revisited''. Obelisk Publications. {{ISBN\|1-899073-31-0}}. pp. 36–44</ref>

	As one of the first British officers to enter [[Adolf Hitler]]'s Berlin bunker, the [[Führerbunker]], in the Second World War, Rayner was given a red telephone as a souvenir by [[Soviet]] soldiers and used it at Ashcombe Tower. The Bakelite phone has an engraved swastika and the name Adolf Hitler.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', ''Museums rejected Hitler bunker phone.'' 12 February 2017, p. 26</ref><ref>Griffith, R. S. Ll. (2009). Personal communication.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Adolf Hitler's wartime telephone to be auctioned\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18/adolf-hitler-telephone-auction-second-world-war\|website=The Guardian\|accessdate=31 August 2017\|date=18 February ~~2017~~}}</ref>		As one of the first British officers to enter [[Adolf Hitler]]'s Berlin bunker, the [[Führerbunker]], in the Second World War, Rayner was given a red telephone as a souvenir by [[Soviet]] soldiers and used it at Ashcombe Tower. The Bakelite phone has an engraved swastika and the name Adolf Hitler.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', ''Museums rejected Hitler bunker phone.'' 12 February 2017, p. 26</ref><ref>Griffith, R. S. Ll. (2009). Personal communication.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Adolf Hitler's wartime telephone to be auctioned\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18/adolf-hitler-telephone-auction-second-world-war\|website=The Guardian\|accessdate=31 August 2017\|date=18 February 2022}}</ref>

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{{Short description|British politician}}
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Brigadier '''Sir Ralph Herbert Rayner''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (13 January 1896 – 17 July 1977) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.

Rayner was commissioned into the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]], in which he served as a signals officer. He was seconded to the [[Royal Flying Corps]] in 1916. During the [[First World War]] he served on the Western Front and [[India]]. He was seconded to the [[Indian Army]] in 1917, transferred in January 1919 and served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War|Third Afghan War]], for which he was made a Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]]. He transferred to the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] in 1926.<ref name="auto">Half Yearly Army List January 1933</ref> Between July 1928 and January 1930 he was [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] to the [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Marquess of Willingdon]], [[Governor General of Canada]].<ref name="auto"/> He was promoted [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in 1919, [[major]] in 1932 and retired in 1933.<ref name="auto"/> He then entered politics and was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Totnes]] from 1935 to 1955. He rejoined the Army during the [[Second World War]] and reached the rank of [[brigadier]].

He was made [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Devon]] in 1952, [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1956, and became [[High Sheriff of Devon]] in 1958. He married a member of the Courtauld family, textile magnates.

In 1932 he acquired the 2,500 acre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portal.clahosting.org.uk/MY-CLA/Events/Event-Details/eventDateId/3282|title=My CLA > MY CLA > Events > Event Details|website=portal.clahosting.org.uk}}</ref> [[Ashcombe]] estate in Devon, still owned by his descendants, where in 1935 he built as his residence Ashcombe Tower House, situated on a spur of Little [[Haldon]] above the stream known as the Dawlish Water, so named after the tower built there in 1833 as an observatory. [[Brian O'Rorke]] was chosen as the architect for the project on the grounds that he had never designed such a house before and would therefore be open to Lady Rayner's ideas. At Ashcombe Tower, the Arts and Crafts style meets Art Deco.<ref>Powers, Alan (2005). ''The Twentieth Century House in Britain from the Archives of Country Life''. Aurum Press; {{ISBN|1-84513-012-X}}</ref><ref>Barber, Chips; Barber, Sally (1996). ''Around & About the Haldon Hills – Revisited''. Obelisk Publications. {{ISBN|1-899073-31-0}}. pp. 36–44</ref>

As one of the first British officers to enter [[Adolf Hitler]]'s Berlin bunker, the [[Führerbunker]], in the Second World War, Rayner was given a red telephone as a souvenir by [[Soviet]] soldiers and used it at Ashcombe Tower. The Bakelite phone has an engraved swastika and the name Adolf Hitler.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', ''Museums rejected Hitler bunker phone.'' 12 February 2017, p. 26</ref><ref>Griffith, R. S. Ll. (2009). Personal communication.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adolf Hitler's wartime telephone to be auctioned|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18/adolf-hitler-telephone-auction-second-world-war|website=The Guardian|accessdate=31 August 2017|date=18 February 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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* ''[[The Times]]'', obituary, 19 July 1977

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* {{Hansard-contribs | brigadier-ralph-rayner | Ralph Rayner }}
* [http://www.countrylifeimages.co.uk/Image.aspx?id=5dce5dab-cadd-46f5-991b-0d54da4ec717&rd=2|%2018th%20century||1|20|1914|150 The staircase in the 18th century tower at Ashcombe]
* [http://www.countrylifeimages.co.uk/Image.aspx?id=7443f8d2-13b9-4ebc-88a4-cabc9cb00954&rd=2|%20dining%20table||1|20|171|150 The dining room at Ashcombe]

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