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	==Life==		==Life==
	Robert Francis Ruttledge was born in Erin Dale, Mortarstown Upper, [[County Carlow]] on 11 September 1899.<ref>His birth place is confirmed in the [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1899/02017/1774363.pdf birth register]. Other secondary sources give conflicting birth places ([https://www.irishtimes.com/news/outstanding-ornithologist-and-a-founder-of-irish-wildbird-conservancy-1.1047312 Browne's Hill] and [https://www.dib.ie/biography/ruttledge-robert-francis-robin-jim-a7855 Ballinrobe]).</ref> He was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Bruen Ruttledge and his second wife Mary Caroline (née Browne-Clayton).<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bunbury \|first1=Turtle \|title=Browne Clayton of Browne's Hill, Co. Carlow \|url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_b_clayton.html \|website=Turtle Bunbury \|accessdate=10 June 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612165959/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_b_clayton.html \|archive-date=12 June 2021 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ruttledge grew up in [[County Mayo]], at the family home of [[Bloomfield House]].<ref name=McNabb>{{cite book\|last1=McNabb\|first1=Joseph\|title=Ruttledge, Robert Francis ('Robin', 'Jim')\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|location=Cambridge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Landed Estates Database\|title=Estate: Ruttledge (Bloomfield)\|url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=362\|website=Landed Estates Database\|publisher=NUI Galway\|accessdate=26 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> He attended [[Marlborough College]]<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web\|title=Major Robin Ruttledge\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1387071/Major-Robin-Ruttledge.html\|website=The Telegraph\|accessdate=26 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> and later the Quetta cadet college, India.<ref name=McNabb /> Ruttledge married Mabel Rose (née Burke) in 1928, with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=Telegraph />		Robert Francis Ruttledge was born in Erin Dale, Mortarstown Upper, [[County Carlow]] on 11 September 1899.<ref>His birth place is confirmed in the [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1899/02017/1774363.pdf birth register]. Other secondary sources give conflicting birth places ([https://www.irishtimes.com/news/outstanding-ornithologist-and-a-founder-of-irish-wildbird-conservancy-1.1047312 Browne's Hill] and [https://www.dib.ie/biography/ruttledge-robert-francis-robin-jim-a7855 Ballinrobe]).</ref> He was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Bruen Ruttledge and his second wife Mary Caroline (née Browne-Clayton).<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bunbury \|first1=Turtle \|title=Browne Clayton of Browne's Hill, Co. Carlow \|url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_b_clayton.html \|website=Turtle Bunbury \|accessdate=10 June 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612165959/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_b_clayton.html \|archive-date=12 June 2021 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ruttledge grew up in [[County Mayo]], at the family home of [[Bloomfield House]].<ref name=McNabb>{{cite book\|last1=McNabb\|first1=Joseph\|title=Ruttledge, Robert Francis ('Robin', 'Jim')\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|location=Cambridge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Landed Estates Database\|title=Estate: Ruttledge (Bloomfield)\|url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=362\|website=Landed Estates Database\|publisher=NUI Galway\|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref> He attended [[Marlborough College]]<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web\|title=Major Robin Ruttledge\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1387071/Major-Robin-Ruttledge.html\|website=The Telegraph\|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref> and later the Quetta cadet college, India.<ref name=McNabb /> Ruttledge married Mabel Rose (née Burke) in 1928, with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=Telegraph />

	==Military career==		==Military career==
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	==Zoological work==		==Zoological work==
	Ruttledge has been described as one of the founders of Irish Ornithology, having played a key role in the observation of birds and the establishment of bird sanctuaries.<ref name=RTE>{{cite web\|last1=RTE\|title=Living the Wildlife: Seabirds and the Saltee Islands, Wexford\|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/livingthewildlife/saltee.html\|website=RTE: Living the Wildlife\|accessdate=26 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> Both Ruttledge and his brother William were keen naturalists.<ref name=Praeger>{{cite web\|last1=Praeger\|first1=R. Lloyd\|title=Some Irish Naturalists: A Biographical Note-book\|url=http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/books/inltos.htm\|website=National Botanic Gardens of Ireland\|accessdate=26 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> He published his first paper at age sixteen in the Irish Naturalist on the birds of [[Lough Carra]],<ref name=Telegraph /> and went on to publish over 200 papers over his lifetime.<ref name=McNabb />		Ruttledge has been described as one of the founders of Irish Ornithology, having played a key role in the observation of birds and the establishment of bird sanctuaries.<ref name=RTE>{{cite web\|last1=RTE\|title=Living the Wildlife: Seabirds and the Saltee Islands, Wexford\|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/livingthewildlife/saltee.html\|website=RTE: Living the Wildlife\|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref> Both Ruttledge and his brother William were keen naturalists.<ref name=Praeger>{{cite web\|last1=Praeger\|first1=R. Lloyd\|title=Some Irish Naturalists: A Biographical Note-book\|url=http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/books/inltos.htm\|website=National Botanic Gardens of Ireland\|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref> He published his first paper at age sixteen in the Irish Naturalist on the birds of [[Lough Carra]],<ref name=Telegraph /> and went on to publish over 200 papers over his lifetime.<ref name=McNabb />

	Ruttledge is cited as being a key figure in highlighting the decline in Ireland of the [[Greater white-fronted goose]], which allowed for the protection of the Irish population of these birds.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Crowe\|first1=Olivia\|title=Species Focus: Flagship species suffers decline\|url=http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bZaC8toyoqo%3D&tabid=986\|website=Birdwatch Ireland\|accessdate=26 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> Ruttledge was involved in the establishment of the bird sanctuary on [[Saltee Islands]]<ref name=RTE /> and [[Cape Clear Island]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Sharrock\|first1=J.T.R.\|title=The Natural History of Cape Clear Island\|date=2013\|publisher=Bloomsbury\|location=London\|isbn=9781408137659}}</ref>		Ruttledge is cited as being a key figure in highlighting the decline in Ireland of the [[Greater white-fronted goose]], which allowed for the protection of the Irish population of these birds.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Crowe\|first1=Olivia\|title=Species Focus: Flagship species suffers decline\|url=http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bZaC8toyoqo%3D&tabid=986\|website=Birdwatch Ireland\|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref> Ruttledge was involved in the establishment of the bird sanctuary on [[Saltee Islands]]<ref name=RTE /> and [[Cape Clear Island]].<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Sharrock\|first1=J.T.R.\|title=The Natural History of Cape Clear Island\|date=2013\|publisher=Bloomsbury\|location=London\|isbn=9781408137659}}</ref>

	Ruttledge launched the Irish Bird Report (now [[Irish Birds]]) in 1953,<ref name=McNabb /> and continued to edit it for 19 years.<ref name=Telegraph /> In 1961 he was awarded the [[Bernard Tucker Medal]] by the [[British Trust for Ornithology]], and an honorary doctorate from [[Trinity College, Dublin]], in 1981.<ref name=Telegraph /> Ruttledge served as the first president of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy (now [[BirdWatch Ireland]]),<ref name=McNabb /> with the Greater white-fronted goose as its emblem.<ref name=Telegraph />		Ruttledge launched the Irish Bird Report (now [[Irish Birds]]) in 1953,<ref name=McNabb /> and continued to edit it for 19 years.<ref name=Telegraph /> In 1961 he was awarded the [[Bernard Tucker Medal]] by the [[British Trust for Ornithology]], and an honorary doctorate from [[Trinity College, Dublin]], in 1981.<ref name=Telegraph /> Ruttledge served as the first president of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy (now [[BirdWatch Ireland]]),<ref name=McNabb /> with the Greater white-fronted goose as its emblem.<ref name=Telegraph />

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'''Robert "Robin" Francis Ruttledge''' [[Military Cross|MC]] (11 September 1899 – 13 January 2002) was an Irish [[Ornithology|ornithologist]], also known as "The Major", who is best remembered for his work in the systematic recording and conservation of Irish birds over a period of sixty years.<ref name=Hutchinson>{{cite book|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Clive|editor1-last=Foster|editor1-first=John Wilson|editor2-last=Chesney|editor2-first=Helena C. G.|title=Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History|url=https://archive.org/details/natureinirelands00john|url-access=registration|date=1998|publisher=The Lilliput Press|location=Dublin|isbn=9780773518179|page=[https://archive.org/details/natureinirelands00john/page/275 275]|chapter=Bird Study in Ireland}}</ref>

==Life==
Robert Francis Ruttledge was born in Erin Dale, Mortarstown Upper, [[County Carlow]] on 11 September 1899.<ref>His birth place is confirmed in the [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1899/02017/1774363.pdf birth register]. Other secondary sources give conflicting birth places ([https://www.irishtimes.com/news/outstanding-ornithologist-and-a-founder-of-irish-wildbird-conservancy-1.1047312 Browne's Hill] and [https://www.dib.ie/biography/ruttledge-robert-francis-robin-jim-a7855 Ballinrobe]).</ref> He was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Bruen Ruttledge and his second wife Mary Caroline (née Browne-Clayton).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bunbury |first1=Turtle |title=Browne Clayton of Browne's Hill, Co. Carlow |url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_b_clayton.html |website=Turtle Bunbury |accessdate=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612165959/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_b_clayton.html |archive-date=12 June 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ruttledge grew up in [[County Mayo]], at the family home of [[Bloomfield House]].<ref name=McNabb>{{cite book|last1=McNabb|first1=Joseph|title=Ruttledge, Robert Francis ('Robin', 'Jim')|date=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Landed Estates Database|title=Estate: Ruttledge (Bloomfield)|url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=362|website=Landed Estates Database|publisher=NUI Galway|accessdate=26 April 2022}}</ref> He attended [[Marlborough College]]<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web|title=Major Robin Ruttledge|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1387071/Major-Robin-Ruttledge.html|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=26 April 2022}}</ref> and later the Quetta cadet college, India.<ref name=McNabb /> Ruttledge married Mabel Rose (née Burke) in 1928, with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=Telegraph />

==Military career==
Ruttledge served in the Indian Army with the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse from 1918 to 1921, and following that regiment's amalgamation with the 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry to form the 17th Poona Horse, with them from 1921 to 1939.<ref name=McNabb /> He served during the 1919 [[Waziristan campaign (1919–20)|Waziristan campaign]],<ref name=Telegraph /> and was awarded the [[Military Cross]]. His citation was:

Lt. Robert Francis Ruttledge; 34th Poona
Horse, attd. 21st Cav., F.F.
For gallantry and devotion on 21 November 1919, between Jatta and Murtaza
Posts, when, after a brisk engagement, the
troops under the command of Captain Byrne
were ordered to retire. Lieutenant Ruttledge, observing that three dismounted men
were in difficulty getting a wounded man
away, and realising that the retirement
would be delayed, galloped back in face of
heavy fire, took the wounded man on his
horse, and carried him to a place of safety.<ref>London Gazette 27 September 1920</ref>

He also served with the [[Poona Horse]] during the operations on the North West Frontier 1930–31.<ref>January 1939 Supplement to the Indian Army List</ref> He was appointed commandant of the bodyguard of the Governor of [[Chennai|Madras]] from 1934 to 1939.<ref>January 1939 Indian Army List</ref> Ruttledge was transferred to the Special Unemployed List as a Major in April 1939, but he was recalled in September 1939 to the Poona Horse at the outbreak of [[World War II]] however he was invalided out before he returned to active service.<ref name=Telegraph /><ref>January 1941 Supplement to the Indian Army List</ref>

==Zoological work==
Ruttledge has been described as one of the founders of Irish Ornithology, having played a key role in the observation of birds and the establishment of bird sanctuaries.<ref name=RTE>{{cite web|last1=RTE|title=Living the Wildlife: Seabirds and the Saltee Islands, Wexford|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/livingthewildlife/saltee.html|website=RTE: Living the Wildlife|accessdate=26 April 2022}}</ref> Both Ruttledge and his brother William were keen naturalists.<ref name=Praeger>{{cite web|last1=Praeger|first1=R. Lloyd|title=Some Irish Naturalists: A Biographical Note-book|url=http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/books/inltos.htm|website=National Botanic Gardens of Ireland|accessdate=26 April 2022}}</ref> He published his first paper at age sixteen in the Irish Naturalist on the birds of [[Lough Carra]],<ref name=Telegraph /> and went on to publish over 200 papers over his lifetime.<ref name=McNabb />

Ruttledge is cited as being a key figure in highlighting the decline in Ireland of the [[Greater white-fronted goose]], which allowed for the protection of the Irish population of these birds.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crowe|first1=Olivia|title=Species Focus: Flagship species suffers decline|url=http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bZaC8toyoqo%3D&tabid=986|website=Birdwatch Ireland|accessdate=26 April 2022}}</ref> Ruttledge was involved in the establishment of the bird sanctuary on [[Saltee Islands]]<ref name=RTE /> and [[Cape Clear Island]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sharrock|first1=J.T.R.|title=The Natural History of Cape Clear Island|date=2013|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|isbn=9781408137659}}</ref>

Ruttledge launched the Irish Bird Report (now [[Irish Birds]]) in 1953,<ref name=McNabb /> and continued to edit it for 19 years.<ref name=Telegraph /> In 1961 he was awarded the [[Bernard Tucker Medal]] by the [[British Trust for Ornithology]], and an honorary doctorate from [[Trinity College, Dublin]], in 1981.<ref name=Telegraph /> Ruttledge served as the first president of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy (now [[BirdWatch Ireland]]),<ref name=McNabb /> with the Greater white-fronted goose as its emblem.<ref name=Telegraph />

==Published works==
* Kennedy, P.J., Ruttledge, Robert F., and Scroope, C. F. (1954) ''The Birds of Ireland''
* Ruttledge, Robert F. (1966) ''Ireland's birds: their distribution and migrations''
* Cabot, David and Ruttledge, Robert F. (1966) ''Project Mar: a provisional list of Irish wetlands of international importance, submitted to the second European meeting on wildfowl conservation, Holland, May 1966''
* Cabot, David and Ruttledge, Robert F. ''Liquid assets: list of wildfowl wetlands in the Republic of Ireland of national and international importance''
* Ruttledge, Robert F. (1975) ''A list of the birds of Ireland''

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