Philip Ravenhill

Major-General Philip Ravenhill (9 February 1828 – 24 February 1891) was a Royal Engineer who rose to be their commander in Gibraltar.

Life Ravenhill was born at the Manor House in Warminster in 1828, the second son of John Ravenhill and Sophia Harriet (born Ripley). John Ravenhill was the Chairman of the North Wiltshire Banking Company; he later moved to Ashton Gifford House and was High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1870.

After receiving his commission in 1846, Ravenhill was sent to Plymouth and then to Malta where he married Jane Carter – who came from a notable Royal Navy family

He became a colonel on the staff of the Chief Royal Engineer in Gibraltar in November 1882, commanding the Royal Engineers. He took over from Colonel Ewart. Ravenhill became an honorary major-general when he was retired at the age of 58. Feeling refreshed from 17 years of mild climate, he returned to England, where he took a leading role in charity work, chairing the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army as well as a leading role with the Royal Soldiers' Daughters' School.

Ravenhill died in Kensington in 1891 after suffering from bronchitis.