Rattray
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Rattray may refer to:
in Aberdeenshire, Scotland:
- Blairgowrie and RattrayBlairgowrie and RattrayBlairgowrie and Rattray and Raitear is possibly from an English language cognate of Gaelic ràth, meaning fortress + a Pictish term cognate with Welsh tref, meaning settlement) is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Amongst locals, the town is colloquially known simply as "Blair"...
, beside Blairgowrie, Scotland - Cathy Rattray-WilliamsCathy Rattray-WilliamsCatherine Ann Rattray-Williams is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres during her career. She is a four-time Olympian, making her debut in 1980 .-Achievements:...
, Jamaican track and field sprinter - David RattrayDavid RattrayDavid Grey Rattray was a well-known historian and tour guide of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu war in South Africa....
, South African historian - Robert Sutherland RattrayRobert Sutherland RattrayRobert Sutherland Rattray, CBE, known as Captain R. S. Rattray was an early Africanist and student of the Ashanti. He was one of the early writers on Oware, and on Ashanti gold weights.-Life:...
, British anthropologist and africanist - Charles Rattray (1911-1995), English footballer
in Aberdeenshire, Scotland:
- Rattray, AberdeenshireRattray, AberdeenshireRattray , had been settled as far back as 4000 BC and was named a Royal Burgh in 1563 by Mary, Queen of Scots, "to put an end to the disputes about superiority over it between William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal and George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll"...
, near Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Rattray HeadRattray HeadRattray Head is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south...
, a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
- "Rattray Briggs", the historical name for the rocks at Rattray Head.
- "Rattray Bay", to the north of Rattray Head.