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So great that this thread is uncovering more relatives and family history! It really is fascinating. A quick note to those who are interested (& hopefully not offended), Mr Henry Oliphant Ritchie's rifle returned to the highlhands on Corrielair estate only last week ,where I was honoured to take a 12 point royal stag with it. Living history

Hello Genealpete.  Firstly congratulations on your marriage! It's lovely to know, after so much digging through the past, that the family carries on into the future. Secondly, I would be absolutely delighted to send you photos of the rifle and all of its associated documents with 'Harry's name and address as entered into the J Rigby & Co ledger & day books. It may be of interest to you that it is one of their rarest models and Harry's one may be the only surviving 'take down' model. The previous action to his was made for His royal highness the king of Portugal and was delivered to Buckingham palace!
As my photos are of too high a resolution to post on this forum, would it be acceptable for me to give you my email address on this chat so you can contact me and I'll send them that way?
Kind regards
WillSG

 Oh what the heck, special occasion & all that 

Sandra, I really don't know what to say and can't thank you enough for your time and efforts. Bringing Mr H.O Ritchie's rifle back to life after so many years of storage has been quite an undertaking (including sending it to Austria to have the barrel restored while retaining it's original manufacturers marks. No easy task!). I realise this may not be to everyone's taste, and I have no wish to offend anyone who may be so, but bringing it back to the highlands this October for a red stag will be an incredibly emotional experience for me especially as now, thanks to you, I know so much of its previous owners history.
Thanks all so so much

William  SG

Wow!! I don't know what to say! After several months trying to trace Mr H O Ritchie and coming up with snippets of information that I wasn't sure were related, it wasn't until this Thursday, when I visited Rigby that I finally got an address. You have just tied everything together in one hit Sandra. I Cannot thank you and everyone else enough!
Interestingly the rifle was send back to London at the beginning of the first world war for military conversion ( most  likely for early sniper use). The Rigby historians are looking into who sent it and hopefully with this new information I can fill in the gaps. I Apologies for not posting pictures  of the relevant documents but my photos are too high a resolution to post.
Very many thanks again!
Yours sincerely

William SG