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Patrick Hore-Ruthven was born on 30 August, 1913 in India, is a British soldier and poet. Discover Patrick Hore-Ruthven's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 29 years old?
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24 December, 1942 |
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Patrick Hore-Ruthven Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Patrick Hore-Ruthven worth at the age of 29 years old? Patrick Hore-Ruthven’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from India. We have estimated Patrick Hore-Ruthven's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
The Hon. Alexander Hardinge Patrick Hore-Ruthven (30 August 1913 – 24 December 1942) was a British soldier and poet.
He was born in Quetta, British India (present-day Pakistan), the sole surviving child of Alexander Hore-Ruthven and Zara Eileen Pollok.
Hore-Ruthven studied at Cambridge University in 1931 and met society beauty Pamela Fletcher while he was temporarily rusticated from Cambridge in 1932 for having bitten a policeman's nose.
After graduating in 1933, he joined the Rifle Brigade, his grandfather's old regiment, and served in Malta for three years.
Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Territorial Army on 2 July 1933, he received a regular commission on 1 September 1934 (seniority 31 August 1933).
His father, Alexander Hore-Ruthven, was made Baron Gowrie in 1935 and 1st Earl of Gowrie in 1945.
He was promoted to lieutenant on 31 August 1936.
Hore-Ruthven married Pamela Fletcher on 4 January 1939 at Westminster Abbey, after their marriage was initially delayed due to a mutual lack of money.
Their first son, Grey, was born on 26 November 1939.
After Hore-Ruthven's death, his widow was styled Viscountess Ruthven of Canberra.
On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Hore-Ruthven was posted to Cairo.
Pamela left their baby with her parents in Dublin and accompanied Hore-Ruthven to Cairo.
There, she became friends with Freya Stark and Jacqueline Lampson.
She also worked in Intelligence with the anti-Nazi Arab Brotherhood of Freedom, while Hore-Ruthven joined the newly formed SAS.
He was promoted to captain on 31 August 1941.
Pamela returned to Ireland in 1942 to give birth to their second son, Malise, on 14 May 1942.
Hore-Ruthven was Temporary Major when he died in Misurata Italian Hospital in Libya from wounds he received in a raid on a fuel dump near Tripoli.
He died on 24 December 1942, and was buried in the war cemetery in Tripoli.
A memorial fountain was constructed at Government House in Canberra.
Hore-Ruthven wrote several war poems that were published in Australian and English newspapers.
A collection of his poems was published posthumously in Australia in 1943 under the title The Happy Warrior, with a preface written by his mother Lady Gowrie.
It was subsequently republished in London in 1944 under the title Desert Warrior: Poems.
His collected letters were published in London in 1950 under the title Joy of Youth.
Hore-Ruthven's father Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie died in May 1955, whereupon his elder son Grey succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Gowrie.
