[3] His father was educated at Haileybury College and was employed by the East India Company.
[4] His mother was the daughter of Sir Henry Willock, who was the chairman of the East India Company in 1844–45.
[2] On 24 February 1872, he was asked to represent "Scotland" in the last pseudo-international match against an English XI, organised by Charles W.
Ravenshaw had attended the match to watch Old Carthusians Thomas Hooman and Charles Nepean play for England and Scotland respectively, and (despite having no family links to Scotland) was pressed into service by the Scottish captain Montague Muir Mackenzie (also an Old Carthusian)[8] to replace Quintin Hogg[9] who had been injured shortly before the match.
[2] He drowned in the Katakhal River,[1] while attempting to save a friend's life near Julnacherra in Assam on 23 May 1880.