Ralph Rayner

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Ralph Rayner (13 January 1897 - 17 July 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician.

During the First World War he served on the western front and India, and later in the Afghan War, and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier. Between 1928 and 1930 he was ADC to the Marquess of Willingdon, Governor-General of Canada. After retiring from the army in 1933 he entered politics and was MP for Totnes from 1935 to 1955.

He was made Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1952, knighted in 1956, and became High Sheriff of Devon in 1958.