Editing Gilbert Ryle (section)

=== Family ===
Gilbert Ryle's father, Reginald John Ryle, was a [[Brighton]] doctor, a [[generalist]] who had interests in [[philosophy]] and [[astronomy]], passing on to his children a large library. Gilbert's father was a son of [[J. C. Ryle|John Charles Ryle]], the first [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Bishop of Liverpool]].<ref>Ryle ('Modern Studies in Philosophy' series), ed. Oscar P. Wood and George Pitcher, Doubleday & Co. Ltd, 1970, p. 1</ref><ref>Faith in the Age of Science: Atheism, Religion, and the Big Yellow Crane, Mark Silversides, Sacristy Press, 2012, p. 157</ref> The Ryles were [[Cheshire]] landed [[gentry]]; Gilbert's elder brother, [[John Alfred Ryle]], of Barkhale, Sussex, became head of the family.

Gilbert Ryle's mother, Catherine, was daughter of Samuel King Scott (younger brother of the [[architect]] Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]]) by his wife Georgina, daughter of doctor William Hulme Bodley, and sister of architect [[George Frederick Bodley]], himself a student of Sir George. Cousins of the Ryle family thus include the [[haematologist]] [[Ronald Bodley Scott]], architect [[George Gilbert Scott Jr.]], founder of [[Watts & Co.]], and his son, [[Giles Gilbert Scott]], designer of the [[Battersea Power Station]].<ref>Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, vol. 1, 1965, ed. Peter Townend, p. 615, 'Ryle formerly of Barkhale' pedigree</ref>