Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval was a Royal Navy officer. He was a member of a junior branch of the Delaval family of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Delaval was born at Dissington Hall, Ponteland, an estate he ultimately inherited and sold to Edward Collingwood of Byker in 1673. He enlisted in the navy at a young age and progressed under the patronage of the Duke of York to become captain of the third-rate ship of the line HMS York.
- Occupation
- military officer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1695-98 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1641
