RABBET (or RABBETT), MICHAEL ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1568 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1571, adm.scholar 1572, matr. Easter 1572 ; BA 1575/6 ; MA 1579 (incorp.Oxford 14 Jul 1584) ; migrated to Gonville and Caius Coll., Fellow and Tutor Nov 1579 – Lady Day 1587 ; BD 1586 ; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 8 Feb 1581/2 (Lincoln) ; Rector of Cricket Malherbie, Somerset 1581 ; Rector of Streatham, Surrey, from 5 Apr 1585 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 20 Feb 1596/7 ; Rector of St.Vedast, Foster Lane, London, 13 Feb 1603/4 – Nov 1617 ; one of the translators of the Authorised Version of the Bible ; m.1st, 1600 Margaret Crow — ; m.2nd, 19 Oct 1619 Margaret Gifford ; d. 5 Feb 1630/1, aged 78.
RABY, ARTHUR TURNOUR, younger son of Alexander Raby, Cobham, Surrey, and Llanelli, Glamorgan, iron and copper manufacturer, and coal owner, and Anne, dau. of Johnsister of Thomas Hill Cox, Cradley, Staffs., ironmaster ; b. 31 Aug 1789 ; in school lists 1801, 1803 ; partner in family business until its collapse in the 1820s ; of Caermawr Cottage, Llanelli, Glamorgan ; went to live abroad after 1827 ; m. 1813 Henrietta Jane Smith (“daughter of a landowner in the West Indies”) ; d. at Homburg, Prussia, Germany 14 Aug 1856.
RACSTER (or RACKSTER), JOHN, son of John Racster, Norfolk ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1580 ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1584, adm.scholar 1585 ; BA 1588/9 ; MA 1592 (incorp.Oxford 9 Jul 1594) ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 4 Oct 1591, Major Fellow 11 Mar 1591/2 – c.1597 ; ordained deacon and priest 5 Feb 1593/4 (both Worcester, surname given as Rackster) ; Rector of Suckley, Worcs., from 23 Mar 1596/7 ; author, A Booke of the Seven Planets or Seven Wandering Motives of Wm.Alabaster’s Wit retrograded or removed, 1598, in answer to The Seven Motives for his Conversionby William Alabaster (qv) ; in the dedication of his book Racster writes “the same schoole bred us both, the same university nourced us both, the same colledge maintained us both, the same master preferred us both, the same roofe, nay the same bed, sometimes contained us both” ; m. ; d. 1640, aged 75 (successor appointed at Suckley 2 Mar 1640/1).
RADBOURN, THOMAS, son of Charles Radbourn, Bloomsbury, Middlesex ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1739 ; apprenticed to John Girle, citizen and barber surgeon, 2 Jun 1742 ; Surgeon, 46th Foot 26 Feb 1746 ; 11th Dragoons 4 Nov 1758 ; retd. 16 Mar 1770.
RADCLIFFE, — ; b. ; adm. 19 Jun 1765 ; left Whitsun 1771.
RADCLIFFE, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1563, adm.scholar 1567 ; BA 1567/8 ; MA 1571 ; ordained priest (Lincoln) 30 Oct 1572 (Lincoln, as Radcliff) ; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571-83 ; d. c.1583.
RADCLIFFE, SIR EDWARD, brother of Jeremiah Radcliffe (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54011-8) ; left 1569 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, matr. as sizar Easter 1570 ; BA 1573/4 ; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll. ; MA 1577 ; MD Orleans (incorp.Cambridge 1584, Oxford 1600) ; Physician to James I ; knighted 30 Jan 1604/5 ; of Sevington, Kent, and Orwell, Cambs. ; m. 9 Nov 1587 (IGI) Martha, second dau. of William Wilcocks, London, and New Romney, Kent ; buried Hitchin, Herts. 27 Sep 1631, aged 78.
RADCLIFFE, JEREMIAH, second son of Ralph Radcliffe, Hitchin, Herts., schoolmaster and playwright, and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Marshall, Hitchin, Herts. ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1564 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1566, adm.scholar 1567, matr. Easter 1567 ; 6th in “ordo” 1570/1 ; BA 1570/1 ; MA 1574 ; BD 1581 ; DD 1588 (incorp.Oxford 10 Jul 1600) ; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1572, Junior Dean 1582-3, 1584-6, Senior Dean 1586-8, 1596-7, Senior Bursar 1587-9, 1591-2, Vice-Master from 1597 ; ordained ; Vicar of Shudy Camps, Cambs., 12 Mar 1579/80 – Mar 1581 ; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 26 Dec 1580 – Apr 1582 ; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 4 Jul 1584-7 ; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland 1588-91 ; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 17 Sep 1590 ; one of the translators of the Apocrypha for the Authorised Version of the Bible ; d. unm. 3buried Orwell, Cambs., 4 Mar 1611/2 (M.I.Orwell, Cambs.)..
RADCLIFFE, SIR JOSEPH, BART., only son of Rev.Joseph Pickford, Milnsbridge House, Yorks., and Mary, only dau. of Sir (John) Archibald Grant, Bart., Monymusk, Aberdeenshire ; b. 5 Jun 1799 ; adm. 9 Sep 1811 (as Joseph Pickford) ; left Whitsun 1815 ; Ensign, 92nd Foot 19 Jul 1815 ; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 19 Nov 1818 ; half-pay, 23rd Lancers 22 Apr 1819 ; retd. 1842 ; succ.grandfather Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart., as 2nd baronet 19 Feb 1819 ; assumed surname of Radcliffe in lieu of Pickford ; of Rudding Park and Milnsbridge House, Yorks. ; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1857 ; m. 29 Oct 1819 Jacobina Maria, fourth dau. of Capt.John Macdonell, Invalids, Leek, Inverness-shire ; d. 29 Nov 1872.
RADCLIFFE, MILES, only son of Jonathan Radcliffe, Northumberland Street, Westminster, merchant, and Sarah — (IGI) ; bapt.St.Leonard’s, Shoreditch 10 Mar 1768 (IGI) ; adm. 26 Jul 1779 ; KS (aged 15) 1783 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1788, adm.pens. 22 May 1788, matr. Mich.1788, scholar 8 May 1789 ; adm.Middle Temple 31 Mar 1787 ; drowned while bathing in the river Cam 10 Jun 1791. [father perhaps of Liverpool, Lancs., mother Sarah, only dau. of James Eccles, Darwen, Lancs.]
RADCLIFFE, WILLIAM CHARLES ALFRED, eldest son of Alfred Radcliffe, Clerk, War Office, and Juliana, dau. of William Charles Wryghte, Rich Lodge, Kensington, Middlesex, [accountant ?] ; b. 24 Oct 1863 ; adm. 21 Jan 1875 (H) ; left Easter 1878 ; RMA Woolwich 1880 ; Lieut., Royal Artillery 1 Oct 1882 ; Capt., 7 Oct 1891 ; Maj., 3 Feb 1900 ; Lieut.-Col., 5 Mar 1909 ; retd. Apr 1919 ; served in Egypt in 1914-8 War ; mentioned in despatches LG 21 Jun 1916 ; m. 15 Oct 1895 Ethel Gertrude, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col.Mark Henry George Goldie, Royal Engineers ; d. 3 Jan 1929.
RADFORD, see also RATFORD.
RADFORD, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1670-1 (Chapter Muniments 33703-4).
RADLEY, HENRY, son of Henry Radley, Middlesex ; bapt.St.Margaret’s, Westminster 14 Apr 1639 (IGI) ; adm. ; at school by Jun 1654, aged 14 (WAM 43112) ; in school lists 1656 ; KS 1656 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1658, aged 18, adm.sizar 4 Jun 1658, scholar 1659, matr.1660 ; BA 1661/2 ; signed for priest’s orders (London) 10 Mar 1665/6 (London) ; Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs., from 3 May 1676 ; d. 1679 (dead by 28 Mar).
RAGLAN, FITZROY, 1ST BARON, see SOMERSET, FITZROY JAMES HENRY, 1ST BARON RAGLAN.
RAIMBACH, MICHAEL THOMSON SCOTT, eldest son of Abraham Raimbach, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, London, engraver, and Julia Harriot Masquard ; b. 27 Mar 1808 ; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G) ; left Bartholomewtide 1826 ; Sidney Sussex Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 13 Nov 1825, matr. Mich.1826 ; 21st Wrangler 1830 ; BA 1830 ; MA 1833 ; Instructor, Royal Navy 13 Jul 1837 ; retd. 1865 ; m. 23 Dec 1845 Margaret, youngest dau. of James Snape, Chester [brewer ?] ; d. 20 May 1887.
RAINBOWE, EDWARD, son of Rev.Thomas Rainbowe, Vicar of Blyton, Lincs., and Rebecca, dau. of Rev.David Allen, Rector of Ludborough, Lincs. ; b. 20 Apr 1608 ; adm.1621 (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses., iv, 865) ; Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, scholar Jul 1623 ; migrated to Magdalene Coll.Cambridge, scholar, matr.Easter 1625 ; BA 1626/7 (incorp.Oxford 15 Jul 1628) ; MA 1630 ; BD 1637 ; DD 1643 ; Master of School, Kirton in Lindsey 1630 ; ordained by Apr 1632 ; Curate, The Savoy Chapel, London ; Goche Fellow, Magdalene Coll. 1633-42, Dean 1637 ; Vicar of Childerley, Cambs., 1637 ; Master, Magdalene Coll. 1642–Aug 1650, when expelled by Parliament for refusing to take the Engagement ; Rector of Great Easton, Essex 1648 ; Domestic Chaplain to Earl of Suffolk ; Vicar of Little Chesterford, Essex 1652 ; Rector of Benefield, Northants 23 Mar 1658/9 – res 1664 ; reinstated as Master of Magdalene Coll. 1660 – Jul 1664 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 1660-4 ; Dean of Peterborough 5 Jan 1660/1 – Jul 1664 ; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ., 1662-3 ; consecrated Bishop of Carlisle 10 Jul 1664 ; a famous preacher and a generous benefactor to the poor of his diocese ; m.1652 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Henry Smith DD, Master of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge ; d. 26 Mar 1684. ODNB.
RAINDON, HENRY ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1743/4 ; left 1746 (Rainsdon in school lists). [perhaps Henry Rainsdon, son of John Rainsdon, and Elizabeth —, bapt.St.Sepulchre, London 15 Jun 1731 (IGI) ; perhaps of Morden College, Blackheath, Kent, gentleman, will PCC 3 May 1777]
RAINE, JOHN, son of Richard Raine, barrister [check, not found in admissions to any of Inns of Court], and Mary, dau. of Rev.Robert Beatty, Church of England clergyman, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [but check, not found in obvious sources] ; b. c.1786 ; at school under Vincent (Dictionary of Australian Biography) ; articled to Tarrant and Moule, solicitors, Chancery Lane, London ; arrived in Hobart, Tasmania 1819 ; owned ships trading between Hobart and Sydney ; notary public 1822 ; settled in New South Wales 1823 ; of the Darling Mills, Parramatta, New South Wales ; m. 1814 Harriet, dau. of William Boothby, Westgrove House, Sheffield, Yorks. ; d. at sea off Australian coast 20 Dec 1837.
[RAINE, ROBERT, brother of John Raine (qv) ; b.c.1788 ; at school under Vincent (Journal and Proceedings of Royal Australian Historical Society, vol.26, 1941, 278)[Whitmore, but quotes no source] ; emigrated to Australia 1819 ; a solicitor in practice in Sydney, New South Wales [check] ; m. 13 Nov 1826 Elizabeth Susan, widow of John Fulloon, London, and dau. of Robert Azaire ; murdered and found dead in Parramatta River 8/9 Sep 1828].
RAINE, THOMAS, brother of John Raine (qv) ; b. 21 Jun 1793 ; adm. 30 Jun 1807 ; left Midsummer 1808 ; joined merchant navy ; ship’s officer on Australia run 1814-27 ; partner, Raine & Ramsay, general merchants, shipowners and agents, Sydney, New South Wales 1822-8, when partnership was dissolved and he became a bankrupt ; subsequently a prominent resident in the Bathurst district, New South Wales ; an active Presbyterian and a founder of the Scots Church, Sydney ; m. 30 Mar 1826 Fanny Eleanor, dau. of William [or John ?] Worsley [check] ; d. 6 Jun 1860.
RAINSFORD, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1715-7.
RAINSFORD (or RAYNSFORD), HENRY ; b.1582 ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1596, adm.scholar 1597 ; BA 1600/1 ; MA 1604 ; BD 1611 ; DD 1630 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1602 – c.1616 ; ordained deacon (Ely) 17 Jun 1606 (Ely), priest (Peterborough) 23 Sep 1610 (Peterborough) ; Rector of Croxton, Cambs., 20 Mar 1609/10 – Dec 1612 ; Rector of Hatfield, Herts., 29 Mar 1613 – sequestered 8 Aug 1646 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 18 Jul 1618 ; Rector of Great Stanmore, Middlesex 16 Nov 1618-48 ; Vicar of Tewin, Herts., from 1648 ; lic. to m. 22 Jul 1628 Mary, dau. of John Montforde (qv) ; buried Tewin, Herts. 12 Feb 1650/1 [or 1651/2 ?].
RAM, ABEL, son of Stephen Ram MP, Ramsfort, co.Wexford, and Lady Charlotte Stopford, sixth dau. of James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown (I) ; b. ; adm. ; in school list 1795 ; KS (aged 14) 1796 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1800, adm.pens. 27 Jun 1800, but did not matr. ; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 17 Mar 1801 ; Lieut., 16 Aug 1803 ; Capt., 18 Sep 1806 ; retd. 30 May 1811 ; served in Peninsular War ; High Sheriff, co.Wexford 1829 ; m. 19 Dec 1816 Eleanor Sarah, only dau. of Jerome William Knapp DCL, Middle Temple, and Charlton House, Berks., barrister ; d. 14 Jan 1833.
RAM, GEORGE, third son of Sir Abel Ram, Kt, Ramsfort and Clonatin, co.Wexford, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Eleanor, dau. of Stephen Palmer, Dublin ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 11) 1687 ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 7 Aug 1688, matr.1691 ; MA Dublin 1695 ; LLD 1718 ; High Sheriff, co.Wexford 1710 ; MP (I) Gorey (Newborough)Newborough from 1713-4 and from 1715 ; buried unm. St.Werburgh’s, Dublin 22 Oct 1725.
RAM, STEPHEN GEORGE, brother of Abel Ram (qv) ; b. 28 Apr 1783 ; adm. ; in school list 1795 ; KS (aged 13) 1796 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1800, adm.pens. 27 Jun 1800, matr. Mich.1800, scholar 17 Apr 1801 ; BA 1804 ; MA 1807 ; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1806, priest 31 May 1807 (both Winchester) ; Curate, Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1806 ; Rector of Ringmore, Devon, from 1 May 1812 ; d. at Rome 25 Mar 1822 (M.I.Protestant Cemetery, Rome).
RAM, STOPFORD, brother of Abel Ram (qv) ; bapt. 24 Jul 1784 ; in school list 1795 ; KS 1798 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1802, adm.pens. 1 Jun 1802, but did not matr. ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 3 Apr 1806 ; served in Peninsular War ; killed at battle of Talavera 28 Jul 1809.
RAMSAY, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. 21 Apr 1773 ; left Easter 1775.
RAMSAY, JAMES, son of Edward Ramsay, South Shoebury, Essex ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1698 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 23 Jun 1699, matr.1699/1700 ; BA 1702/3 ; MA 1707 ; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1703, priest 19 May 1706 (both London) ; Rector of Sutton, Surrey, from 10 Mar 1717/8 ; m. 25 Feb 1722/3 Mary, dau. of Rev.William Stephens, Rector of Sutton, Surrey ; buried Sutton, Surrey 23 Dec 1745. [Evidently kin to Rev.James Ramsay, Rector of South Shoebury, Essex 1679-1716 and of Great Wakering, Essex, in 1703-16, graduate of St.Andrews Univ. and Trinity Coll. Cambridge : maybe Christian name of “Edward” given for father is an error].
RAMSAY, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1738/9 ; left 1743.
RAMSAY, JOHN, only son of Allan Ramsay, Harley Street, London, portrait painter, Principal Painter to George III, and his second wife Margaret, elder dau. of Sir Alexander Lindsay, Bart., Evelick, Perthshire ; b. 17 May 1768 (IGI) ; adm. 16 Sep 1778 ; in school list 1781 ; in Italy with father 1782-4 ; Ensign, 1 Nov 1782 ; Lieut., 101st Foot 14 Jun 1783 ; Capt., 100th Foot 22 Jun 1785 ; 75th Foot 6 Nov 1788 ; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 18 Nov 1790 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 16 Sep 1794 ; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1800 ; Col.-Commandant, Chasseurs Britanniques 10 Feb 1803 ; Brig. at Malta 15 Oct 1803 ; Major-Gen., 25 Apr 1808 ; Lieut.-Gen., 4 Jun 1813 ; Gen., 22 Jul 1830 ; served in Flanders under Duke of York 1793 ; d. unm. at Geneva 10 Aug 1845.
RAMSEY, DAVID ; b. ; Min.Can.1642.
RAMSEY, HENRY, brother of John Ramsey (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1635, matr. 26 Jun 1635, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1642 ; BA 1639.
RAMSEY, JOHN, son of Robert Ramsey, London, tailor ; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston two years (J.E.B.Mayor & R.F.Scott, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., i, 7) ; BB 1629 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 30 Jun 1631, aged 16, Bishop Williams Scholar 9 Nov 1631, matr.1631.
RAMSEY, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1618 (Chapter Muniments 33673).
RAMUS, GEORGE EDWARD AUGUST, son of Nicholas Ramus, Page of the Backstairs to George III, and his second wife Benedicte Couvert, St.Martin’s in the Fields ; b. 16 Dec 1747 (IGI) ; at school under Markham, where he was a friend and contemporary of William Hickey (qv) (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1792) ; played in OWW v. Old Etonians cricket match at Molesey Hurst 1768 (Hickey, Memoirs, i, 100) ; Supernumary Clerk, Treasury Apr 1763 – Jul 1766, Under Clerk Jul 1766 – Nov 1782, Senior Clerk Nov 1782 – Jul 1785, Chief Clerk from Nov 1785 ; m. Eleanor — ; d. 13 May 1808.
RAND, see also RANT.
RAND, JOHN, son of Nicholas Rand, East Dereham, Norfolk ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1610 (Chapter Muniments 33663) ; Gonville and Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 1 Dec 1610, aged 15, scholar Mich.1610 – Mich.1611, matr.1611 (said to have been at school “under Mr.Ireland, three years”).
RANDAL, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1724, 1725.
RANDALL, — ; b. ; in school list 1754 (misread Ravelall in RecordRecord).
RANDALL, HENRY LAURENCE, brother of William Sidney Randall (qv) ; b. 12 Mar 1855 ; adm. 31 May 1866 (G) ; QS 28 Jan 1871 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1874, adm.pens. 24 Sep 1874, matr. Mich.1874 ; BA 1878 ; ordained deacon 18 Jun 1878, priest 8 Jun 1879 (both Salisbury) ; Curate, St.John’s, Weymouth, Dorset 1878-82 ; Vicar of St.James’s, Handsworth, Staffs., 1882-3 ; Vicar of St.Michael’s, Handsworth 1883-8 ; Rector of Cocking, Sussex, from 24 Nov 1888 ; m. 24 Sep 1891 Lucy, widow of Rev.James Harley Usill, Vicar of All Saints, Eastbourne, Sussex, and of Theodore Barker, Grays Inn, solicitor, and dau. of Rev.Thomas William Meller, Rector of Woodbridge, Suffolk ; d. 22 Oct 1926.
RANDALL, WILLIAM SIDNEY, eldest son of Rev.William Randall DD, Rector of Handsworth, Staffs., and Louisa, only dau. of Henry Augustus Langley (qv), Dublin [presumably qv ?] ; b. 9 Sep 1850 ; adm. 23 Jan 1863 (G) ; Min.Can.1865 ; left May 1869 ; Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1869 ; migrated to Hertford Coll. ; BA 1875 ; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1878 (both Bishop Abraham for Lichfield) ; Curate, St.James’s, Whitfield, Derbs., 1877-9, St.Mark’s, Lewisham, Kent 1879-81 ; Chaplain to the Forces 26 Aug 1882 – 9 Sep 1910 ; d. 14 Apr 1927.
RANDELL, JOHN ; b. ; adm. 17 Jul 1776.
RANDOLPH, BEVERLEY, son of William Randolph, Henrico, Virginia, North America, member Virginia House of Burgesses, and Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Beverley ; b. 12 Nov 1713 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1725 ; member Virginia House of Burgesses 1744-9 ; m. 13 Dec 1737 Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Lightfoot, Westover, Virginia ; d. 1750 (will dated 22 Sep 1750, proved Dec 1750).
RANDOLPH, CHARLES GRENVILLE, son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv) ; b. 2 Jun 1793 ; adm. ; left 1806 ; entered Royal Navy 1806 ; Lieut., 14 Aug 1812 ; Cdr., 13 Jun 1815 ; Capt., 20 Apr 1827 ; Rear-Adm., 13 Jul 1854 ; Vice-Adm., 7 Nov 1860 ; Adm. 15 Jun 1864 ; m. 19 Nov 1829 his cousin Juliana, dau. of Multon Lambarde (adm.1766, qv) ; d. 1 May 1871.
RANDOLPH, CHARLES WILSON, son of John Honywood Randolph (qv) ; b. 28 Feb 1824 ; adm. 24 Jan 1837 ; QS 1838 ; left 1839 ; Ensign, 34th Foot 10 Feb 1843 ; Lieut., 23 Mar 1845 ; Capt., 15 Feb 1850 ; half-pay, 5th Foot 23 Aug 1850 ; exchanged into 1stFoot Guards 8 Nov 1850 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 17 Jul 1857 ; Col., 14 Jun 1869 ; Major-Gen., 30 Nov 1879 ; retd. with rank Lieut.-Gen., 1 Jul 1881 ; m.1st, 5 Dec 1849 Caroline Mary Victoria, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. Sir Robert Gardiner KCB KCH, Governor of Gibraltar ; m.2nd, 10 Jul 1862 Catherine Emily Blanche, dau. of Lloyd Bamford Hesketh, Gwyrch Castle, Denbighshire ; d. 5 Nov 1905.
RANDOLPH, CYRIL LAMBARD, son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv) ; bapt. 15 Jun 1787 ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 11) 1799 ; d. 4 Feb 1800. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
RANDOLPH, EDWARD JOHN, eldest son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv) ; b. 17 Apr 1814 ; adm. 29 Mar 1826 ; KS 1828 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student 1832-44 ; BA 1836 ; MA 1838 ; ordained deacon 21 May 1837, priest 10 Jun 1838 (both York) ; Curate, Eastry, Kent 1837-9 ; Perpetual Curate of Wigginton, Herts., 13 Jul 1839-41 ; Perpetual Curate of , Tring, Herts., 1841-5 ; Rector of Dunnington, Yorks., from 1845 ; Prebendary of York 1 Feb 1848 – Aug 1896, Chancellor 1896-7 ; Proctor for Dean and Chapter of York from 1874 ; JP Hertfordshire ; m. 5 Jul 1843 Catherine, youngest dau. of Sir George Rich, Kt, Chamberlain of the Household to 1st Marquis Wellesley when Lord Lieut.Ireland ; d. 9 Dec 1898.
RANDOLPH, EDWARD SEYMOUR LEVESON, son of Edward John Randolph (qv) ; b. 30 May 1849 ; adm. 19 Jun 1862 (G) ; QS 1864 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1868, with Dean Thomas exhibition, adm.pens. 2 Jun 1868, matr. Mich.1868 ; rowed for Cambridge v.Oxford 1870-2 ; BA 1872 ; ordained deacon 1873, priest 1874 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Abingdon, Berks., 1873-5 ; Missionary in Zanzibar 1875-9 ; Rector of Great and Little Chesterford, Essex 1880-97 ; m. 23 Apr 1881 Agnes Katherine, widow of William Francis Willoughby Garforth, Wiganthorpe, Yorks., and dau. of Maj.George Duff, 93rd Foot ; d. 13 Jul 1932.
RANDOLPH, FELTON GEORGE, eldest son of Rev.Cyril Randolph, Rector of Chartham, Kent, and Frances Selina, eldest dau. of Lionel Charles Hervey, Secretary of Embassy, Madrid ; b. 4 Apr 1854 ; adm. 27 Sep 1866 (G) ; QS 1869 ; left May 1873 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 6 Jun 1873, matr. Mich.1873 ; BA 1877 ; adm.Inner Temple 13 Apr 1877, called to bar 26 Jan 1880 ; South-Eastern Circuit ; Secretary and Director, Henty Ltd.,, brewers, Chichester, Sussex ; m. 14 Jan 1896 Emily Margaret, eldest dau. of Sir Evan Colville Nepean KCB, Director of Contracts, War Office ; d. 28 Dec 1906.
RANDOLPH, GEORGE, son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv) ; b. 16 Feb 1797 ; adm. 16 Sep 1806 ; KS 1810 ; Capt. of the School 1814 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student ; BA 1818 ; MA 1821 ; ordained deacon 20 May 1820, priest 17 Jun 1821 (both Oxford) ; Vicar of Eastry and Worth, Kent 24 Aug 1821-41 ; Perpetual Curate of Weald, Kent 1821-3 ; Rector of Stanton on the Wolds, Notts., 9 May 1827-36 ; Rector of Coulsdon, Surrey 28 Apr 1841-63 ; m. 20 Aug 1822 Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Henry Roger Drummond, Rector of Fawley, Hampshire ; d. 10 Jun 1880.
RANDOLPH, SIR GEORGE GRANVILLE, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv) ; b. 27 Jan 1819 ; adm. 17 Jun 1829 ; left Nov 1830 ; Naval Coll., Portsmouth, gold medallist ; 1st cl.Volunteer 7 Dec 1830 ; Sub-Lieut., 1837 ; Lieut., 27 Jun 1838 ; Conmmander 9 Nov 1846 ; Capt., 18 Nov 1854 ; Rear-Adm., 24 Apr 1872 ; Vice-Adm., 16 Sep 1877 ; retd. 26 Jul 1881 ; Adm., retired list 8 Jul 1884 ; took part in destruction of Malloodoo, a piratical stronghold in Borneo 19 Aug 1845 ; served in Black Sea during Crimean War 1854-6 ; Commodore, Cape of Good Hope Sep 1867 – Mar 1869 ; in command Detached Squadron Dec 1873 – Jun 1875 ; CB 2 Jun 1869 ; KCB 22 Jun 1897 ; author, The Rule of the Road at Sea, 1867, Problems in Naval Tactics, 1879 ; m.1st, 4 Feb 1851 Eleanor Harriet, eldest dau. of Rev.Joseph Arkwright, Vicar of Latton, Essex ; m.2nd, 7 Oct 1884 Frances Charlotta, only dau. of John Christopher Mansel, Cosgrove, Northants ; d. 16 May 1907. ODNB.
RANDOLPH, GOWER WILLIAM, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv) ; b. 23 Jan 1827 ; adm. 13 Jan 1841 (G) ; QS (Capt.) 1841 ; Capt. of the School 1844 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student ; BA 1849 ; BCL 1852 ; DCL 1857 ; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1851-63 ; Clerk, Privy Council Office 1851-6 ; d. at Madeira 29 Dec 1863.
RANDOLPH, HERBERT, only son of Rev.Herbert Randolph, Vicar of Wimbledon, Surrey, and Diana, dau. of John Knapp, St.Luke’s, Chelsea ; nephew of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv) ; bapt. 3 Nov 1789 ; adm. 26 Apr 1802 ; in school lists May and Oct 1803 ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1804 ; left 1806 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Dec 1806, Canoneer Student ; BA 1810 ; MA 1813 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1812, priest 19 Dec 1813 (both Oxford) ; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 1817-9 ; Vicar of Marcham, Berks., from 25 Jun 1819 m. 17 Aug 1820 Mary, second dau. of Philip Doble Burridge, Stoke House, Stoke St.Mary, Somerset ; d. 13 Mar 1875.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, brother of Thomas Randolph (KS 1755, qv) ; b. 6 Jul 1749 ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) 1763 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 – void 9 Sep 1783, Tutor 1773-83, Junior Censor 1775-8, Senior Censor 1779-82, Catechist 1781-2 ; BA 1771 ; MA 1774 ; BD 1782 ; DD 1783 ; Proctor 1781 ; Professor of Poetry, Oxford Univ. 1776-83, Regius Professor of Greek 1782-3, Whyte’s Professor. of Moral Philosophy 1782-6, Regius Professor of Divinity (and Rector of Ewelme, Oxford) Aug 1783 – Jan 1807 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 30 May 1779 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1780 ; Prebendary of Salisbury 16 Oct 1782 – Oct 1783 ; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 30 Aug 1783 – Jan 1807 ; Rector of Darowen, Montgomeryshire 19 May 1797 – Mar 1800 ; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1 Sep 1799 ; translated to Bangor 6 Jan 1807 ; Dean of Chapel Royal from 8 Jul 1809 ; translated to London 9 Aug 1809 ; Privy Councillor 27 Sep 1809 ; FRS 19 Dec 1811 ; Busby Trustee 3 May 1804 ; author, Enchiridion Theologicum, 1792, and numerous charges, sermons and lectures ; m. 13 Sep 1785 Jane, dau. of Thomas Lambarde (KS 1719, qv) ; d. 28 Jul 1813. ODNB.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, eldest son of John Honywood Randolph (qv) ; b. 15 May 1821 ; adm. 10 Apr 1833 ; KS 1835 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1839, adm.pens. 24 May 1839, but went to Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1839 ; played cricket for Oxford v.Cambridge 1843 ; BA 1843 ; MA 1847 ; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846 (both Chichester) ; Curate, Bradwell, Bucks., 1850-66 ; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey, from 1866 ; played cricket for Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and MCC, and Auditor, MCC 1875-81 ; m. 29 Apr 1851 Harriet, youngest dau. of John Thomas Bell, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, London ; d. 11 Jul 1881.
RANDOLPH, JOHN HONYWOOD, son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv) ; b. 8 Mar 1791 ; adm. 26 Apr 1802 ; in school list 1803 ; KS 1805 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1809, Westminster Student ; BA 1813 ; MA 1815 ; ordained deacon 4 Jun 1814 (Oxford), priest 21 May 1815 (Lichfield, lit.dim. from Winchester) 21 May 1815 ; Preacher, Gray’s Inn 13 Jun 1815 – Nov 1817 ; Rector of Wainfleet All Saints, Lincs., 13 Dec 1815 – Jan 1817 ; Rector of Burton Coggles, Lincs., 27 Nov 1816 – Feb 1822 ; Chaplain to British Embassy, St.Petersburg 1818 ; Rector of Fobbing, Essex 22 Mar 1822 ; Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 8 Nov 1822 ; Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex 22 Nov 1822-34 (disp. to hold with Fobbing) ; Perpetual Curate of St.Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex 20 Oct 1834-7 ; Rector of Mistley cum Bradfield and Manningtree, Essex 1 Nov 1839 ; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey 1845-66 ; m. 30 Aug 1814 Sarah, eldest dau. of Richard Wilson, Bildestone, Suffolk, and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, attorney ; d. 31 May 1868.
RANDOLPH, JOHN JAMES, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv) ; b. 8 Nov 1816 ; adm. 16 Jan 1828 ; KS (Capt.) 1829 ; Capt. of the School 1832 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student ; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1837 ; 1st cl.Classics and 2ndcl.Mathematics 1837 ; BA 1838 ; MA 1841 ; Fellow, Merton Coll. 1840, Tutor and Dean 1841, Bursar 1842, Sub-Warden 1846, latterly Senior Fellow ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 19 Apr 1838, called to bar 7 Jun 1844 ; d. unm. 6 Jul 1899.
RANDOLPH, LEVESON CYRIL, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv) ; b. 28 May 1824 ; adm. 4 Oct 1837 (G) ; QS (Capt.) 1838 ; Capt. of the School 1841 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1842, matr. 12 May 1842, Westminster Student ; played cricket for Oxford v.Cambridge 1845 ; BA 1846 ; MA 1848 ; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Buckland, Surrey ; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., 1853-70 ; Vicar of St.Luke’s, Lower Norwood, Surrey, from 1870 ; m. 13 Jul 1854 Hon.Anne Boscawen, dau. of Hon. and Rev.John Evelyn Boscawen, Prebendary of Canterbury, and sister of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth ; d. 1 Mar 1876.
RANDOLPH, MATTHEW, son of Francis Randolph, London ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1701 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 21, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1725 ; BA 1709 ; MA 1712 ; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1712, priest 20 Dec 1713 (both Oxford) ; Perpetual Curate of , Tring with Wigginton and Long Marston, Herts., from 10 Jun 17141725 ; living Jun 1740Feb 1725/6 ; m. [successor appointed 1760 ?].
RANDOLPH, PERCY JOHN CHARLES, only surviving son of John Randolph (adm.1833, qv) ; b. 11 Sep 1858 ; adm. 30 May 1872 (R) ; left Aug 1876 ; steam coal agent, Upper Penn, Staffs. (1901 Census) ; living at King’s Norton, Worcs., in 1911 (1911 Census) ; m. 16 Nov 1897 Constance, second dau. of Richard Shaw, Hereford ; death registered Newton Abbot fourth quarter 1933, aged 75.
RANDOLPH, ROBERT, brother of Thomas Randolph (elected to Cambridge 1623) ; bapt. Little Houghton, Northants 26 May 1611 ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1629, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1642 ; BA 1633 ; MA 1636 ; ordained deacon 18 Feb 1637/8 (Oxford), priest (Peterborough) 5 Jun 1642 (Peterborough) ; Vicar of Barnetby le Wold, Lincs., 20 Nov 1641 ; Vicar of Donington, Lincs. (by 1662) ; Wood describes him as “a most ingenious poet” (Fasti Oxonienses, i, 430) ; edited a collection of his brother’s Poemsworks, 1638 ; m.1st, — Whitestone, Whittlesey, Cambs. ; m.2nd, Joyce Weston, widow ; buried Donington, Lincs. 7 Jul 1671.
RANDOLPH, THOMAS, second son of William Randolph, Hamsey, near Lewes, Sussex, Steward to Edward, 11th Baron Zouche, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Smith, Newnham-cum-Badby, Northants ; bapt.Newnham, Northants 15 Jun 1605 ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1623, adm.scholar 1624, matr. 8 Jul 1624 ; BA Jan 1627/8 ; MA 1631 (incorp.Oxford 1631) ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 22 Sep 1629, Major Fellow from 23 Mar 1631/2 ; showed early talent as a writer ; became acquainted with Ben Jonson (qv), who is said to have always called him his son after their first meeting ; became famous at Cambridge as a writer of English and Latin verse, and as an organiser of dramatic performances by the students of pieces of his own composition ; went to London in 1632 ; tutor to a son of William Stafford, Blatherwickycke, Northants 1634 ; “accounted one of the most pregnant witts of his age” (Wood, Athenae .Oxonienses., i, 565) ; author, Aristippus or the Joviall Philosopher, and The Jealous Lovers, 1630 ; his Poems with the Muses’ Looking Glass and Amyntas were published posthumously in 1638 ; the loss of one of his little fingers in a duel is the subject of an elegy by William Hemming (qv) ; buried Blatherwickycke, Notrthants 17 Mar 1634/5, aged 29. ODNB.
RANDOLPH, THOMAS, eldest son of Rev.Thomas Randolph DD, President of Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, and Thomazine, dau. of William Honywood, and sister of Sir John Honywood, Bart. ; b. 4 May 1741 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1755 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 – res 22 Dec 1770 (expiry year of grace as R.Saltwood from 9 Jan 1770) ; BA 1763 ; MA 1766 ; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1765, priest 22 Jun 1766 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Saltwood with Hythe, Kent, from 3 Jan 1770 ; Domestic Chaplain to Edward Smallwell (qv), Bishop of St Davids 20 Sep 1783 ; Vicar of Waltham with Petham, Kent, from 1783 ; m. 21 Aug 1770 Judith, sister of William Isaac Rutton (qv) ; d. 18 Jul 1808.
RANDOLPH, THOMAS, eldest son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv) ; b. 9 Nov 1788 ; adm. ; KS 1801 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1806, matr. 17 May 1806, Westminster Student ; BA 1809 ; MA 1812 ; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1812 (London), priest 1812 ; Rector of Much and Little Hadham, Herts., from 16 Nov 1812 ; Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 16 Nov 1812 ; Domestic Chaplain to Edward Harcourt (qv), Archbishop of York 7 Mar 1814 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George IV, William IV and Victoria from 24 Oct 1825 ; m. 28 May 1813 Caroline Diana, youngest dau. of Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart. (qv) ; d. 2 May 1875.
RANDOLPH, VALENTINE ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1723/4 ; in under school list 1726.
RANKEN, CHARLES, second son of Capt.Charles Ranken, EICS Bengal, subsequently of Richmond Lodge, near Holywood, Belfast, Ireland, and Mary, dau. of Rev.Moses Grant, Rector of Nolton, Pembrokeshire, and Prebendary of St.Davids ; b. 14 Mar 1797 ; adm.Christmas 1809 ; KS (aged 13) 1810 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student 1814-27 [check] ; BA 1817 ; MA 1820 (incorp.Cambridge 1860) ; ordained deacon 23 Dec 1820, priest 23 Dec 1821 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Oddington, Oxfordshire 1822 ; Curate and Lecturer, Brislington, Somerset 1826 ; Chaplain, Hickey’s Almshouses, Richmond, Surrey 1867-77 ; m. Jan 1827 Isabella, dau. of Edward Long Fox MD, Brislington House, Somerset ; d. 31 Oct 1883.
RANKEN, JOHN WILLIAM, only son of Charles Ranken, Gray’s Inn, London, solicitor, and Cecilia Arnott ; b. 26 Apr 1815 ; adm. 16 Jan 1828 ; left Apr 1832 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Oct 1832 ; d. 2 Sep 1835. [mother perhaps dau. of Henry Arnott (IGI)]
RANSOM, ROBERT JOHN, only son of Robert Ransom, Hastings, Sussex [LDS, dentist ?], and Hannah Martha, only dau. of George Pearson, Pimlico, Westminster [dentist ?] ; b. 27 Aug 1857 ; adm. 31 Jul 1871 ; QS 1872 ; left Dec 1874 ; St.Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 Nov 1878 ; BA 1883 ; Wycliffe Hall 1883 ; ordained deacon 1883 (Truro), priest 1884 (Winchester) ; Curate, St.Stephen’s in Brannell, Cornwall 1883-4, St.Michael’s, Bournemouth, Hampshire 1884-5, Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey 1885-90 ; m. 9 Feb 1886 Edith, dau. of Robert Chatfield Hankinson, North Stoneham, Hampshire, banker ; d. 30 Oct 1902. [mother presumably Hannah Martha, only dau. of [George ?] Pearson, Pimlico, Westminster]
RANT, ROGER, son of Roger Rant, North Walsham, Norfolk ; b. ; at school under Wilson (J.Venn, Biog.Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 223) ; Gonville and Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 6 Oct 1613, aged 15, matr. Easter 1615 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 25 Oct 1615 ; of Swaffham Prior, Cambs. ; m. 17 Jan 1618/9 Eleanor, dau. of John Jermy, Gunton, Norfolk ; d. 26 May 1654.
RANT, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Rant, Mendham Priory, Suffolk, and Mary — (IGI) [or Rebecca Bateman ?] ; bapt.Redenhall, Norfolk 23 Sep 1731 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1746/7 ; adm.Middle Temple 7 Feb 1748/9 ; d.1805.
RAPHSON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1701 ; left 1704.
RASHBON, — ; b. ; adm. ; left 1656 (School List 1656, first quarter only).
RASHLEIGH, NATHANIEL ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1667, adm.pens. 29 Jun 1667, scholar 1668 ; BA 1670/1 ; MA 1674 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674-1706, Senior Fellow from 1706, Tutor 1680, Junior Dean 1700-1, Junior Bursar 1704-6 ; ordained priest 27 Feb 1680/1 (Lincoln) ; Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs. (occurs 1692) ; Rector of Papworth St.Everard, Cambs., 3 Aug 1693 – Jan 1695 ; one of petitioners to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley in 1709 ; d. unm. 6 May 1713. [buried St.Edmund, Salisbury : why ?]
RATFORD (or RADFORD), JOSEPH, son of Robert Ratford (or Radford), Stepney, Middlesex, and Anne — ; bapt.St.Dunstan, Stepney 3 Jun 1655 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS 1671 ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, adm.pens. 4 Jun 1674 (as Radford), aged 17.
RATTENBURY, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1721-3 (Chapter Muniments 33754-5).
RAVAUD, (STEPHEN) DAVID, second son of Marc Antoine Ravaud, Geneva, Switzerland, and afterwards of Hammersmith, Middlesex, and Susanne, dau. of Major-Gen.Isaac de Monceau, Sieur de la Melonière ; b. 28 Sep 1718 [but probably 1715 (IGI), bapt. as Etienne David Ravaud] ; adm. Jun 1728 ; left 1733 ; Clare Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Nov 1732, matr.1733 ; BA 1736/7 ; MA 1740 ; FRS 21 May 1747 ; d. unm. 17 Jul 1776 (will proved PCC 13 Sep 1776, he of St.Marylebone).
RAVELALL, — (in school list 1754), see RANDALL.
RAVENER, JAMES ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1718 ; in under school list 1722. [Perhaps James Ravener, butcher, St.James, Westminster, Middlesex, will proved PCC 13 Oct 1757 ; Purveyor to Royal Household (Butcher), Sep 1744, then of Bow Street, Westminster (still Chamberlayne 1748)]
RAVENER, JOHN, son of James Ravener, Westminster ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1720 ; apprenticed to Joseph Thorpe, citizen and poulterer, 25 Mar 1725.
RAVENHILL, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1738.
RAVIS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Ravis, Malden, Surrey, and Mary, widow of Robert Benson, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, and Knaresborough, Yorks., and dau. of Thomas De Lisle, Reigate, Surrey ; b.c.1560 ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 6 Jul 1575, Westminster Student to 1591 ; Ravis and Edward Carew (qv) were at first refused admittance to their Studentships, but were ultimately admitted after an appeal to Lord Burghley ; BA 1578 ; MA 3 Mar 1581/2 ; BD 1589 ; DD 1595 ; Proctor 1588 ; ordained 1582 ; Rector of Merstham, Surrey 27 Oct 1591 – Nov 1598 ; Vicar of All Hallows, Barking, London 27 Dec 1591 – May 1598 ; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Feb 1592/3 -May 1607 ; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 19 Jun 1596596 – Mar 1604/5 (the first OW to hold that preferment) ; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1596-8 ; Vicar of Islip, Oxfordshire 7 Jul 1598 – May 1607 ; Vicar of Little Wittenham Abbas, Berks., 19 Oct 1598 – 1607 ; attended Hampton Court Conference 1604 ; one of Oxford Committee deputed to translate part of New Testament for the Authorised Version of the Bible ; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation Mar 1603/4 – Mar 1604/5 ; consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 17 Mar 1604/5 ; translated to London 18 May 1607 ; a determined opponent of nonconformity ; m. (by 1602) Alice, sister of ReVenv.Robeert Tinley DD, Archdeacon of Ely (subsequently wife of Sir John Borlase, Kt, Master General of the Ordnance (I)) ; d. 14 DecNov 1609. ODNB.
RAVENSCROFT, HERBERT VALENTINE, eldest son of Enoch Valentine Ravenscroft, Wimbledon, Surrey, plate glass merchant, and Myra Elizabeth Mildred, dau. of John Evans, Pendeford Hall, Staffs. ; b. 16 May 1868 ; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (G) ; left Dec 1885 ; 2ndLieut., Manchester Regt., 28 Jun 1890 ; Lieut., 19 May 1892 ; Capt., 9 Feb 1898 ; Brevet Maj., 10 Feb 1898 ; retd. 15 Oct 1904 ; in Sudan Government Service to 1914 ; re-employed in Aug 1914 as second in commandHon.Lieut.-Col., 3rd batt. Border Regt., with hon.rank of Lieut-Col. ; retd. 31 Oct 1916 ; served in expedition to Dongola 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, and in Nile expeditions 1897, 1898, mentioned in despatches LG 25 Jan and 24 May 1898 ; Order of Osmanieh (Egypt), Third Class 1905 ; of The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex ; JP Sussex 1926 ; m. 12 Jun 1913 Helen, eldest dau. of James McLean, New York, USA, chairman, Phelps Dodge & Co, metal brokers ; death registered Chanctonbury fourth quarter 1952. [transfer to correct place before Ravis]. 1952.
RAWLINS, — ; b. ; adm. ; left 1807.
RAWLINS, EDWARD, son of Robert Rawlins, London ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1669 ; Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 4 Jul 1672, matr.1673 ; migr. to Peterhouse, adm.pens. 3 Apr 1675, Ramsey Scholar 4 Jun 1675 ; BA 1675/6 ; MA 1680.
RAWLINS, JAMES ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) May 1730 ; left 1733.
RAWLINS, STEDMAN, son of Henry Rawlins, NevisSt.Kitts, West Indies, and Elizabeth Wilkes ; b. 24 Aug 1782 ; adm. 15 Apr 1796 ; in school list 1797, third form list 1798 ; probably “Rawlings” who played cricket v.Eton at Lords 31 Jul 1800, 31 Jul 1801 ; Lieut., 27thFoot 27 Nov 1799 [sic] ; half pay ; Capt., 30th Foot ;living 1804 ; later living at Hoddesdon, Herts. ; Lieut.-Col. Commandant, 2ndHertfordshire Volunteer Infantry (in 1814) ; m. 22 Aug 1803 his first cousin Ann Taylor, dau. of Hon.Stedman Rawlins, St.Kitts (IGI). [Note however his cousin Stedman Rawlins, eldest son of Stedman (sic) Rawlins, St.Kitts, and Elizabeth Taylor, dau. of William Wharton, St Kitts ; b. 1784, bapt.Nevis 22 Jun 1787 ; presumably Stedman Rawlins who was at Eton College c.1799 ; , deceased, adm.Middle Temple 29 Oct 1801 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1801, aged 17 ; m. in St.Kitts 28 Mar 1805 Gertrude Tyson] [a Stedman Rawlins was acting Governor of St.Kitts in 1816] [looks as if two individuals of same name have become confused]
RAWLINS, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1717/8 ; in under school list 1721. [perhaps son of Thomas Rawlins, Middle Temple ; apprenticed to James St.Amand, apothecary 1 May 1722]
RAWLINS, WILLIAM, son of William Rawlins, London ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1749 (as Rawlin) ; KS 1755. [Perhaps Ensign, 67thFoot 23 Mar 1762 ; Lieut., 1 Sep 1771 ; half pay 19 Jan 1784]
RAWLINS, WORTHINGTON, brother of Stedman Rawlins (qv) ; b. 15 Oct 1790 ; adm. 3 May 1802 ; in school lists May and Oct 1803 ; left 1805 ; adm.Middle Temple 20 Jun 1808 (as fourth son of Henry Rawlins, St Kitts) ; plantation owner, St.Kitts ; m. 30 Sep 1813 his first cousin Elizabeth Stedman, dau. of Hon.Stedman Rawlins, St Kitts ; d. 13 Jun 1868.
RAWLINSON, CHARLES, see (or ROWLINSON), CHARLES., son of Richard Rawlinson (or Rowlinson), Warrington, Lancs., [solicitor ?] and Betty Fearnhead (IGI) ; bapt.Warrington, Lancs. 19 Nov 1779 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1795 ; in school list 1797.
RAWLINSON, HERBERT WATSON, eldest son of Thomas Rawlinson (qv) , and his first wife ; b. 10 May 1863 ; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (R) ; left Aug 1880 ; a clerk in Child’s Bank, Fleet Street, London ; m. 4 Sep 1899 Mary Lucy (otherwise Mary Townsend), only child of Henry Clarke Willowsmarriage registered St.Giles third quarter 1899 ; d. 21 Mar 1906.
RAWLINSON, JOHN, son of Thomas Rawlinson (qv), and his first wife ; b. 29 Aug 1866 ; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (R) ; left May 1884 ; an architect ; articled pupil of Sir Arthur William Blomfield 1885-8 ; ARIBA 8 Jun 1891 ; Diocesan Surveyor, Diocese of Southwark ; m. 10 Aug 1895, Annie Gertrude, eldest dau. of Henry King, Isfield Place, Uckfield, Sussex ; d. 10 Feb 1934.
RAWLINSON, RICHARD, son of Thomas Rawlinson (qv), and his first wife ; b. 26 Mar 1869 ; adm. 26 Jan 1881 (R) ; left Mar 1886 ; manager, C.Hoare & Co., bankers, Fleet Street ; m. 4 Jun 1907 Henrietta, fourth dau. of Sir Charles Rugge-Price, Bart. ; d. Jun 1945.
RAWLINSON, THOMAS, youngest son of John Rawlinson, Wimpole Street, London, and New Place, Alresford, Hampshire, barrister, Magistrate Marylebone Police Court and Treasurer of Middlesex Hospital, and Felicia, dau. of Thomas Watson, Haydon Hall, Middlesex ; b. 2 May 1823 ; adm. 15 Jun 1835 ; QS 1837 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1841, adm.pens. 21 May 1841, matr. Mich.1841, scholar 1842 ; BA 1845 ; MA 1848 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 21 Feb 1845, called to bar 23 Nov 1848 ; equity draughtsman and conveyancer ; of Clatford House, Richmond, Surrey ; m. 1st, 5 Aug 1862 Charlotte, youngest dau. of Rev.William Herbert Chapman, Vicar of Balsham, Cambs. ; ; m.2nd, — [check] ; d. 26 May 1894.
RAWLINSON, WILLIAM MILES, son of Capt.William Edward Rawlinson, EICS Bombay, Deputy Judge Advocate-Gen., Bombay Army, and Jane, eldest dau. of Miles Stringer, Effingham Hill, Surrey, tea dealer ; nephew of Thomas Rawlinson (qv) ; b. 24 Oct 1844 ; adm. 7 Jun 1855 1855 (R) ; left Christmas 1862 ; d. 14 Mar 1906 (death registered Ulverston).
RAWSON, FREDERICK LAWRENCE, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv) ; b. 27 Jul 1859 ; adm. 23 Jan 1873 (G) ; Min.Can.1874 ; an electrical engineer, firm Woodhouse and Rawson Ltd ; AMICE 1 Dec 1885 ; MIEE ; founder, The Society for Spreading the Knowledge of True Prayer ; author, Life Understood, 1912 ; m. 18 Feb 1890 Evelyn Trevelyan, sixth dau. of William Clement Cazalet, Capel, Surrey ; d. during a lecturing tour at New York, USA 10 Nov 1923.
RAWSON, HENRY GILBERT, eldest son of Sir Rawson William Rawson KCMG CB, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia Mary Anne, dau. of Hon. and Rev.Henry Ward, Rector of Killinchy, co.Down ; b. 18 Mar 1851 ; adm. 4 Oct 1864 (G) ; QS (Capt.) 1866 ; Capt. of the School 1869 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1870, matr. 8 Jun 1870 ; 1st cl.Classics (Mods) 1872, 3rd cl.Lit.Hum. 1874 ; BA 1874 ; adm.Inner Temple 9 Oct 1873, called to bar 13 Jun 1877 ; equity draughtsman and conveyancer ; author, Pocket Law Lexicon, 1883 ; m. 14 Apr 1909 Kate Agnes, dau. of David Forbes, Athole, Swaziland, South Africa, land surveyor and mining prospector ; d. at Durban, Natal 7 Oct 1925.
RAWSON, HERBERT EDWARD, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv) ; b. 3 Sep 1852 ; adm. 28 Sep 1865 (G) ; QS 1867 ; left Christmas 1870 ; RMA Woolwich ; Lieut., Royal Engineers 12 Sep 1872 ; Capt., 12 Sep 1884 ; Maj., 31 Dec 1891 ; Lieut.-Col., 7 Jul 1899 ; half-pay 7 Jul 1904 ; Brevet Col., 29 Nov 1900 ; Col., 25 Feb 1905 ; Chief Engineer, South Africa 1905-7, Northern Command 1907-9 ; retd. 3 Sep 1909 ; served in South African War 1899-1902, mentioned in Buller’s despatches 30 Mar, 19 Jun and 9 Nov 1900, LG 8 Feb 1901 and 29 Jul 1902 ; CB 22 Aug 1902 ; played cricket for Kent 1873 and Association Football for England v.Scotland 1875 ; Busby Trustee 24 May 1910 ; JP Hertfordshire 1914 ; m. 8 Jul 1875 Elizabeth Stuart, dau. of Richard Owen Armstrong, Monkstown, co.Dublin, solicitor ; d. 18 Oct 1924.
RAWSON, WILLIAM STEPNEY, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv) ; b. 14 Oct 1854 ; adm. 26 Sep 1867 (G) ; QS (Capt.) 1869 ; Capt. of the School 1872 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1873, matr. 31 May 1873 ; played Association Football for Oxford v.Cambridge 1874-7, and for England v. Scotland in matches in Mar 1875 and Mar 1877 ; 1st cl.Mathematics (Mods) 1875, 2ndcl.Mathematics 1877 ; BA 1877 ; MA 1880 ; an electrical engineer, initially with Woodhouse and Rawson Ltd, and then on own account ; MIEE ; managing dir., Mabor Ltd., 1903- ; m. 15 Jul 1891 Alice Maud, third dau. of Lieut.-Gen.James George Fife, Royal Engineers, Goring, Oxfordshire ; d. 4 Nov 1932.
RAY, — ; b. ; in school lists 1765.
RAY, — ; b. ; in school lists Apr 1770.
RAYMOND, — ; b. ; in under school list 1716.
RAYMOND, — ; b. ; in school lists 1764 ; left 1764.
RAYMOND, JONATHAN, younger son of Sir Jemmett Raymond, Kt, St.Peter’s, Oxford, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Skylling, Draycot, Wilts. ; bapt. 26 Nov 1704 ; adm. (aged 11) Aug 1716 ; in under school list 1721 ; Pembroke Coll.Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1723 ; adm.Inner Temple 20 May 1720 ; d. Aug 1736.
RAYNE, see also RAINE.
RAYNE, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1727, 1728.
RAYNE, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1728-32.
RAYNE, CUTHBERT, younger brother of Thomas Rayne (qv) ; b. 9 Nov 1717 ; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1725 ; left 1733 ; m. 17 Jul 1747 Ann Champion (IGI) ; d. 20 Nov 1752, described as “an eminent Whalebone Merchant in Cateaton-Street” (or as “partner with Mr Hurst, Wholesale Haberdasher in Cateaton Street”).. [maybe Cuthbert Rayne, St.Margaret, Westminster, gardener, living Knightsbridge 1749]
RAYNE, THOMAS, son of Robert Rayne, St.Lawrence Jewry, London, wax chandler, and Martha (Hamond ?) ; bapt.St.Lawrence Jewry 6 Sep 1715 ; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1723 ; left 1733 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1733 ; BA 1737 ; MA 1740 ; ordained deacon (Winchester) 24 Dec 1738 (Winchester) (as Raynes), priest (Rochester) 24 May 1741 (Rochester) (as Rayne) ; Vicar of Winwick, Northants 1737 [check] ; Chaplain, 2nd Troop, Horse Guards 20 Dec 1740 (still 1759) ; Curate, Faukham, Kent 1741 ; Rector of Ilsington, Devon 19 Dec 1745 – Mar 1748/9 ; Lecturer, parishes of St.Lawrence Jewry and ST.Mary Magdalen, Milk Street Dec 1747 ; Vicar of Broadwindsor, Dorset, from 6 Feb 1748/9 ; Vicar of Netherbury and Beaminster, Dorset, from 22 Dec 1760(disp. to hold with Broadwindsor 1760) ; Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 25 Aug 1759 ; Chaplain to Nathaniel Booth, Lord Delamer (in 1760) ; m. 27 Feb 1756 Mary, dau. of Richard Houlditch, Hampstead, Middlesex, sugar baker and director, South Sea Company ; d. 31 Dec 1788.
RAYNER, WILLIAM, son of Michael Rayner, St.Matthew, Friday Street, London, leather seller ; bapt.St.Matthew Friday Street 25 Jan 1661 (IGI, sic, presumably 1661/2) ; adm. ; KS 1675 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, aged 18, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1697 ; BA 1686 ; MA 1690 ; ordained priest 1706 (Exeter) ; Head Master, Barnstaple GS 1690-8 ; Master of Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Somerset, from 1698 ; “remarkable for an exact knowledge of the classicks and a peculiar felicity in explaining them” (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, x, 264) ; ordained priest 19 May 1706 (Exeter) ; Rector of West Monkton, Somerset, 5 Apr 1710 – Sep 1719 ; Vicar of Collaton Raleigh, Devon 1716 -– Jun 1721 ; Domestic Chaplain to George, Bishop of Bristol ; Rector of Wyke Regis, Dorset, from 15 Jun 1720 ; m. 2 Feb 1695 (IGI, sic, for 1695/6 ?) Honoria Rolle ; d. 19 Mar 1729/30.
RAYNES, — ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; left 1548 (Acts of Chapter, i, 277).
RAYNES, — ; younger brother of — Raynes (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Dec 1548 (Acts of Chapter, i, 277).
RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Edward Raynes, Besthorpe, Notts. ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1726 ; KS 1727 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1731, adm.pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732 ; BA 1734/5 ; MA 1742 ; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1734 (Lincoln), priest 20 Jun 1736 (London) ; Rector of Hangleton, Sussex, from 31 Jan 1740/1 ; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 16 Feb 1741/2 ; m. 28 May 1745 Anne, third dau. of James Chambers, Seaford, Sussex ; d. 16 Apr 1755. [father perhaps Vicar of Caunton with Besthorpe, Notts. ?]
RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Ven.Edward Robert Raynes, Vicar of Beddingham and West Firle, Sussex, and Archdeacon of Lewes, and Harriot, dau. of Rev.Thomas Porter, Rector of East Hoathley and Ripe, Sussex ; grandson of Edward Raynes (qv) ; bapt. 27 Apr 1785 ; adm. 10, Sep 1798 (Clapham) ; in school lists 1801, May 1803 ; left 1803 ; Jesus Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 28 Mar 1803, matr. Easter 1806 ; BA 1807 ; MA 1810 ; ordained deacon 1808 (Winchester, lit.dim. from Salisbury), priest 7 May 1809 (Salisbury) ; Senior Chaplain, Garrison Church, Portsmouth ; of Belmont, East Hoathley, Sussex ; m. 7 Nov 1826 Mary, only dau. of Edward Fuller, Hooe, Sussex ; d. 6 Aug 1838.
RAYNES, THOMAS, brother of Edward Raynes (in school list 1801, qv ) ; bapt. 3 Apr 1788 ; adm. 13 Sep 1799 (Clapham) ; KS 1802 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1806, adm.pens. 19 May 1806, matr. Mich.1806, scholar 1807 ; BA 1810 ; ordained deacon 16 Feb 1811 (Bath & Wells) ; Curate, Ripe, Sussex 18 Feb 1811, Chalvington, Sussex 1 Nov 1811 ; Rector of Waldron, Sussex, from 7 May 1821 ; m. 19 Nov 1825 (IGI) Maria Jane, widow of Lieut.John Daxon, 37th Foot, and dau. of Rev.Thomas Fuller, Rector of Chalvington and Vicar of Hove, SussexHeathfield, Sussex ; buried Waldron, Sussex 13 Mar 1850, aged 62.
READ, see also READE, REED and REID.
READ, — ; b. ; adm. 16 Sep 1765.
READ, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1793 (Chapter Muniments).
READ, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1667 ; KS 1669.
READ, JONES, son of Bagot Read, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, and Margaret, dau. of Humphrey Jones, Flint, Flintshire ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Dec 1734 ; left 1736 ; Jesus Coll.Oxford, matr. 15 Apr 1736 ; BA 1739 ; MA 1742 ; BD 1749 ; DD 1755 ; Fellow, Jesus Coll. 1744-65 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1747, priest 17 Dec 1748 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Nantwich, Cheshire 14 Apr 1758 ; Rector of Nantwich, Cheshire 19 Feb 1759 – May 1769 ; Rector of Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire, from 20 Jun 1768 ; m. 4 Jul 1768 Martha Nash ; d. 23 Apr 1782.
READ, JOSEPH ; b. ; adm. 12 Jul 1773.
READE, — ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289).
READE, — ; b. ; at school 1662-3 (Busby’s Account Book).
READE, — ; b. ; at school in 1662 (Busby’s Account Book).
READER, — ; b. ; adm. ; left 1809.
READER, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. 19 Jan 1803 ; in school lists May and Oct 1803.
READHEAD, — ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner in 1564-5 (tutor, Prebendary Norley) (Chapter Muniments 54004-10).
READING, see also REDDING.
READING, SIR ROBERT, BART., son of John Reading, London ; b. ; at school by Jun 1654, aged 14 (WAM 43112) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Mar 1655 ; BA 1658 ; adm.Inner Temple 6 May 1659 ; MP (I) Ratoath Mar 1662-6 ; King’s Alnager and Keeper of the Lighthouses (I) from 1666 ; created baronet 27 Aug 1675 ; FRS Nov 1671 ; is frequently mentioned in the diary of Robert Hooke (qv) ; m. c.1662 Jane, widow of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath (I) PC (I), President of Connaught, and dau. of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart. ; buried Newark, Notts., 25 Mar 1689. [Presumably Robert Reading, son of John Reading and Dorothy —, bapt.St.Ann, Blackfriars, London 5 Jul 1639 (IGI)].
READY, — ; b. ; in school list 1750.
READY, ALEXANDER, see COLSTON, ALEXANDER.
REASTON, FRANCIS BUSHELL, eldest son of Thomas Reaston, Kingston on Hull, merchant, and Mary Bushell (IGI) ; b. 22 Sep 1756 ; adm. 20 Jun 1771 ; left Dec 1774 ; adm.Middle Temple 22 Apr 1773, called to bar 24 Nov 1780, Bencher 29 Jan 1813, Treasurer 1823 ; also adm.Inner Temple 28 Jan 1779 ; m. 20 Feb 1798 Mary, only dau. of Samuel Dodington (formerly Jackson), Horsington House, Somerset ; d. 6 Aug 1827, aged 70.
RECORD, GEORGE ; b. 18 Nov 1808 ; adm. 15 Jan 1822.
REDDING, — ; b. ; in under school list 1718.
REDDING, FRANCIS ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1718 ; in under school list 1720.
REDGRAVE, ROSSLYN FRAZER ALEXANDER, brother of Stuart Augustus Redgrave (qv) ; b. 13 Oct 1852 ; adm. 26 May 1864 ; readm. 27 Jan 1866 ; left Christmas 1866 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 3 Oct 1870, matr.Mich.1870, but did not graduate ; proprietor of worsted spinning business, Horton, Bradford, Yorks. (1881 Census, unm.) ; emigrated to Queensland, Australia (by 1913) ; living in Mylor, Cornwall, at death ; d. 31 Oct 1924.
REDGRAVE, STUART AUGUSTUS, second son of Alexander Redgrave CB, Chief Inspector of Factories, and Mary Ann, dau. of George Hodgkinson, York Terrace, Regent’s Park ; b. 1 Aug 1850 ; adm. 26 May 1864 ; left Whitsun 1865 ; no occupation (1881 Census) ; d. 17 Oct 1889.
REDHEAD, see also READHEAD.
REDHEAD, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1715-8.
REDHEAD, GEORGE, son of Samuel Redhead, Antigua, West Indies, plantation owner, and Anne, dau. of George Crump, Antigua ; bapt. 11 Nov 1737 ; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1753 ; plantation owner, Antigua ; m. Margaret, dau. of Dr Patrick Cusack, Antigua ; d. in London 5 Dec 18014.
REDHEAD, SAMUEL, son of George Redhead (qv) ; bapt. 7 Mar 1768 ; adm. 30 Sep 1776 ; in school lists 1780 ; living in London Jul 1795 ; supposed to have been lost at sea soon afterwards.
REDMAN, TIMOTHY ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1667 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1673, matr. 31 May 1673 (described as “cler.fil.”, i.e. son of a Church of England clergyman), Westminster Student 24 Dec 1673 – void 1685, Tutor 1677-80 ; BA 1677 ; MA 1680 ; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1680, priest 19 Sep 1680 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Street with Walton, Somerset, from 22 Apr 1684 ; Prebendary of Wells from 19 Oct 1710 ; m. ; d. 4 May 1718, aged 66.
REDMAYNE, EDMUND ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1668 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1673, adm.pens. 25 May 1673, scholar 1674, matr.1676 ; BA 1676/7.
REECE, CHARLES HOWARD AUGUSTINE, brother of Joseph Frederick Reece (qv) ; b. 24 Jul 1859 ; adm. 12 Jun 1873 (R) ; left Christmas 1875 ; adm.solicitor Jun 1883 ; practised in London ; m. 4 Sep 1888 Eliza Helen, dau. of Daniel Fleming Wilson, Ramsay, Isle of Man, advocate ; d. 2 Oct 1928.
REECE, GEORGE HENRY WALTON, brother of Joseph Frederick Reece (qv) ; b. 30 Aug 1861 ; adm. 24 Sep 1874 ; QS 1876 ; left May 1880 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 21 Jan 1882 ; BA 1885 ; preparatory schoolmaster at Westgate on Sea, Kent 1894-1925 ; m. 1 Jan 1895 Frances Louisa Gordon, second dau. of Rev.William Campbell, Rector of Stoke Dry, Rutland ; d. 12 May 1946..
REECE, JOSEPH FREDERICK, third son of Richard Marsden Reece, Furnival’s Inn, London, attorney, and Caroline, third dau. of William Henry Smith, London, and Bournemouth, Hampshire, founder of W.H.Smith & Son, newsagents ; b. 12 Jul 1853 ; adm. 21 Jun 1867 (G) ; QS 1868 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1872, matr. 23 May 1872 ; BA 1877 ; adm.solicitor Sep 1880 ; practised at Westgate on Sea, Kent ; m. at Hong Kong 4 Feb 1893 Jessie Ida, elder dau. of Joseph Alfred Dare, London, “merchant’s clerk” (1881 Census) ; d. 29 Apr 1931.
REED, JOHN, fourth son of John Reed, Chipchase Castle, Northumberland, and Mary, dau. of Henry Nevil, Kingston on Hull, Yorks. ; b. 6 Feb 1803 ; adm. 3 Feb 1815 ; QS 1817 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1821, adm.pens. 9 Jun 1821, matr. Mich.1821, scholar 1822 ; BA 1825 ; ordained deacon 16 Sep 1826, priest 13 Oct 1827 (both Durham) ; Curate, Ryton, Durham 1826-32 ; Vicar of Newburn, Northumberland, from 29 Feb 1832 ; Lecturer, St.Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne 1832 ; d.unm. 4 Sep 1884.
REED, RICHARD BEVAN, only son of John Reed, Wick, Glamorgan, and Elizabeth, sister of Richard Bevan (qv) ; b. ; adm. 1805, third quarter ; left Midsummer 1808 ; of Broughton, Wick, co.Glamorgan ; insolvent debtor by 1838, and imprisoned for debt in Cardiff Gaol ; d. Jan eath registered Cardiff first quarter 1840. [probably kin to Richard Bevan (adm.1776), since he administered Bevan’s father’s estate] said to be [aged 13 (sic) at 24 Aug 1801]
REEKS, CHARLES FREDERICK, elder son of Charles Frederick Reeks FRIBA, Westbourne Square, London, architect, and Helen, third dau. of Charles Rowland, North Street, Westminster, Principal Clerk, House of Commons ; b. 27 Jan 1857 ; adm. 29 Jan 1870 ; left May 1876 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 7 Jun 1876, matr. Mich.1876 ; BA 1881 ; MA 1884 ; ordained deacon 1881, priest 1882 (both London) ; Curate, St.Mary Magdalen, Paddington 1881-97 ; Vicar of Monmouth, Monmouthshire 1897-1912 ; Rector of Hinton Waldrist, Berks., 1915-8 ; m. 29 Apr 1889 Maud Edith, fifth dau. of Lieut.-Gen.William Hill, Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, London ; d. 28 Oct 1935.
REEKS, JAMES ALBERT, brother of Charles Frederick Reeks (qv) ; b. 9 Aug 1860 ; adm. 4 Jun 1874 ; left Apr 1877 ; RMC Sandhurst 1879 ; 2nd Lieut., 45th Foot 11 Aug 1880 ; Lieut., Derbyshire Regt., 4 May 1881 ; Capt., 19 May 1886 ; Adjutant, 5 Aug 1886 ; Maj., 1 Jan 1899 ; retd. 21 Sep 1904 ; re-employed in command depot of Sherwood Foresters in 1914-8 War ; Hon.Lieut.-Col., 25 Dec 1917 ; OBE 1 Jan 1918 ; m. 24 Aug 1907 Elwena Grace, dau. of Sir Francis Norie Miller, Bart., MP, Cleeve, Perthshire, insurance company executive ; d. 7 Jan 1944.
REEVE (or RYVE), — ; son of Rev.Richard Reeve (or Ryve), Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., Canon of Windsor and Prebendary of Westminster ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1564-6 (tutor, Prebendary Reeve) (Chapter Muniments 54004-10).
REEVE, JAMES, son of James Reeve, Lambeth, Surrey, [carpenter ?], and Elizabeth Cutler ; b. ; adm. 20 Apr 1775 ; KS (Capt.) (aged 14) 1778 ; in school list Jul 1779 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 28 Jun 1782, Bishop Williams Scholar 5 Nov 1782, matr. Mich.1782 ; BA 1786 ; MA 1789 ; ordained deacon 12 Mar 1786 (Gloucester), priest (Canterbury) 8 Jul 1787 (Canterbury) ; Curate, Maidstone, Kent 1787 ; Perpetual Curate of Maidstone, Kent, from 1787 ; Six Preacher, Canterbury Cathedral, from 21 Sep 1816 ; m. Apr 1793 — Turner, Maidstone, Kent ; d. 22 Mar 1842, aged 78.
REEVE (or RYVE), SAMUEL, brother of — Reeve (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; QS 1565-70 ; Magdalen Hall, Oxford (there in 1572, aged 21) ; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1573 ; BA 1575/6 ; MA 1579 ; ordained priest 29 Sep 1582 (Rochester) ; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., from 27 Apr 1583 ; m. (by 1598) ; buried Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., 4 Feb 1612/3.
REEVE, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1719.
REEVES, CHARLES ; b. 15 Jul 1807 ; adm. 6 Jun 1817 ; left Dec 1819.
REEVES, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1752 ; in school list 1754.
REEVES, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1750.
REID, DANIEL ; b. ; adm.Midsummer 1813 ; in school list Feb 1816.
REID, GEORGE, son of George Reid, Watlington Hall, Norfolk, and Jamaica, plantation owner, and Louisa, sister of Sir Herbert Oakeley, Bart. (qv) ; b. 29 Apr 1808 ; adm. 17 Jan 1821 ; left 1823 ; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1824 ; Cornet, 1st Light Cavalry 28 Sep 1825 ; Lieut., 7 Dec 1827 ; Brevet Capt., 28 Sep 1840 ; Superintendent, Mysore Princes at Calcutta 3 Jul 1845 ; served in First Afghan War and Gwalior campaign ; d. at Calcutta 16 Oct 1845.
REID, JOHN RAMSAY, only son of Hugh Galbraith Reid FSA, Assistant Comptroller, Stationery Office, and Christina, second dau. of James Ramsay McCulloch, Comptroller, Stationery Office, statistician and political economist ; b. 18 Oct 1855 ; adm. 23 Sep 1869 ; left May 1874 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 21 May 1875, matr.Mich.1875 ; BA 1879 ; MA 1882 ; adm.Inner Temple 25 Jan 1878, called to bar 27 Apr 1883 ; d. 19 Oct 1893.
RELHAN, RICHARD, son of Anthony Relhan MD FRCP FRCP (I), Brighton, Sussex, medical practitioner, and his first wife Sarah Breholt, Dublin ; b. Dublin ; adm. ; KS (aged 13) 1767 ; Capt. of the School 1771 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1772, adm.pens. 17 Jun 1772, matr. Mich.1772, scholar 7 May 1773 ; BA 1776 ; MA 1779 ; ordained deacon 1777 (lit.dim. from Canterbury) 1777, priest (Peterborough) 27 Jun 1779 (Peterborough) ; Curate, New Romney, Kent 1777 ; Fellow and Chaplain, King’s Coll.Cambridge 1781 ; delivered a course of lectures on botany to Cambridge Univ. 1787 ; FRS 6 Dec 1787 ; Rector of Hemingby, Lincs., from 9 Mar 1791 ; one of original Fellows of Linnean Society 1788 ; the genus Relhania was named after him by L’Héritier ; author, Flora Cantabridgiensis, 1785, and of editions of Tacitus’s De Moribus Germanorum et de Vita Agricolae, 1809, and of Tacitus’s Historia, 1819 ; m. 31 Jul 1778 Maria, youngest dau. of — Day, St.Michael’s, Cambridge, attorney ; d. 28 Mar 1823. ODNB.
REMINGTON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1628, adm.scholar 1629, matr. Easter 1629 ; BA 1632/3.
RENAUD, GEORGE, eldest son of Rev.George Daniel Renaud, Vicar of Messingham, Lincs., and Rebecca, eldest dau. of Capt. [George Augustus ?] Bennett, Royal Marines, Portsea, Hampshire ; b. 29 Sep 1814 ; adm. 19 Apr 1827 ; left 1830 ; Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1830, scholar 1830-8 ; BA 1834 ; MA 1837 ; Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll. 1838-9 ; ordained deacon 11 Mar 1838, priest 24 Feb 1839 (both Lincoln) ; Curate, Hatfield, Herts., 1838 ; Vicar of Silsoe, Beds., 1864-70 ; Chaplain, Hertford Infirmary 1870-3 ; Perpetual Curate of Christ Church, Clevedon, Somerset 1874-6 ; Vicar of Flitton, Beds., 1876-83 ; author, Matutina, 1848, and other works ; m. 1 Aug 1839 Georgiana Cecilia Grantham, eldest dau. of Rev.Francis Joseph Faithful, Rector of Hatfield, Herts. ; d. 18 Dec 1901.
RENOUF, PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES FREDERICK, son of Sir Peter Le Page Renouf, Kt, Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, and Ludovikca, dau. of Christian Brentano La Roche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; b. 29 Oct 1858 ; adm. 26 Mar 1874 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1877 (with Triplett), adm.pens. 11 Oct 1877, matr. Mich.1877 ; BA 1884 ; employed with The Humber Co. for many years ; inventor of improvements to bicycles and motor cars ; original patentee of four-wheel brakes ; m. Jane Tomlin (marriage registered Holborn fourth quarter 1897) ; d. 23 Aug 1915.
RENTZSCH, GEORGE HENRY, third son of Sigismund Rentzsch, St.James’s Square, London, clockmaker and watchmaker, and his second wife Mary, dau. of William Ransom ; b. 27 Mar 1832 ; adm. 11 Apr 1842 ; MRCS 1857 ; LSA 1859 ; served on Turkish Army Medical Staff during Criimean War ; founder and surgeon, Aldershot Infirmary and Dispensary ; subsequently a medical practitioner in Chelsea ; m. 28 Dec 1872 Fanny, second dau. of Arthur Rumsey, Fulham, Middlesex ; d. 17 Jun 1887.
REPINGTON, JOHN, third son of Gilbert Repington, Woodhouse, Warwicks., and Jane, fifth dau. of Sir Thomas Vernon, Kt, MP, London ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1726 ; in school list 1729 ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1729 ; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 May 1730, Canoneer (Vernon) Student 16 Jul 1730 – void 1739. [Presumably John Repington, son of Gilbert Repington, bapt.Lichfield Cathedral 7 Mar 1708 (IGI, sic)].
REPTON, EDMOND HENRY, eldest son of Rev.George Herbert Repton, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Lady Cecilia Annabella Pery, fourth dau. of Henry Pery, Lord Glentworth, and sister of William Henry Tenison Pery, 2nd Earl of Limerick (I) ; nephew of Edward Eardley Harris Repton (qv) ; b. 17 Jan 1844 ; adm. 11 Oct 1856 ; left Dec 1858 ; “theatrical artist” (1881 Census) ; “came to hopeless grief see Observer 21 Jan 1906” (note by Lawrence Edward Tanner (OW) : the Observer reports Repton’s sentence (as Henry Repton) to two months imprisonment with hard labour for “attempting to obtain charitable contributions by fraud”, he having pretended to have been educated at Charterhouse School to obtain accommodation as a pensioner at the London Charterhouse) ; m. 8 Nov 1868 Emily Blanche, dau. of Capt. Charles Tyrwhitt (formerly Tyrwhitt Jones), 9th Lancers.
REPTON, EDWARD EARDLEY HARRIS, eldest son of Rev.Edward Repton, Prebendary of Westminster, and Minister of St.Philip’s, Regent Street, London, and Mary Ellis, dau. of Joseph Herbert, Governor of Montserrat, West Indies ; b. 18 Sep 1809 ; adm. 12 Jan 1820 (G) ; left 1821 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 1827 ; arrived in India 27 Sep 1828 ; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Cuttack 1829 ; Magistrate and Collector, Pooree ; Assistant Superintendent, Tributary States of Keonjhar 1840 ; returned to England 1843 ; m. 5 Apr 1831 Mary Henrietta, eldest dau. of Henry Thompson, Bedford Square, London, partner Chiswick Brewery ; d. 15 Aug 1843.
REPTON, EDWARD PAKENHAM, eldest son of Edward Eardley Harris Repton (qv) ; b. 26 Jan 1832 ; adm. 6 Jan 1844 ; partner,of Gladstone, Latham & Co, London, Liverpool, and Bombay ; m. 3 Jan 1863 Maria Georgina, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col.Stephen James Stevens CB, EICS Bombay ; d.1866 (death registered St.George’s, Hanover Square third quarter 1866).
REPTON, ERNEST AUGUSTUS, brother of Edmond Henry Repton (qv) ; b. 24 Jul 1847 ; adm. 1 Oct 1858 ; left Whitsun 1862 ; d. 17 Jun 1864.
REPTON, HERBERT MILLS, son of Edward Eardley Harris Repton (qv) ; b. 2 Sep 1836 ; adm. 19 Jun 1846 ; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1854 ; arrived in India 3 Jun 1854 ; Ensign, 67th Native Infantry 9 Jun 1854 ; Lieut., 30 May 1857 ; Bengal Staff Corps 18 Feb 1861 ; Capt., 9 Jun 1866 ; Maj., 9 Jun 1874 ; Lieut.-Col., 9 Jun 1880 ; Col., 9 Jun 1884 ; transferred to unemployed supernumary list 2 Sep 1893 ; served in Indian Mutiny 1857-8, Bundelcund campaign 1859 ; Assistant Commissioner, North-Western Provinces 1862-77, Central Provinces 1877-83 ; Deputy Commissioner 1883-91 ; m. 1st, at Agra, India, 8 Jan 1859 Emily Jane, dau. of Thomas Herring (IGI) ; m.2nd, 2 Sep 1871 Emily Ross, widow of Capt.Wallace William Benson, Royal Artillery, and dau. of Lieut.-Col.William Anderson, EICS Bengal ; d. 27 Nov 1893.
REVANS, JOHN, son of John Revans, Kennington, Surrey, surgeon, and Eleanor Kinsey ; b. Lambeth c.1804 ; adm. 26 Jan 1813 ; left Christmas 1817 ; Secretary to Royal Commission of Enquiry into State of the Poor in England Jul 1832-3 ; Secretary to Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland 25 Sep 1833-6 ; described by Alexis de Tocqueville at the time as “a very intelligent young man”, who “belongs to the radical party” ; Assistant Poor Law Commissioner 8 Feb 1836-41 ; Secretary, Irish Poor Law Enquiry Commission ; purchased farm property in Jersey early 1840s ; writer on taxation and economics ; living at Northaw, Hertfordshire, in 1871 (1871 Census) and at Sorel House, St.John, Jersey, in 1881 (1881 Census) ; writer on taxation and economics ; m. 24 Oct 1835(by 1861) Laetitia, dau. of John Charles Constable, Dominica, West Indies, plantation owner — .
REVANS, SAMUEL, brother of John Revans (qv) ; b. 3 Apr 1808 ; adm. 16 Jan 1821 ; trained as a printer ; emigrated to Montreal 1833, where he helped to found the first Canadian daily newspaper ; returned to England 1837 ; arrived in New Zealand 7 Mar 1840 ; editor, New Zealand Gazette 1840-3 ; owned sheep run 1847 onwards ; member, New Zealand Parliament 1853-5, 1856-8 ; d. unm. at Greytown, New Zealand 15 Jul 1888. ODNB.
REVANS, STEBBING, brother of John Revans (qv) ; b. 8 Feb 1807 ; adm. 5 Oct 1820 ; emigrated to Canada by 183749 (living in Quebec province 1853), and later to New Zealand ; medical practitioner, MD [check] ; m. 1837(by 1838) Catherine Monroeunro, dau. of Drummond Ross ; d. at Greytown, New Zealand 31 Jul 1886.
REYNOLD, HENRY ; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f.261).
REYNOLDS, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments 54001).
REYNOLDS, — ; b. ; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767.
REYNOLDS, CHARLES, son of Charles Reynolds, London ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1693.
REYNOLDS, DECIMUS, brother of Octavian Reynolds (qv) ; bapt. Kingsthorpe, Northants 30 Oct 1710 ; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1722 ; left 1728 ; Sidney Sussex Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 24 Jun 1728 ; BA 1731/2 ; MA 1735 ; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1732, priest 5 Nov 1734 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Winwick, Northants 8 Nov 1734-6 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 5 Nov 1734 ; Rector of Chalfont St.Giles, Bucks., from 10 Mar 1735 ; Domestic Chaplain to father as Bishop of Lincoln 25 Jun 1743 ; Vicar of Aylesbury, Bucks., from 12 Jan 1744/5 ; Proctor in Convocation for Chapter of Lincoln (Chamberlayne 1748) ; latterly living at Clophill House, Beds. ; m. 1st, 21 Dec 1736 (IGI) Frances Mary, dau. of Thomas Armstrong, Ampthill, Beds. ; m.2nd, 5 Dec 1751 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Thomas White, Clophill House, Beds. ; d. 7 Dec 1790.
REYNOLDS, FREDERICK, brother of Octavian Reynolds (qv) ; bapt. Northampton 10 Jan 1716/7 ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1724/5 ; left 1733 (still in school list Jan 1732/3) ; Queen’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 22 Sep 1732, matr.1733 ; BA 1736/7 ; MA 1740 ; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1739, priest 11 Jan 1740/1 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Winwick, Northants, from 17 Jan 1740/1 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 25 Jul 1741 ; m. Jane — ; buried Winwick, Northants 4 Jun 1743.
REYNOLDS, FREDERICK ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1746/7 ; in school list 1752. [Perhaps Frederick Reynolds, son of William Reynolds, and Anne –, bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 9 Jan 1736 (IGI), and possibly Frederick Reynolds who was Under Clerk, Treasury Sep 1753 – Feb 1776, Chief Clerk Feb 1776 – Dec 1783, and was living in Jul 1797].
REYNOLDS, FREDERIC, brother of Richard Macy Reynolds (qv) ; b. 1 Nov 1764 ; adm. 22 Jan 1776 (Jones) ; left 1780 [or 1781 ?] ; adm.Middle Temple 5 Jan 1781 ; abandoned study of law to become a playwright ; his first play, Werter, was performed at Bath 25 Nov 1785 ; wrote nearly a hundred tragedies and comedies, some of which were successes ; Byron has a contemptuous allusion to him in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, lines 568-9 ; author of novel, A A Playwright’s Adventures, 1831, and of autobiography The Life and Times of Frederic Reynolds, 1826, which contains some interesting reminiscences of his schooldays ; m. 16 Mar 1799 Elizabeth, actress at Covent Garden Theatre, dau. of Robert Mansel ; d. 16 Apr 1841. ODNB.
[REYNOLDS, GEORGE ; b.1766 ; d.1851] [Whitmore, no source cited, but he presumably meant George Reynolds, illegitimate son of Adm. John Reynolds, Royal Navy, Governor of Georgia, and Mary, dau. of George Thompson ; b. 1766 ; entered Navy 1781 [check] ; Midshipman on HMS Pandora 1790 ; Master’s Mate 1 Nov 1790, Lieut., Royal Navy 10 Jul 1794, Cdr. (ret.) 30 Mar 1831 ; present at battle of the Saints 1782 ; ,m. 11 Apr 1809 Mary Anne, dau. of Richard Prior, Donnington, Sussex, yeoman ; d. at Chichester, Sussex Feb early 1851, in 85th year] [If an OW, he would have been at the School under Smith, but he is not in Smith’s admission register]
REYNOLDS, JOHN, son of Henry Revell Reynolds MD FRCP FSA, Bedford Square, London, Physician in Ordinary to George III, and Elizabeth Wilson, Guildford, Surrey ; b. 18 Jun 1782 ; in school list 1795 (previously at Felsted Sch.) ; Min.Can.1795 ; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1796 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799 ; Clerk, Home Office Oct 1803 – Dec 1805 ; on staff of Sir Francis James Jackson, British Minister at Washington, USA, for five years ; became a Congregational minister ; Pastor, New Windsor Congregational Church, Salford, Lancs. ; Head Master, Protestant Dissenters GS, Pendleton, Lancs., 1812- c.1814 [check] ; Congregational minister at Romsey, Hampshire 1824-50, subsequently at Halstead, Essex ; an anecdote of his being flogged by Vincent appeared in The Times 23 Jul 1928 ; m. 1st, — ; m.2nd, 1 Jul 1819 Sarah, dau. of Robert Fletcher, Chester, goldsmith ; d. 15 Feb 1862.
REYNOLDS, OCTAVIAN, fifth son of Right Rev.Richard Reynolds LLD, Bishop of Lincoln, and Sarah, dau. of Right Rev.Richard Cumberland DD, Bishop of Peterborough ; bapt. Kingsthorpe, Northants 6 Nov 1707 ; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1722 ; KS 1724 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1728, adm.pens. 26 Jun 1728, scholar 2 May 1729 ; BA 1731/2 ; MA 1735 ; ordained deacon 24 Feb 1731/2, priest 5 Mar 1731/2 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Farthingstone, Northants 16 Mar 1731/2-3 ; Precentor of Llandaff 28 Jun 1732-3 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 17 Nov 1732 ; Rector of Wheathamsted, Herts., from 25 Nov 1732 ; Domestic Chaplain to Edward Willes, Bishop of Bath and Wells 20 Feb 1747/8 ; Vicar of Leighton Buzzard, Beds., 8 Jul 1748 – Jun 1759 ; m. Dec 1733c.1734 Clementinece, younger illegitimatenatural dau. of Sir Thomas Montgomerie, Kt, Attorney-Gen., BarbadosIreland ; d. 22 May 1773.
REYNOLDS, RICHARD MACY, eldest son of John Reynolds, Lime Street, London, attorney, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard West, St.Dionis Backchurch, London, hosier ; bapt.St.Dionis Backchurch, London 22 Dec 1754 (IGI); adm. 22 Jan 1770 ; left Aug 1773 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 Oct 1773, aged 16, but did not matr. ; adm. Middle Temple 11 May 1774, called to bar 20 Jun 1783 ; m. 11 Mar 1799 Susannah, widow of Miles North, Thurland Castle, Lancs., and only dau. of Oliver Toulmin, Cranborne Lodge, Dorset ; d. Nov 18121813.
REYNOLDS, THOMAS, son of Lawrence Reynolds, Paxton Hall, Hunts., chairman Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Cole, Doddington, Cambs. ; b. 2 Feb 1813 ; adm. 14 Feb 1827 ; Pembroke Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 13 Apr 1832, matr. Mich.1832 ; BA 1838 ; MA 1843 ; ordained deacon (Norwich) 10 Jan 1841, priest Jan 1842 (both Norwich) ; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Woolwich, Kent 1854-60 ; committed for trial for drunkenness and for indecent assault Apr 1861, but found not guilty..
RHODES, CHRISTOPHER ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1692 ; left 1694 ; Chief Clerk to Commissioners for enquiring into losses at island of Nevis, West Indies Jul 1707 (and said to be “now going over to the Leeward Islands”) ; one of the managers for taking the option of the proprietors of lotteries 1717 (already Secretary to Managers of Lottery in 1714) ; Comptroller of the Excise (S) Jun 1732 – Jun 1738 ; Commissioner of the Excise (S) Jul 1738-61, resigning shortly before death ; a Director of the State Lottery 1731 ; General Inspector of the Excise on Tea 1743 ; m. 8 Feb 1708/9 Joan, dau. of Sir Oliver Boteler, Bart. ; living 1753. ; d. 8 Oct 1761.
RHODES, CHRISTOPHER, only son of Christopher Rhodes (qv) ; b. ; adm. Jun 1720 ; KS (aged 12) 1725 ; Capt. of the School 1729 ; spoke the prologue on the first representation of the Play in the New Dormitory, Christmas 1729 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1730, matr. 16 Jun 1730, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1730 – void 26 Jun 1740 ; BA 1734 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1731/2 ; of Chatham, Kent ; m. (by 1764) Maria — ; will proved PCC 13 Jan 1787. . [Perhaps “C.Rhodes”, who was Secretary to Charles Fane, British Minister, Tuscany, in Mar 1734/5] ; and probably Christopher Rhodes, Chatham, Kent , will proved PCC 13 Jan 1787] [presumably Christopher Rhodes, Chatham, who was father of Anna Cecilia Rhodes, born c.1764]
RHODES, RICHARD, son of Benjamin Rhodes, St.James, Clerkenwell, London, and Maulden, Beds., Steward to Earls of Elgin, and Anne Glover, St.James, Clerkenwell, gentlewoman to Countess of Elgin ; bapt.St.James Clerkenwell 27 Dec 1640 (IGI) ; adm. 17 Sep 1655 ; a boarder ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 31 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student ; BA 22 Mar 1661/2 ; Montpelier Univ. (degree in medicine) ; travelled in Spain ; described by Wood as “a confident Westmonasterian, a violinist to hold between his knees” (Athenae Oxonienses.Oxon., i, xxxv) ; his play, Flora’s Vagaries, published in 1670, was acted by the Students of Christ Church 8 Jan 1663/4 (Thompson, Christ Church, 95-6), and afterwards in London, where the part of Flora was taken by Nell Gwyn ; m. ; d. at Madrid, Spain 1668. ODNB.
RHODES, SAMUEL, brother of Richard Rhodes (qv) ; ; bapt. St.James, Clerkenwell 3 Apr 1644. c.1645 ; adm. 13 Apr 1656 ; a boarder (Busby’s Account Book) ; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Nov 1666 ; Clerk of Endorsements, Alienation Office 7 Jul 1668 – Aug 1689 ; d. c.1728. [Whitmore]lic. to m. 19 Nov 1668 Jane Blofield, Flitwick, Beds., widow [was she widow of Edward Blofield, Flitwick ?] (he bachelor, St.James’s Clerkenwell, aged about 27 (sic)) ; d. c.1728 [this date supplied by Whitmore].
RIBBLESDALE, BARONS, see LISTER.
RICCI, JOHN BARNES DA COSTA, son of Baron Anselmo Jose Da Costa Ricci, Portuguese Legation, London, and Anna Russell, dau. of John Barnes MD ; b. 9 Oct 1866 ; adm. 21 Apr 1879 (G) ; left Aug 1882 ; First Clerk, Secretary’s Department, Bank of England ; m. 26 Apr 1892 Lylie Freeman, dau. of Martin Schultz, Philadelphia, USA, banker ; d. 5 Feb 1917.
RICE, — ; b. ; in school lists Aug 1733 to 1743 (as Thomas Rice in list Dec 1736, probably incorrectly).
RICE, — ; b. ; in school list Dec 1788. [= next ?]
RICE, HON.EDWARD, brother of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dinevor (qv) ; b. 19 Nov 1776 ; in school list Dec 1788 ; up Clapham’s ; left Easter 1794 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 May 1794 ; BA 1798 ; MA 1802 ; BD and DD 1820 ; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1798 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1800, priest 31 Dec 1801 (both Oxford) ; Precentor of York from 7 May 1802 ; Vicar of Sutton in the Forest, Yorks., 29 Dec 1803 – Aug 1810 ; Vicar of Great Rissington, Gloucs., and Great Barrington, Gloucs., 29 Sep 1810-56 ; Prebendary of Worcester 19 Sep 1815 – Jan 1826 ; Rector of Oddington, Gloucs., from 12 Jul 1820 ; Dean of Gloucester from 19 Jan 1826 ; m. 9 Jul 1800 Charlotte, second dau. of Gen.Francis Lascelles ; d. 15 Aug 1862.
RICE, EDWARD, eldest son of Hon.Edward Rice (qv) ; b. ; adm. 15 Jan 1813 ; left Bartholomewtide 1817 ; Midshipman, HMS Sapphire ; d. at Port Royal, Jamaica 5 Jun 1820.
RICE, FRANCIS WILLIAM, 5TH BARON DINEVOR, son of Hon.Edward Rice (qv) ; b. 10 May 1804 ; adm. 26 Apr 1813 ; KS 1818 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1822 ; BA 1826 ; MA 1847 ; ordained deacon 18 Jun 1828, and priest 21 Dec 1828 (both Gloucester) ; Vicar of Fairford, Gloucs., from 22 Dec 1828 ; succ.cousin as 5th Baron Dinevor 7 Oct 1869 ; m.1st, 3 Feb 1830 Harriet Ives, dau. of Daniel Raymond Barker, Fairford Park, Gloucs. ; m.2nd, 18 Nov 1856 Eliza Amelia, eldest dau. of Rev.Henry Carnegie Knox, Rector of Lechlade, Gloucs. ; d. 3 Aug 1878.
RICE, HON.GEORGE, see RICE-TREVOR, GEORGE, 4TH BARON DINEVOR.
RICE, GEORGE TALBOT, 3RD BARON DINEVOR, eldest son of Right Hon.George Rice PC MP, Newton, Carmarthenshire, Treasurer of the Chamber, and Cecil Talbot, Baroness Dinevor, only dau. of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot ; b. 8 Oct 1765 ; adm. 13 Feb 1773 ; in school lists 1781 ; left 1782 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1783 ; MA 1786 ; MP Carmarthenshire 1790 – 14 Mar 1793 ; succ.mother as 2nd Baron Dinevor 14 Mar 1793 ; assumed surname of De Cardonnel only, by royal licence, 4 May 1793, but resumed surname of Rice 4 Feb 1817 ; Lord Lieut., Carmarthenshire, from 6 Jun 1804 ; m. 20 Oct 1794 Hon.Frances Townshend, third dau. of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC, Secretary of State ; d. 9 Apr 1852.
RICE, HORATIO MORGAN, eldest son of Rev.John Morgan Rice, Royal Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Holmes, Westcombe Park, Blackheath, Kent ; b. 12 Nov 1805 ; adm. 5 Jun 1817 (G) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 6 May 1823, matr. Mich.1823 ; BA 1827 ; ordained deacon 1829, priest 24 Jul 1830 (both Chichester) ; Curate, Rye, Sussex ; Rector of South Hill, Cornwall, from 1841 ; a group of letters written by him from school to his father are preserved in the Nottinghamshire Record Office ; m. 23 Jun 1841 Emily Beatrice, youngest dau. of Adm.John Dick, Saling Hall, Essex ; d. 20 Oct 1863.
RICE, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) May 1744 ; left 1746.
RICE, JOHN ADAMSON, son of Capt.Henry Rice, East India Maritime Service, Bramling House, Ickham, Kent, and Sarah, dau. of Capt.John Sampson, East India Maritime Service, Dover, Kent ; b. 29 Mar 1778 ; adm. ; KS 1793 ; Writer, EICS Madras 1796 ; arrived in India 1 Oct 1798 ; Second Assistant to Collector, Canara 1799 ; d. at Madras 21 Oct 1799.
RICE, PERCY JOHN, brother of Horatio Morgan Rice (qv) ; b. 8 Jan 1810 ; adm. 19 Jan 1825 (G) ; Ensign, 51st Foot 14 Aug 1828 ; Lieut., 28 Nov 1834 ; Capt., 2 Sep 1837 ; Maj., 28 Dec 1849 ; d.unm. at Bangalore, India 22 May 1850.
RICE, VINCENT, son of Rev.David Rice, Vicar of Ambleston, Pembrokeshire, and Jane — (IGI) ; b. 1678 (Ely ordination records) ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) 1695 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1699, adm.pens. 20 Jun 1699, aged 19 (sic), scholar 12 Apr 1700, matr.1699/1700 ; BA 1702/3 ; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 Sep 1702 (Ely), priest (Lincoln) 23 May 1703 (Lincoln) ; Rector of Fretherne, Gloucs., from 21 Dec 1720 ; an interesting letter from Rice’s father in reference to the conduct of the election of 1699 is preserved at Trinity Coll.Cambridge (printed Elizabethan iii, 101) ; buried Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucs., 25 Nov 1734.
RICE-TREVOR, GEORGE, 4TH BARON DINEVOR, only son of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dinevor (qv) ; b. 5 Aug 1795 ; adm. 16 Apr 1806 (Glover) ; left 1812 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1812 ; DCL 1834 ; LLD Cambridge 1835 ; MP (Tory/Conservative) Carmarthenshire 1826-31, 1832- 9 Apr 1852 ; assumed surname of Rice in lieu of De Cardonnel 4 Feb 1817, and the additional surname of Trevor 2 Nov 1824, on succeeding to the estates of the Trevors of Glynde, Sussex ; Vice-Lieut., Carmarthenshire ; succ.father as 4th Baron Dinevor 9 Apr 1852 ; Militia ADC to Queen Victoria 24 Apr 1852 ; provided the railing enclosing the Crimean Memorial ; m. 27 Nov 1824 Frances, eldest dau. of Lord Charles Fitzroy MP ; d. 7 Oct 1869. ODNB.
RICH, — ; b. ; in school lists 1656.
RICH, EDWARD HENRY, 7TH EARL OF WARWICK AND 4TH EARL OF HOLLAND, only son of Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick and 3rd Earl of Holland, and Charlotte, afterwards wife of Right Hon.Joseph Addison PC MP, essayist and statesman, and only dau. of Sir Thomas Middleton, Bart. ; b. 20 Jan 1697/8 ; succ.father as 7th Earl of Warwick and 4th Earl of Holland 31 Jul 1701 ; at school under Knipe (GEC, Complete Peerage, viii, 69 ; a note by Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv), records that he “was of Westminster School”, British Library, Harleian MS 7654) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1714, aged 16 ; Grand Tour (“to set out on his travels beyond sea”, Weekly Journal 8 Sep 1716) ; a Lord of the Bedchamber to George II as Prince of Wales from Mar 1718 – May 1719 ; took seat House of Lords 21 Jan 1719 ; Lord of Bedchamber to George I from 9 May 1719 ; d.unm. 16 Aug 1721.
RICH, HENRY, brother of Sir Robert Rich, Bart. (qv) ; bapt.St.Anne, Soho 18 Feb 1725 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1734 ; left 1744 ; adm.Middle Temple 9 May 1739 ; d.unm. 12 Aug 1752.
RICH, JOHN, eldest son of Rev.John Bostock Rich (formerly Bostock), Rector of Newtimber, Sussex, and Georgiana, dau. of Charles Gordon (adm.1801, qv) ; b. 24 May 1826 ; adm. 16 Jun 1838 ; QS (Capt.) 1840 ; Capt. of the School 1843 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1844, matr.31 May 1844, Westminster Student 1844-62 ; BA 1848 ; MA 1851 ; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1851 (Oxford), priest (Chichester) 1856 (Chichester) ; Curate, Newtimber, Sussex 1856-61 ; Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., 1861-1904 ; Hon.Canon, Bristol 1882 ; Rector of Tytherton Kelways, Wilts., from 1884 ; m. 5 Feb 1861 Clara Sophia, dau. of Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Westerham, Kent, solicitor ; d. 18 Mar 1913.
RICH, SIR ROBERT, BART., second son of Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Col.Edward Griffith, Private Secretary to Prince George of Denmark and Clerk, Board of Green Cloth ; bapt.St.Anne, Soho 19 Dec 1717 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1727 ; left 1735 ; Leiyden Univ., adm. 21 Jul 1736 ; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 1 Feb 1737/8 ; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards 9 Jul 1739 ; Lieut.-Col., 4th Foot 24 Jun 1744 ; Col., 22 Aug 1749 ; Major-Gen., 17 Jan 1758 ; Lieut.-Gen., 10 Dec 1760 ; Governor of Londonderry and Colmore Fort 24 Apr 1756 – Oct 1774 ; served at battles of Falkirk and Culloden, where he was severely wounded ; took part in defence of Minorca 1754-6 ; as an executor of his father’s will he became involved in a lengthy dispute with General Conway over financial responsibility for the accoutrements of the troopers in his father’s former regiment, and was dismissed from the Army and from his Governorship 3 Oct 1774 ; succ.father as 5th baronet 1 Feb 1768 ; m.1st, 31 May 1752 Mary, dau. of Peter Ludlow, Ardsallagh, co.Meath, and sister of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow (I) MP ; m. 2nd, 21 Sep 1771 Elizabeth Williams, widow, dau. of Richard Bell, Brampton, Cumberland ; d. 19 May 1785. ODNB.
RICH, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. 23 Oct 1800 ; in school list 1801.
RICH, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 16) Oct 1716.
RICH, WILLIAM GORDON, brother of John Rich (qv) ; b. 28 Feb 1829 ; adm. 8 Jun 1841 ; QS (Capt.) 1843 ; Capt. of the School 1846 ; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student 1847-55 ; won University pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1847 ; rowed in Christ Church eight which was Head of the River 1847-9 and in Oxford eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley 1848, 1850,1851 ; rowed stroke for Oxford in the two races against Cambridge 1851 ; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1849-51 ; BA 1851 ; emigrated toa sheep farmer in New Zealand 1852 ; a sheep farmer at Toi-Toi, Southland, New Zealand ; m. at Dunedin, New Zealand 21 Feb 1856 Maria Stuart, dau. of Joseph Maitland, Edinburgh and New Zealand, merchant ; d. at Christchurch, New Zealand 6 Jul 1912.
RICHARDS, ALFRED BATE, eldest son of John Richards MP, Wassell Grove, Hagley, Worcs., and Frances Smith ; b. 17 Feb 1820 ; at Charterhouse Sch. 1829-30 ; adm.18 Jan 1831 ; at Harrow Sch. 1832 ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1837 ; BA 1841 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 16 May 1839, called to bar 20 Nov 1845 ; author of an anonymous pamphlet, Oxford Unmasked, 1841, which rapidly passed through five editions ; edited The British Army Despatch 1848-50, and The Mirror of the Time, a weekly founded 3 Aug 1850 which only lasted a year ; one of chief promoters of volunteer movement of 1859 and became Col., 3rd City of London Rifle Corps ; editor, The Morning Advertiser, from 1870 ; author of a number of plays and poems, and of the novel So Very Human, 1871 ; m. 15 Feb 1849 Emma Camilla Angela Maria, only dau. of Cav. Camillo Gaggiotti, Minister of War in Papal Government atat Rome ; d. 12 Jun 1876. ODNB.
RICHARDS, CHARLES, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv) ; b. 13 Apr 1800 ; adm. Mich.1814 ; Min.Can.1815 ; left Dec 1816 ; Junior Clerk, Board of Control 1822 (still 1830) ; Private Secretary to Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (adm.1784, qv), as President of Board of Control (occurs as such 1824, 1827), and again as Secretary of State for War in 1830-1 ; d. 29 May 1840.
RICHARDS, EDWARD, elder son of William Richards (at school under Wilson, qv) ; b. ; adm. 18 Feb 1656/7 ; KS (aged 14) 1660 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1663, adm.pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr.1663 ; migr. to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jul 1664, Canoneer Student 7 Jul 1664 – void 1666 ; adm.Middle Temple 20 May 1663 ; inherited father’s landed property at Georgeham and Barnstaple, Devon.
RICHARDS, EDWARD C. ; b. ; adm. 12 Jan 1807 ; left 1809. [Presumably brother or close kin to John Richards, adm.same day]. [maybe Note Edward Christopher Richards, son of George Richards, and Mary Ann —, b. 30 Aug 1792, bapt.St.Mildred Bread Street 11 Nov 1792] [warehouseman, Bread Street, in 1823] [note Edward Christopher Richards, death registered Bromley third quarter 1848]Edward Campbell Richards, partner firm Richards Brothers, Martins Lane, Cannon Street, London, wholesale ironmongers, to 3 Oct 1827, when partnership dissolved : probably son of John Richards, previous partner in firm] [Edward Campbell Richards, death registered Stourbridge second quarter 1845 : Paymaster, Regimento de Lanceiros de Bainha, Portuguese Army 29 Sep 1832 ; described as Capt. and Paymaster, 2nd Lancers, in will proved 17 Dec 1845] [Edward Campbell Richards, bapt.Kingston, Jamaica 9 Jan 1794, son of John Richards, and Sarah —] [see entries for John Richards and T.S.Richards below]
RICHARDS, EDWARD VAUGHAN, eldest son of William Parry Richards (qv) ; b. 18 Nov 1821 ; adm. 27 Jun 1834 ; KS 1836 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1840, matr, 3 Jun 1840, Westminster Student ; rowed v.Cambridge 1841 ; BA 1844 ; MA 1846 ; adm. Inner Temple 10 Jan 1844, called to bar 30 Apr 1847, Bencher 26 Apr 1868 ; Oxford Circuit ; QC 21 Feb 1868 ; m. 30 Oct 1866 Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Robert Wharton, Upper Harley Street, London, barrister ; d. 26 Sep 1884.
RICHARDS, FITZHERBERT, third son of Rev.Richard [MT admissions give Richard, TCD admissions give Robert] Richards, Dublin ; b. Carrickmacross (TCD admissions) ; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1744/5 ; left 1746 ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, matr. 9 Jul 1746, aged 17 (described as pupil of “Mr.Folds”) ; adm.Middle Temple 16 Nov 1748 ; MP (I) Lisburn 1776–83 ; while MP (I), he was described as having “made a small fortune in Jamaica … a good humoured, noisy, laughing bon vivant” ; a Commissioner of Barracks (I) 26 Oct 1778-1788 ; non-resident owner of a plantation in Jamaica (Hickey, Memoirs, ii, 55-60) ; buried 9 May 1811 (.[will, as of of Fitzherbert Richards, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, proved PCC 9 Aug 1811).] [TCD admissions also give Robert Richards, son of Rev.Richard Richards, b. co.Monaghan, TCD adm. 11 Apr 1743, aged 15, ed. by “Mr.Folds”, so it seems likely that Fitzherbert Richards’s father’s Christian name was Richard, not Robert]
RICHARDS, FRANCIS, son of John Richards MD, Chelsea, Middlesex, and Martha Watkins, St.Margaret’s, Westminster ; bapt.St.Luke, Chelsea 3 Dec 1697 (IGI) ; adm. ; QS 1712 ; left 1716 ; Queens’ Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 25 Aug 1716 ; migr. to Emmanuel Coll. 16 May 1721 ; MB 1722 ; practised at Grantham, Lincs. ; d. unm. 11 Feb 1760.
RICHARDS, GRIFFITH, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv) ; b. 1 Sep 1796 ; adm.Mich.1809 ; KS 1810 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1814, but went to Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr.28 May 1814 ; 1st cl.Classics and 2nd cl.Mathematics 1817 ; BA 1818 ; MA 1820 ; adm.Inner Temple 20 Nov 1817, called to bar 24 Nov 1820, Bencher 1839 ; also adm.Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1826 ; QC 1839 ; practised in Chancery courts ; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1828-31, when post abolished) ; m. 12 Aug 1839 Martha, only dau. of E.S.Dennison, Castlebar House, Ealing, Middlesex ; d. 11 Jun 1843. [wife’s father perhaps Edward Stephenson Dennison (IGI), purser, East India Maritime Service]
RICHARDS, JAMES, son of John Richards, St.Margaret’s, Westminster ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1724 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – void 30 Apr 1745 (expiry year of grace as R.Odcombe from 28 Apr 1744) ; BA 1732 ; MA 18 Mar 1734/5 ; ordained deacon 16 Jun 1733, priest 22 Sep 1734 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Littleton, Worcs., 1735, Ashenden, Bucks., 1737 ; Rector of Odcombe, Somerset, from 4 Apr 1744 ; m. Margaret — ; ; d. 1759 (dead by 27 Sep).
RICHARDS, JOHN, son of George Richards, Silverton, Devon, and Mary — ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1658 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 12 Dec 1661, Westminster Student 4 Jul 1661-77, Faculty Student 1677 – void 1688 (presumably by death) ; BA 1665 ; MA (Christ Church Act Book) 1668 ; ; [perhaps Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office c.1665 – c.1673, Under Secretary c.1673 – Sep 1674 ; Clerk of Privy Seal from 10 Dec 1673 ; of Silverton, Devon ; the identity of John Richards of Silverton with John Richards of the Secretary of State’s office is established by Blome, An alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentrey … England and Wales, 1673 ; dead by 15 Mar 1687/8 (will proved PCC 26 Mar 1687/8, he of St.Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex).perhaps Deputy Treasurer of Chamber, Royal Household c. Apr 1692 – dead (sic) at 26 Mar 1698] ; buried Silverton, Devon 4 Nov 1704.
RICHARDS, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1737 ; left 1740. [Presumably brother or close kin to Richard Richards, adm.same month].
RICHARDS, JOHN ; b. ; adm. 12 Jan 1807 ; left 1810. [Presumably brother or close kin to Edward C.Richards, adm.same day]. [John Richards the younger, partner, Richards Brothers, wholesale ironmongers, Birmingham and St Martin’s Lane, Cannon Street, London, to 10 Apr 1826 : probably son of John Richards, previously partner in firm] [John Richards, bapt.Kingston, Jamaica 2 Oct 1795, son of John Richards, and Sarah —]
RICHARDS, RICHARD ; b. ; Min.Can.1641.
RICHARDS, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1737. [Presumably brother or close kin to John Richards, adm.same month].
RICHARDS, RICHARD, eldest son of Right Hon.Sir Richard Richards, Kt, PC, Coed, Merioneth, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Catharine, dau. of Robert Vaughan Humphreys, Caerynwch, Merioneth, landowner ; b. 22 Sep 1787 ; adm. 24 Jan 1801 (Clapham) ; KS 1802 ; left Mar 1806 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.17 May 1806 ; BA 1810 ; MA 1812 ; adm.Inner Temple 25 Jun 1802, called to bar 20 Nov 1812 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1817 ; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 8 Aug 1814-31 (when post abolished) ; Accountant-General and Master, Court of Exchequer 10 Jul 1820-41 ; a Master in Chancery from 15 Oct 1841 ; MP (Cons) Merioneth Jun 1836-52 ; DL Merioneth ; m. 11 Jan 1814 Harriett, elder dau. of Jonathan Dennett, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, solicitor ; d. 27 Nov 1860.
RICHARDS, RICHARD MEREDYTH, only son of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv) ; b. 18 Jan 1821 ; adm. 3 Jun 1833 ; KS (Capt.) 1834 ; Capt. of the School 1837 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1838, but went to Merton Coll.Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1838 ; BA 1842 ; MA 1845 ; adm.Inner Temple 11 Nov 1839, called to bar 20 Nov 1846 ; of Caerynwch, Merionethshire ; DL JP Merioneth, High Sheriff 1865 ; chairman, MerionethDenbighshire QS, from 1857 ; m.1st, 29 Jul 1845 Elizabeth Emma, dau. of William Bennett, Faringdon House, Berks. ; m.2nd, 12 May 1863 Louisa Janette Anne, only child of Edward Lloyd Edwards, Cerrig Llwydion, Denbighshire ; d. 4 Nov 1873.
RICHARDS, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1666 ; drowned in river Thames with Henry Underhill (qv) Jun 1667, and buried with him in same grave in West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 26 Jun 1667.
RICHARDS, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1683. [note Robert Richards, son of Robert Richards, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, adm. Inner Temple 11 Feb 1685/6]
RICHARDS, ROBERT VAUGHAN, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv) ; b. 3 Nov 1790 ; adm. ; KS 1804 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student ; 1stcl.Classics and 1st cl.Mathematics 1811 ; BA 1812 ; MA 1814 ; adm.Inner Temple 11 Nov 1811, called to bar 26 Nov 1819, Bencher 1839 ; special pleader ; Oxford and Welsh Circuits ; QC Feb 1839 ; m. 29 Jun 1818 Jane, dau. of Matthew Chalié, Mincing Lane, London, wine merchant ; d. 2 Jul 1846.
RICHARDS, T.S. ; b. ; adm. 19 Jan 1810 ; left 1812. [perhaps Thomas Smallwood Richards ; wholesale ironmonger, Birmingham and London, partner, Richards Brothers, afterwards Richards, Wood & Co and Thomas S.Richards & Co ; director, Great Western Railway ; member, Common Council, City of London ; FSA 22 Feb 1866 ; m. 7 Jul 1849 Eliza, eldest dau. of Thomas Vincent, Paddington, Middlesex ; d. 7 Apr 1877, aged 76. Probably son of John Richards, previous partner in firm]
RICHARDS, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1718.
RICHARDS, THOMAS WATKIN, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv) ; b. 10 Apr 1793 ; adm. before Jun 1806 ; left 1811 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 22 Aug 1811 ; BA 1815 ; MA 1818 ; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1818-20 ; ordained deacon 27 Apr 1816, priest 3 May 1817 (both St Asaph) ; Vicar of Seighford, Staffs., 30 Oct 1820-39 ; Rector of Puttenham, Surrey, from 24 Jul 1823 ; m.1st, 5 Nov 1819 Marianne, sister of Edward Pope (qv) ; m.2nd, 17 Nov 1835 Evereld Catherine, only dau. of William Hustler, Acklam Hall, Yorks. ; d. 2 Nov 1859.
RICHARDS, THOMAS WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; left Jun 1806. [“perhaps an error for Thomas Watkin Richards who went to Upper School June 1806” (Whitmore)]
RICHARDS, WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev.Richard Richards, Rector of Combe Martin, Devon, and of Kentisbury, Devon, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hancock, Combe Martin, Devon ; bapt. Combe Martin, Devon Nov 1600 ; at school under Wilson four years (J.Venn, Biog.Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 239) ; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm.to scholars’ table 4 May 1618, scholar Lady Day 1619 – Lady Day 1620, matr.Easter 1618 ; adm.Middle Temple 20 Jun 1620, called to bar 11 Feb 1630/1 ; surrendered chambers at Middle Temple 29 Apr 1634 ; of Kentisbury and Barnstaple, Devon, and of New Street, Westminster ; lic.to m. 28 Jan 1633/4 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Norgate, Westminster, Windsor Herald, and his second wife, and half-sister of Thomas Norgate (qv) ; d. 1659 (will dated 6 Aug 1659, proved PCC 17 Dec 1659, as of Middle Temple).
RICHARDS, WILLIAM, son of Rev.John Richards, Rector of Kentisbury, Devon, and his second wife Barbara, only child of Philip Pyne, East Down, Devon ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1669 ; m. ; buried Kentisbury, Devon 19 Nov 1690. [Supplement suggests that he may alternatively have been William Richards, younger son of William Richards (at school under Wilson, qv), who under his father’s will inherited landed property at Kentisbury and Eastdowne, Devon].
RICHARDS, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Richards, Warmwell, Dorset, and Susanna Savage ; bapt. Warmwell, Dorset 30 Apr 1724 ; at school under Nicoll (Admissions to Trin.Coll.Camb., iii, 137) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 21 Oct 1741, aged 17, matr.1741 ; adm.Inner Temple 18 Apr 1741, called to bar 10 Feb 1748/9 ; of Warmwell, Dorset ; High Sheriff Dorset 1763 ; m. 10 Sep 1753 Margaret, only dau. of Edward Clavell, Smedmore, Dorset ; d. 10 Apr 1803.
RICHARDS, WILLIAM PARRY, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv) ; b. 28 May 1789 ; adm. ; Min.Can.1803 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1806 ; 1st cl. Mathematics 1809 ; BA 1809 ; MA 1812 ; Fellow, Jesus Coll.Oxford 18112-8 ; a wine merchant, firm Chalié Richards & Co., Wellington Street, Strand ; m. 9 Feb 1821 Frances Eliza, younger dau. of Jonathan Dennett, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, solicitor ; d. 27 Jun 1860.
RICHARDSON, — ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626.
RICHARDSON, CHARLES, second son of Sir Thomas Richardson, Kt, Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, and his first wife Ursula, third dau. of John Southwell, Barham Hall, Suffolk ; b. ; at school under Wilson (J.Venn, Biog.Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 251) ; Gonville and Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. to bachelors’ table 29 Sep 1620, aged 18, readm. as fellow commoner 15 Jan 1620/1, matr.1620 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jun 1620 ; d. before 4 Feb 1634/5.
RICHARDSON, HERBERT, son of Very Rev.John Richardson DD, Dean of Hereford, and his first wife ; b. c.1615 (aged 19 in 1634) ; adm. ; KS ; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I written by the KSS on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS) ; Sidney Sussex Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 10 Jun 1635, aged 18, matr.Easter 1635 ; MA [check] 1635/6 ; living 1638 [when patron of living, Lydney, Gloucs. ?] ; lic. to m. 6 Nov 1634 Catherine, dau. of John Mitchell, St.Margaret, Westminster.
RICHARDSON, JOHN, son of Thomas Richardson, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and Melior, sister of Lieut.-Col.James Gower ; bapt. Westminster Abbey 8 May 1671 ; adm. ; KS 1685 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – void 1705 ; BA 1692 ; MA 13 Mar 1694/5 ; accused of fathering a bastard and of beating Christ Church porter 24 Dec 1701 ; BM and DM 1702 [check] ; buried Chiswick, Middlesex 27 Mar 1711.
RICHARDSON, RICHARD, of St.Clement Danes, London ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) May 1738 ; left 1741 ; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm.sizar 6 May 1742, aged 16, Matthews scholar 12 Nov 1742 ; migr. to Clare Hall, adm.sizar 7 Jan 1742/3, matr. 1743 ; BA 1745/6 ; ordained deacon (Ely) Jun 1747 (Ely), priest (London) 10 Jun 1750 (London) ; Vicar of Finchingfield, Essex, from 10 Jun 1753 ; m. 1st, 24 Aug 1753 — King, Epping, Essex ; m.2nd, 1 Nov 1770 Elizabeth, dau. of John — Stevens, Chislehurst, Kent ; buried Finchingfield, Essex 18 May 1771.
RICHARDSON, ROBERT, only son of William Richardson (b.1698, qv) ; bapt.All Hallows, Bread Street, London Apr 1731 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1743 ; left 1745 ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 26 Sep 1745 ; 14th Wrangler 1749/50 ; BA 1749/50 ; MA 1753 (incorp.Oxford 3 Jul 1754) ; DD 1766 ; Fellow, Emmanuel Coll. 1755 ; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Lincoln) ; Chaplain to Sir Joseph Yorke, British Minister at The Hague (occurs as such 1763) ; Whitehall Preacher 1758-60 ; Rector of Wallington, Herts., from 3 Apr 1759 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 12 Mar 1760 ; Rector of Adstock, Bucks., 7 Nov 1771 – Jan 1777 ; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London 1 Nov 1776-8 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from 6 Jun 1780 ; Rector of St.Anne’s, Soho, from 13 Aug 1778 ; FRS 25 Feb 1779 ; FSA 6 May 1779 ; drew up a précis of the documents in the Douglas peerage case, printed for distribution and put into the hands of counsel ; d. 27 Sep 1781. ODNB (s.v.father).
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM, son of Rev.Samuel Richardson, Vicar of Wilshamstead, Beds., and Prebendary of Lincoln, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Samuel Bentham, Rector of Knebworth, Herts., and Prebendary of Lincoln ; b. 23 Jul 1698 ; adm. (education at the School recorded by Alum. Cant.) ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 Mar 1715/6, scholar and Johnson exhibitioner ; BA 1719/20 ; MA 1723 ; BD and DD 1735 ; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1720, priest 23 Sep 1722 (both Lincoln) ; Prebendary of Lincoln 24 Oct 1724 – Mar 1760 ; Lecturer, St.Olave’s, Southwark, Surrey 1726 ; Master of Emmanuel Coll. from 10 Aug 1736 ; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1737-8, 1769-70 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III 23 Aug 1746- c.1768 (or to death ?) ; Precentor of Lincoln from 12 Mar 1760, after a long law suit ; edited Godwin, De Praesulibus Angliae Commentarii, 1743 ; FSA 19 Jun 1735 ; left several MS volumes relating to Cambridge Univ. and its members ; m. 1728 Anne, widow of Capt.David Durell, and only dau. of William Howe, Cheshire ; d. 15 Mar 1775. ODNB.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1721.
RICHMOND, DUKES OF, see GORDON-LENNOX and LENNOX.
RICHMOND, — ; b. ; in school list 1813.
RICHMOND, ROBERT, second son of Henry Richmond, John Street, Bedford Row, London, Commissioner of Customs, and Harriet, dau. of John Billings ; b. ; adm.Christmas 1812 ; KS (aged 13) 1813 ; left 1814 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 5 Mar 1817, called to bar 7 Feb 1823 ; special pleader ; Northern Circuit ; m. 10 Aug 1830 Jane, second dau. of Rev.Hosea Guinness LLD, Chancellor of St.Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin ; d. 14 Oct 1887.
RICKARDS, SIR GEORGE KETILBY, eldest son of George Rickards, Send Grove, Surrey, and Frances, second dau. of Rev.Samuel Ketilby DD, Vicar of Sutton, Beds. ; b. 24 Jan 1812 ; adm. 10 Jul 1823 (G) ; left 1824 ; went to Eton Coll. ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 6 Apr 1829 ; migr. to Trinity Coll.Oxford, scholar 1829 ; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1830 ; BA 1833 ; MA 1836 ; Fellow, Queen’s Coll.Oxford 1836-43 ; Drummond Professor of Political Economy, Oxford Univ. 1852-7 ; adm.Inner Temple 14 Nov 1831, called to bar 9 Jun 1837, Bencher 27 May 1873 ; Counsel to Speaker of House of Commons 1851-82 ; KCB 24 Jun 1882 ; JP Oxfordshire 1881 ; translated into blank verse some of the books of Virgil’s Aeneid, 1871-2 ; author, The Financial Policy of War, 1855, and other works ; m.1st, 16 Aug 1842 Frances Phoebe, second dau. of John Henry George Lefroy (qv) ; m.2nd, 2 Jan 1861 Julia Cassandra, second dau. of Rev.Benjamin Lefroy, Rector of Ashe, Hampshire (marriage registered first quarter 1861) ; d. 23 Sep 1889. ODNB.
RICKARDS, WALTER GLENDINNING, son of Rev.Robert Francis Bute Rickards, Vicar of Constantine, Cornwall, and Rachel, youngest dau. of Joseph Heald, Wakefield, Yorks. ; b. 2 Mar 1855 ; adm. 24 Jan 1868 ; left May 1870 ; “cashier at brewery “ (1881 Census, then living at Streatham, Surrey) ; subsequently in business in Philippines ; m. ; d. at Manila, Philippines 29 Apr 1908.
RICKETTS, C.W. ; b. ; adm. ; left 1805. [Perhaps Charles William Spencer Ricketts, son of Thomas Spencer Ricketts, and Anne —, bapt.St.Luke’s, Chelsea 5 Mar 1788 (IGI), who was evidently] [Perhaps therefore Charles Spencer Ricketts, b.1788 ; Lieut., Royal Navy 14 Dec 1809, half-pay 1815 ; Cdr., retired list, 11 Apr 1849 ; of Dorton House, Bucks. ; High Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1832 ; JP Buckinghamshire ; m. 3 Feb 1814 Sophia Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Aubrey (qv) ; d. 17 Feb 1867, aged 79. But Charles Spencer Ricketts is said to have joined Royal Navy in 1795 (sic), and ] maybe C.W.Ricketts is simply an error for G.W.Ricketts, i.e. Sir George William Ricketts (qv)]
RICKETTS, CHARLES MILNER, second son of George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia, dau. of William Watts, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William ; b. 21 Apr 1776 ; adm. 3 Apr 1788 ; KS 1790 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791 ; arrived in India 25 Jul 1792 ; Assistant to Resident, Rangpur 2 Nov 1792 ; Sub-Export Warehouse Keeper 1799 ; Secretary, Board of Trade, Salt and Opium Dept., 1804 ; Director, Bank of Bengal 18 Jan 1811 ; Private Secretary to Governor-Gen. 1813, 1817 ; Chief Secretary to Government 13 Oct 1815 ; Member, Supreme Council, and President, Board of Trade, 12 Dec 1817 – 23 Jan 1819, res. ; MP Dartmouth 4 Jan 1820 – Mar 1822 ; FRS 23 Mar 1820 ; Consul-General, Lima 1825 – Jan 1830 ; m. 8 Mar 1800 Ellen Theresa, widow of Sackville Marcus Taylor, EICS Bengal, and dau. of Miles Prendergast, co.Galway ; d. 7 Sep 1867.
RICKETTS, CHARLES PRENDERGAST, eldest son of Charles Milner Ricketts (qv) ; b. 31 Jul 1801 ; adm. 24 Jan 1814 ; left Bartholomewtide 1816 ; RMC Sandhurst ; Ensign and Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 5 Mar 1818 ; half-pay 25 Dec 1818 ; Lieut., 7th Foot 16 Nov 1820 ; Capt., half-pay, 72nd Foot 24 May 1822 ; Rifle Brigade 9 Apr 1825 ; Maj., half-pay, unattached 29 Aug 1826 ; d. unm. in Sierra Leone 13 Nov 1828.
RICKETTS, FREDERICK, brother of Charles Milner Ricketts (qv) ; b. 10 Nov 1788 ; at school 1799 ; in school list 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1805, aged 16, Canoneer Student 1805-13 ; BA 1809 ; MA 1812 ; adm. Inner Temple 10 Nov 1809 ; ordained deacon 8 Mar 1812 (York), priest 6 Mar 1814 (Chester, lit.dim. from York) ; Rector of Eckington, Derbs., from 5 Apr 1814 ; Rector of St.James’s, Shaftesbury, Dorset 30 Dec 1818 – Feb 1833 ; m. 17 May 1813 Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Sturt MP, Crichel, Dorset ; d. 28 Mar 1843.
RICKETTS, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM, fourth son of George Crawford Ricketts, Ashford Hall, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Combe, Herefs., barrister, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and Frances, dau. of Nicholas Bourke, Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Jamaica ; b. 21 Dec 1790 (IGI) ; adm. 16 Oct 1800 ; left by May 1803 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jan 1809, aged 18 ; adm.Middle Temple 3 Nov 1807, called to bar 27 Nov 1818 ; Judge of High Court, Madras, from 1825 ; knighted 23 Mar 1825 ; d. unm. 15 Jul 1831.
RICKETTS, GILBERT TRISTRAM, eldest son of Gilbert Ricketts, Register, Supreme Court of Judicature, Madras, and Harriet Worsley, dau. of Adm.Sir Richard Rodney Bligh KCB, Belle Vue, Southampton ; b. 1 May 1800 ; adm. 16 Jan 1815 (G) ; left Bartholomewtide 1815 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 4 Mar 1819, matr. Mich.1819 ; BA 1823 ; MA 1827 ; ordained deacon 29 Aug 1824, priest 28 Aug 1825 (both Durham) ; m. 15 Jun 1847 Mary, dau. of Robert Hunt (marriage registered East London second quarter 1847) ; d. at Tours, France 25 Apr 1874.
RICKMAN, WILLIAM CHARLES, only son of John Rickman, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons, and Susanna, dau. of Joseph Postlethwaite, Harting, Sussex ; b. 12 Jan 1812 ; adm. 4 Jul 1825 ; left Dec 1828 ; Head Town Boy 1828 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1829 ; BA 1835 ; civil engineer ; AMICE 21 Apr 1838 ; living Empshott, Hampshire, in 1881, income from land and dividends (1881 Census) ; m. 19 Feb 1861 Isabella, second dau. of David Martin (qv) ; killed in a carriage accident at Empshott, Hampshire 21 Jun 1886.
RIDDALL, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. 14 Jan 1782.
RIDDING, THOMAS, son of Joseph Ridding, St.James’s, Westminster, pewterer ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1725 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Mar 1726/7 ; BA 1730 ; MA 1734 ; ordained deacon 14 May 1732, priest 22 Sep 1734 (both Salisbury) ; Rector of St.Maurice, Winchester, Hampshire 8 Nov 1738 – Dec 1741 ; Rector of Wonston, Hampshire, from Nov 1740 ; Prebendary of Winchester from 16 Feb 1744/5 ; Archdeacon of Surrey from 10 Nov 1760 ; m. 4 Dec 1740 Hannah Child, niece of Right Rev.Benjamin Hoadly DD, Bishop of Winchester ; d. 15 Mar 1766. [mother Mary — ?]
RIDER, see RYDER.
RIDER, — ; b. ; at school 1660-2 (Busby’s Account Book).
RIDGE, THOMAS, son of Humphrey Ridge, Kilmeston, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Richard Bentley DD, Master of Trinity Coll.Cambridge ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1750/1 (G) (see trial of John Ward for theft, Old Bailey Records Feb 1754) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 30 May 1754, aged 17, scholar 18 Apr 1755, matr. Lent 1755 ; BA 1758 ; MA 1761 ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1759, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1761 ; of Kilmeston, Hampshire ; a prominent member of the Hambledon Cricket Club ; m. 17 Apr 1767 (IGI) his cousin Mary, dau. of John Ridge, Portsea, Hampshire ; d. 3 Feb 1801.
RIDGE, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. 14 Feb 1776. [Probably Thomas Roger Ridge, son of Thomas Ridge (qv), bapt.Kilmeston, Hampshire 5 Apr 1768 (IGI) ; farmer ; of Fyning House, Rogate, Surrey ; m. 1st, 25 Apr 1797 Sarah Margaret, dau. of John Payn (IGI) ; m.2nd, 14 Nov 1811 Louisa Eames, dau. of John Eames Waight, Bishops Sutton, Hampshire (IGI) ; d. 18 Jul 1828]
RIDGE, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1684 ; left 1684.
RIDGEWAY, JAMES ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) May 1716.
RIDLEY, — ; b. ; adm. ; in school list Oct 1803 ; left 1807.
RIDLEY, — ; b. ; adm. Christmas 1806 ; left 1809.
RIDLEY, CHARLES WILLIAM, son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b.1778, qv) ; b. 26 Jan 1812 ; adm. 11 Apr 1825 (G) ; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 21 Feb 1828 ; Lieut, and Capt., 14 Jun 1831 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 14 Jul 1843 ; Maj., 19 Oct 1854 ; Brevet Col., 20 Jun 1854 ; Col., 11 Jan 1858 ; Major-Gen., 13 Feb 1859 ; Col., 53rd Foot 2 Apr 1865 ; served in Crimean War ; CB 2 Jan 1857 ; m. 17 Apr 1845 Hon.Henrietta Araminta Monck Browne, dau. of Dominick Browne, 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne (I) ; d. 1 Feb 1867.
RIDLEY, HENRY, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his second wife ; b. 2 Jul 1753 ; adm. 19 Jun 1764 (Christian name not stated, but see letter from Lord Eldon to Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., (at school under Vincent, qv), referring to Dr. Ridley and his brothers being educated in Newcastle, “before they flitted to Westminster School”, Twiss, Life of Lord Eldon, ii, 504) ; left Whitsun 1770 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1770 ; BA 1774 ; MA 1776 ; BD and DD 1802 ; Fellow, University Coll. ; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1776 (Oxford), priest 21 Sep 1777 (Durham) ; Domestic Chaplain to Henry, Baron Ravensworth 7 Feb 1783 ; lecturer, All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1784 ; Master of St.Mary’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne ; Vicar of Felton, Northumberland Nov 1798-1804 ; Rector of Hambledon, Bucks., 23 Jul 1800 – Jan 1803 ; Rector of Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1802 – Jun 1817 ; Prebendary of Gloucester from 20 Sep 1804 ; Rector of Kirkby Underdale, Yorks., from 11 May 1805 ; Rector of St.Andrew with St.Mary, Hertford, Hertfordshire, from 3 Jul 1817 ; Rector of Hertingfordbury, Herts., from 25 Jun 1817 ; JP Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire ; m. 19 Apr 1781 (IGI) Frances, dau. of Aubone Surtees, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, banker, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and Receiver-Gen. of Land Tax for Northumberland and Durham ; d. 11 Oct 1825.
RIDLEY, HENRY COLBORNE, son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b,.1745, qv) ; b. 17 May 1780 ; in school lists 1795, 1797 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1797 ; BA 1801 ; MA 1804 ; ordained deacon 27 Feb 1803, priest 10 Jun 1804 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Hambledon, Bucks., from 10 Jun 1804 ; m. 21 Apr 1808 Mary, eldest dau. of James Farrer, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, solicitor ; d. 3 Feb 1832.
RIDLEY, JOHN, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his second wife ; bapt.All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne 16 Apr 1750 (IGI) ; adm. 19 Jun 1764 ; left 1767 ; Lieut., 23rd Foot 1772 ; Capt., 28th Foot 1775 ; d. at New York, North America Dec 1776.
RIDLEY, MATTHEW, eldest son of Richard Ridley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, and Margaret, dau. of Matthew White, Mayor of Newcastle on Tyne ; bapt. 16 Nov 1711 ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1724 ; St.John’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1727 ; MA 1 Jul 1730 (incorp.Cambridge 1730) ; adm.Gray’s Inn 20 Jan 1727/8, called to bar 20 May 1732, Bencher 2 May 1749, Treasurer 24 Jun 1765 ; four times Mayor of Newcastle on Tyne ; MP Newcastle on Tyne 1747-74 ; FSA 3 May 1764 ; m.1st, 1735 Hannah, dau. of Joseph Barnes, Temple, barrister, Recorder of Berwick upon TweedRecorder of Newcastle on Tyne ; m.2nd, 18 Nov 1742 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Matthew White and sister of Sir Matthew White, Bart., Blagdon, Northumberland ; d. 6 Apr 1778.
RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his second wife ; b. 28 Oct 1745 ; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1771) ; succ.uncle Sir Matthew White, Bart., as 2nd baronet 21 Mar 1763 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1764 ; MP Morpeth 1768-74, Newcastle on Tyne 1774-1812 ; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from c.1787 ; Alderman, Newcastle on Tyne 1778, Mayor 1774, 1782, 1791 ; m. 12 Jul 1777 Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Colborne, Bath, Somerset, apothecary ; d. 9 Apr 1813. ODNB.
RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b.1745, qv) ; b. 18 Aug 1778 ; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1806, 1815) ; he or one of his brothers was — Ridley, who played cricket for the School against Charterhouse 1794 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1795 ; BA 1798 ; MP Newcastle on Tyne (Whig) from 1812 ; succ. as 3rd baronet 9 Apr 1813 ; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from 1812 ; m. 13 Aug 1803 Laura, youngest dau. of George Hawkins, London, Surgeon to Royal Household ; d. 14 Jul 1836.
RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b.1778, qv) ; b. 9 Sep 1809 ; adm. 26 Jan 1821 (G) ; left Whitsun 1824 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1825 ; BA 1828 ; succ. as 4th baronet 14 Jul 1836 ; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1836-9 ; MP North Northumberland (Cons) 1859-68 ; DL JP Northumberland, High Sheriff 1841 ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1863 ; m. 21 Sep 1841 Hon.Cecilia Anne Parke, dau. of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale PC, Baron, Court of Exchequer ; d. 25 Sep 1877.
RIDLEY, NICHOLAS, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his second wife ; b. 5 Mar 1748 ; adm. 19 Jun 1764 ; in school list 1767 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1767 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 20 May 1767, called to bar 24 Jun 1773, Bencher 28 May 1788, Treasurer 11 Feb 1792 ; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists1791-1802) ; a Master in Chancery from 1802 ; m. 23 Nov 1790 Letitia, dau. of Hugh Atkins, Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square, London, Russia merchant ; d. 1 Jan 1805.
RIDLEY, NICHOLAS WILLIAM, see RIDLEY-COLBORNE, NICHOLAS WILLIAM, 1STBARON COLBORNE.
RIDLEY, RICHARD, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his first wife ; b. 5 Jul 1736 ; adm. Mar 1747/8 ; left 1751 ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 18 Dec 1751 ; Capt., 23rd Foot 3 Sep 1756 ; Maj., 107th Foot 18 Oct 1761 ; half-pay 1763 ; travelling in Italy 1764-5 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 25 May 1772 ; m. 24 Aug 1767 (separated Jun 1769) Martha Gunn ; d. 14 May 1789.
RIDLEY, RICHARD, fourth son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b.1745, qv) ; b. 28 Aug 1782 ; adm.Oct 1796 ; in school list 1797 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1799 ; BA 1803 ; MA 1806 ; ordained deacon 6 Oct 1805, priest 5 Oct 1806 (both York) ; Perpetual Curate of Cramlington, Northumberland, from Dec 1806 ; Rector of Leathley, Yorks., from 13 Mar 1826 ; m. 8 Nov 1810 Catherine Lucy, only dau. of Rev.Richard Popplewell Johnson, Rector of Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire ; d. 21 Jan 1845.
RIDLEY-COLBORNE, NICHOLAS WILLIAM, 1ST BARON COLBORNE,
brother of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b.1778, qv) ; b. 14 Apr 1779 ; in sixth form list 1796 ; probably the Ridley who played cricket v.Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1796 ; BA 1800 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 12 Dec 1795, withdrew from Inn 26 Apr 1809 without having been called to bar ; assumed additional surname and arms of Colborne 21 Jun 1803 ; MP Bletchingley 8 May 1805-6, Malmesbury 1806-7, Appleby 20 Jul 1807 – 1812, Thetford 1818-26, Horsham 8 Feb 1827-32, Wells 5 May 1834-7 ; created Baron Colborne 15 May 1839 ; a loyal supporter of the Whig party in House of Commons and House of Lords ; Trustee, National Gallery, from 1831 ; member, Fine Arts Commission 1841, Metropolitan Improvements Commission 1842 ; Busby Trustee 13 May 1851 ; m. 14 Jun 1808 Charlotte, eldest dau. of Thomas Steele (qv) ; d. 3 May 1854.
RIDLEY-COLBORNE, HON.WILLIAM NICHOLAS, only son of Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (qv) ; b. 24 Jul 1814 ; adm. 18 Jun 1827 (G) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1832 ; BA 1836 ; MP (Whig) Richmond from 1841 ; d.unm. 23 Mar 1846.
RIDLINGTON, THOMAS, son of Robert Ridlington, Glaston, Rutland, attorney, and Rebecca Bainton, Enfield, Middlesex (IGI) ; bapt.Glaston, Rutland 5 Mar 1742 (IGI) ; at school under Markham (Admissions to Trin.Coll.Camb., iii, 192) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 30 Oct 1759, aged 16, scholar 2 May 1760, matr. Mich.1759. [Parents were married at Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, so father or mother’s father presumably a lawyer]. [note will Thomas Augustus Ridlington, Ramsey, Hunts., gentleman, proved PCC 7 Oct 1808]
RIDOUT, ISAAC ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1725 ; in school list 1726. [Perhaps Isaac Ridout, St.Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, comedian (sic), who made his first appearance at Drury Lane in 1732 ; acted regularly at Covent Garden from Oct 1742 until his retirement c.1760 ; d. 27 Apr 1761 (will dated 6 Feb 1761, proved PCC 6 Jun 1761, 230), m. Mary Woodman, actress ; another Isaac Ridout, same parish, gentleman, will proved PCC 3 Aug 1741]
RIDSDALE, GEORGE TWISLETON, eldest son of Capt.William Ridsdale, 32nd Foot, Lleuar, near Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Army officer, and Mary, dau. of George Twisleton, Lleuar, Caernarvonshire ; b. 23 Jan 1721/2 ; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1733 (as George Ridsdale) ; KS 1739 ; left 1743 ; . [perhaps Capt., Army ?]2nd Lieut., Skelton’s Foot Oct 1743 ; Capt., Campbell’s Foot Jan 1756 (as George Twisleton Ridsdale) ; Maj., 54th Foot 23 Jul 1772 ; Athlone Pursuivant of Arms 13 Jun 1783 -1807 (as George Twisleton Ridsdale) ; m. (by 1784) Elizabeth —.
RIGBY, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1729 ; in school list 1731. [note John Rigby, son of James Rigby, apprenticed to John Longworth, apothecary 9 Oct 1731]
RILEY, see also RYLEY.
RILEY, — ; b. ; adm. ; in school list Mich.quarter 1656.
RILEY, RICHARD, of Middlesex ; b. ; adm. ; BB ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.Bishop Williams scholar 8 Nov 1626 ; BA 1630/1 ; MA 1634.
RIOLLAY, — ; b. ; adm. 1 Feb 1790. [perhaps a son of Francis William Riollay MD FRCP, and Mary King— ] [perhaps M.B.Riollay, Ensign, 25th Foot, by May 1796, when taken prisoner by a French corvette in the West Indies ; Lieut., 3 Jul 1796 ; dead of yellow fever by Jan 1797]
RIPLEY, RICHARD, eldest son of Thomas Ripley, Scotland Yard, Westminster, Comptroller, Board of Works, and Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital, and his second wife Anne Fransum, St.Martin’s in the Fields, a servant of Sir Robert Walpole ; bapt. St.Martin’s in the Fields 18 Nov 1724 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1733 ; left 1741 ; apprenticed to Christopher Denton, Gray’s Inn 22 Feb 1741 ; holding post in Annuity Office, Exchequer, in 1754 ; Chief Clerk, King’s Works Apr 1756-82, Resident Clerk from 1782 ; m.1st, 25 Jul 1754 (IGI) Anne (or Susanna (IGI)), dau. of John Dawson, Clerk of Debentures, Receipt of Exchequer ; m.2nd, 30 Dec 1758 Sybell, sister of William Morel (qv) ; d. 23 Jan 1786.
RIPLEY, THOMAS, brother of Richard Ridley (qv) ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 11 Jun 1726. ; adm. (aged 6) Apr 1733 ; clerk in Annuity Office, Exchequer (Chamberlayne 1748) ; Examiner of Tellers’ Vouchers, Exchequer, from 1756 ; m.1st, 17 Jan 1750 Amy, dau. of John Dawson, Clerk of Debentures, Receipt of Exchequer ; m.2nd, 27 Jan 1759 Hannah Combes, widow ; d. 22 May 1779.
RISSOAN, SAMUEL, son of Joshua Rissoan, St.Giles in the Fields, London, apothecary, and Martha Richer, The Savoy, London ; bapt. French Huguenot Chapel, Spring Gardens, Westminster 24 Aug 1716 ; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1728 ; Min.Can. 1731 ; . [Evidently Samuel Rissoan, apothecary, St.Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex ; paralysed and incapable of working in his profession at 23 Apr 1774 ; m. (by 1755) Ann — ; d. 1774 (, will PCC 6 Sep 1774, 346).] [presumably m. (by 1755) Ann — (IGI), they then living parish St.Luke, Chelsea]
RITCHIE, CHARLES, 2ND BARON RITCHIE OF DUNDEE, brother of William Ritchie (qv) ; b. 18 Nov 1866 ; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (R) ; left May 1884 ; Trinity Coll.Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884 ; BA 1888 ; private secretary to his father ; partner, William Ritchie and Son, London and Dundee, jute spinners and East India merchants ; succ.father as 2nd Baron Ritchie of Dundee 9 Jan 1906 ; Vice-Chairman, Port of London Authority 1913-25, Chairman 2 Apr 1925-41 ; President, Dock and Harbour Authorities Association 1939-41 ; one of HM Lieuts. for City of London ; Mayor of Winchelsea 1924, 1931 ; Busby Trustee 22 Jun 1926 ; m. 14 Jul 1898 Sarah Ruth, fourth dau. of Louis John Jennings MP, Elm Park Gardens, London ; d. 19 Jul 1948.
RITCHIE, SIR JAMES WILLIAM, BART., elder son of Sir James Thomson Ritchie, Bart., Lord Mayor of London, jute spinner and merchant, and his sister-in-law Lydia Rebecca, widow of John Rait Ritchie, and dau. of James Lemon, Loughton, Essex ; b. (out of wedlock) 7 Aug 1868 ; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (R) ; left Aug 1885 ; Lincoln Coll.Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1886 ; partner, William Ritchie & Son, London and Dundee, jute spinners and East India merchantsmerchants ; Commandant, D Division, Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve Sep 1914 ; MBE 1 Jan 1918 ; created baronet 23 Jan 1918 ; one of HM Lieuts. for City of London ; m.1st, 20 Jul 1898 (div.1912) Ada Bevan, dau. of Edward Bevan ap Rees Bryant, Barnet, Herts., farmer ; m.2nd, 20 Feb 1913 Edna Muriel, third dau. of James Frederick Emerton, Cheltenham, Gloucs., “bank clerk” (1881 Census) ; d. 8 May 1937.
RITCHIE, WILLIAM, eldest son of Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Conservative politician, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Ower, Perth ; b. 7 Jun 1862 ; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (H) ; d. while at school from effects of a bicycle accident 3 Oct 1879.
RIVERS, — ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner in 1596 (Chapter Muniments 33650).
RIX, CECIL, eldest son of Cecil Rix, Lambeth, Surrey, General Accountant of Excise, and Grace Hannah Bennett, St James’s Street, Westminster ; b. ; adm. 13 Sep 1807 ; left 1809 ; corn merchant, Newington Butts, and Albion Wharf, Camberwell (bankrupt 1822) ; m. 15 Feb 1830 Mary Ann Howard, Chelsea ; d. 14 Aug 1861, aged 68.. [perhaps death registered Shoreditch second quarter 1856]
RIX, GEORGE, son of John Rix, Westminster, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Blenkarn ; b. ; at school under Vincent (Admissions to Trin.Coll.Camb., iii, 333) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 26 Jun 1792, aged 17, matr. Mich.1792 ; BA 1798 ; ordained deacon 31 Dec 1797, priest 25 Apr 1802 (both London) ; Curate Bothal, Northumberland 1809-10, Blyth, Northumberland 1810-4 ; Curate of Ugley with Bearden, Essex, from 5 May 1815 ; m.1st, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt ; m.2nd, 16 Jan 1810 Mary Anne Clark, Bothal, Northumberland ; d.1825 (will dated 24 Jan 1825, proved PCC 15 Mar 1825). [father perhaps Accountant General, Excise Office ; if so, this George Rix might have been an uncle of Cecil Rix and George Rix (qvv)]
RIX, GEORGE, brother of Cecil Rix (qv) ; b. ; adm. 13 Sep 1807 ; left 1811 ; . [apparently emigrated to Australia (after 1841) ; m. 1 Jun 1833 Elizabeth Appleyard ; d. at in Adelaide, South Australia 15 Dec 1865, aged 69].
ROBBINS, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).
ROBBINS, HERBERT EYRE, only son of Lieut.-Col.Nathaniel Eyre Robbins, Paymaster, 5th Dragoon Guards, and Rose, sister of Edward Eardley Harris Repton (qv) ; b. 14 Jun 1849 ; adm. 17 Oct 1860 ; left Dec 1860 ; 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines 22 Jun 1867 ; Lieut., 3 Aug 1867 ; Capt., 1 Jul 1881 ; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-Gen., Egypt 1885-6 ; Maj., 8 Feb 1889 ; Lieut.-Col., 18 Sep 1895 ; retd. 22 Jun 1898 ; served in Sudan expedition 1885 ; m. 4 Aug 1887 Catherine Jane, third dau.of Robert Heard, Pallastown, Kinsale, co.Cork, Ireland ; d. 4 Nov 1907.
ROBECK, BARON DE, see FOCK, JOHN MICHAEL HENRY, BARON DE ROBECK.
ROBERTS, — ; b. ; adm.1656 (School Lists 1656, last three quarters).
ROBERTS, — ; b. ; in school list 1745.
ROBERTS, — ; b. ; in school list 1754.
ROBERTS, — ; b. ; in school list Jun 1764 ; left Dec 1764.
ROBERTS, — ; b. ; in school list Dec 1788.
ROBERTS, — (adm.1789), see ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY.
ROBERTS, CLARENCE ARMSTRONG, son of Charles Roberts, EICS Madras, and his second wife Emma Champion, dau. of Lieut.-Gen.Sir Richard Armstrong KCB ; b. 18 May 1825 ; adm. 28 Jan 1839 ; QS 1839 ; left May 1841 ; at Haileybury Coll. 1842-4 ; Writer, EICS Madras 1844 ; Assistant to Collector, Southern Divn. of Arcot 1848 ; Head Assistant 1850 ; Secretary and Assistant to Accountant-Gen. 1852 ; Secretary to Mint Committee 1859 ; Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Coimbatore 1861 ; Civil and Sessions Judge, Chittoor 1864 ; retd. 1872 ; m. 15 Aug 1861 Mary Agnes Eldridge, eldest dau. of Thomas Morgan Gepp, Chelmsford, Essex, solicitor ; d. 13 Aug 1904.
ROBERTS, DAVID ; b. ; adm. 4 Feb 1778 ; left 1779.
ROBERTS, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Nov 1610 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f.326).
ROBERTS, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1677-80 (Chapter Muniments 33712).
ROBERTS, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1682-3 (Chapter Muniments 33717-8).
ROBERTS, HENRY ; b. ; in school lists Feb 1727/8 (fifth form), 1729 ; presumably “a Mr.Roberts”, who took part of Mark Antony in play of Julius Caesar, acted by the boys “at the theatre over against the Opera House” (Haymarket Theatre) in more than one performance in Jan –Feb in Jan 1727/8 (Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 1st Series, i, 158). [but was the actor in reality John Roberts (adm.1723, qv) ?]
ROBERTS, HENRY JOHN, son of William Walter Roberts, Rose Hill House, Ipswich, Suffolk, and Susan [James ?] ; b. 20 Dec 1854 ; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G) ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1873, adm.pens. 8 Oct 1873, matr.Mich.1873 ; BA 1877 ; a well-known amateur pigeon shot, who won the International Pigeon Shooting trophy at Monte Carlo Jan 1883, and many subsequent competitions ; living Reydon, Suffolk, in 1901 (1901 Census) ; Sergeant Major, Royal Air Force, during 1914-18 war ; m. (by 1901) Evelyn — ; d. 29 Mar 1919.. [perhaps death registered Penzance third quarter 1879, aged 23 (sic) ; buried Paul, Cornwall 9 July 1879, as of Newlyn, Cornwall, aged 23]
ROBERTS, HUGH, see HOLLAND, HUGH.
ROBERTS, HUGH, eldest son of John Roberts MP, Plas Newydd, Denbighshire, and his first wife Susan, dau. of William Parry, Llwyn Ynn, Denbighshire ; b. ; at school under Freind three years (J.E.B.Mayor & R.F.Scott, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., iii, 2, 298) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 24 Oct 1715, aged 18 ; living 19 Nov 1720, but d. soon afterwards.
ROBERTS, HUGH ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1753.
ROBERTS, JAMES ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) May 1738.
ROBERTS, JOHN, son of Rev.John Roberts, Rector of Witley, Surrey, and Eleonora Green (IGI) ; bapt.Witley, Surrey 8 Jan 1683 (so IGI, but presumablyevidently 1683/4) ; adm. ; KS 1700 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1704, Tutor 1711-3 ; BA 1708 ; MA 15 Mar 1710/1 ; ordained deacon 17 Dec 1710, priest 16 Mar 1711/2 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1713 ; d. unm. 16 Sep 1713. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
ROBERTS, JOHN, only son of Edward Roberts, Chester, Deputy Registrar, Diocese of Chester, and Elizabeth — ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1723 ; in school list 1727/8 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.25 Jun 1728, Canoneer Student 19 Dec 1728 – void 26 Jun 1742 ; BA 1732 ; MA 18 Mar 1734/5 ; tutor to son of Henry Pelham (qv) ; employed by Pelham as his secretary during Pelham’s tenure of posts of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer Aug 1743 – Mar 1754 ; managed for Pelham the payment of secret service money ; Deputy Paymaster, Gibraltar 1743-61 ; ; Inspector of Outports, Customs Aug 1746 – Dec 1762 ; joint Receiver-General of Quit Rents, Virginia, from May 1748 ; MP Harwich from 1761 ; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 23 Oct 1761 – Dec 1762, and from 20 Jul 1765 ; [ m. ? (son b.1739)] ; d. 13 Jul 1772. Monument in South Transept, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
ROBERTS, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1751.
ROBERTS, JOSHUA ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1718 ; in under school list 1720.
ROBERTS, RICHARD, son of Edmund Roberts, London ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1681 ; KS 1684 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1689 – void 1705 ; BA 1693 ; MA (Christ Church Act Book) 1696 ; ordained deacon (Rochester) 17 Feb 1694/5 (Rochester).3/4
ROBERTS, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1681 (Chapter Muniments 33716).
ROBERTS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Roberts, Crowell, Oxfordshire ; b. ; adm. ; QS 1703 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 17 Jun 1707, aged 19, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1707 – void 1726, Tutor 1714 ; BA 1711 ; MA 17 Mar 1713/4 ; ordained deacon 29 Jun 1712, priest 20 Sep 1713 (both Oxford) ; VicarRector of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 14 Aug 1725 ; buried Frodsham, Cheshire 17 Mar 1739/40.
ROBERTS, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1745/6.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM, see ROTHERY, WILLIAM (adm.1719/20, qv).
ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY, son of Edward Walpole Roberts, Clerk of the Pells in the Exchequer, and Anne, sister of Grosvenor Charles Bedford (qv) ; elder brother of Barré Charles Roberts (ODNB) ; b. ; adm. 10 Apr 1789 (as Roberts, Christian name not stated, son of — Roberts, Exchequer Office) ; still at school 1793 (as William Henry Roberts) ; Clerk Assistant under Clerk of the Pells, Exchequer (Royal Kalendar 1808) ; subsequently First Clerk and Deputy to Clerk of the Pells, Exchequer, to abolition of Pells Office in 1834 (occurs as such 1831) ; m. 2 Jun 1808 Elizabeth Francisca, dau. of John Wallinger Arnold Wallinger, Hare Hall, Essex ; d. 11 Dec 1863, aged 84.
ROBERTSON, see also ROBERTYSON.
[ROBERTSON, ABRAHAM, son of Abraham Robertson, Duns, Berwickshire ; b. 4 Nov 1751 ; at school under Markham (DNB) ; kept a school at Ryle, Northumberland, and afterwards at Duns ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1775 ; BA 1779 ; MA 1782 ; BD and DD 1807 ; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1782 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 10 Jun 1781 (both Oxford) ; Chaplain, Christ Church ; Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Northants, 13 Feb 1789-97 ; FRS 21 May 1795 ; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford Univ. 1797-1810, Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Radcliffe Observer from 1810 ; made calculations for Lord Grenville’s system of finance 1807 ; drew up the tables for Spencer Perceval’s system of increasing the sinking fund by granting life annuities on government security 1808 ; author, Sectionum Conicarum Libri VII, 1792, and other works ; m.c.1790 — Bacon, Drayton, Berks. ; d. 4 Dec 1826. ODNB] [but note that ODNB does not repeat the suggestion made in DNB that he was at school under Markham, and the facts and chronology of his career makes education for him at Westminster School unlikely]
ROBERTSON, CHARLES NICE, son of Charles Robertson, tutor to Prince Michael Gortchakov, and Sarah, dau. of William Waynman, Nottingham, lace manufacturer ; b. 2 Feb 1810 ; adm. 3 Feb 1824 ; left Christmas 1824 ; Queen’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 28 Nov 1835, matr. Easter 1836, but did not graduate ; University Coll., London, matr. 1846 ; a tutor ; bankrupt 29 Jun 1866, when living at 5 Shaftesbury Terrace, Hammersmith, Middlesex ; m 15 Jun 1843 Elizabeth Woodward (IGI) ; d. 15 Dec 1867.. [presumably Charles Nice Robertson, elected Fellow Anthropological Society of London 1865]
ROBERTSON, HENRY FREDERICK (in school lists 1801), see SEWELL, HENRY FREDERICK
ROBERTSON, LESLIE WYBROW, son of Archibald David Robertson, Bombay Civil Service (formerly EICS Bombay), and Charlotte Henrietta, dau. of Archibald Spens, EICS Bombay, Lathallan, Polmont, Stirlingshire ; b. 15 Jan 1859 ; adm. 4 Jun 1874 ; left May 1877 ; manager at cement works, Grays, Thurrock, Essex (1881 Census) ; m. Mary Robertson Butler (marriage registered St.Pancras first quarter 1884) ; d. 1 Feb 1929.
ROBERTSON, PATRICK MACGREGOR, eldest son of Daniel Robertson, General Manager, National Provincial Bank, London, and Ellen, second dau. of Thomas McLachlan, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire ; b. 16 Nov 1830 ; adm. 18 Jan 1844 ; QS 1845 ; rowed v.Eton 30 Jul 1846, 29 Jul 1847 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1849, adm.pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich.1849, but did not graduate ; adm.Inner Temple 17 Jan 1851, called to bar 1 May 1854 ; equity draftsman and conveyancer ; d. 6 Nov 1857.
ROBERTSON, RAYMOND INVERARITY, brother of Leslie Wybrow Robertson (qv) ; b. 8 Aug 1860 ; adm. 4 Jun 1874 ; left May 1877 ; manager at cement works, Grays, Thurrock, Essex (1881 Census) ; manufacturer of Portland cement ; m. 19 Jun 1890 Edith Mary, second dau. of George Findlay, Hong Kong ; d. 13 Jan 1939.
ROBERTSON, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. 26 Jun 1776.
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM HENRY, (in school list 1801), see SEWELL, SIR WILLIAM HENRY
ROBERTYSON, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
ROBINS, see also ROBBINS.
ROBINS, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1725 ; in school list 1729.
ROBINSON, — ; b. ; at school 1661-4 (Busby’s Account Book).
ROBINSON, — ; b. ; in under school list 1719.
ROBINSON, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1723-5.
ROBINSON, — ; b. ; in under school list 1724.
ROBINSON, — ; b. ; in school list Aug 1733 (fourth form). [Maybe John Robinson, adm. (aged 14) Sep 1733 (sic)]
ROBINSON, ARCHIBALD ; b. ; adm. 25 Jun 1787. [probably Note Archibald Thomas Robinson, second son of Daniel Robinson, Gray’s Inn, solicitor, and Esther Harper—, Paddington, Middlesex ; bapt.St.Andrew, Holborn 11 Dec 1776 (IGI) ; , adm.Gray’s Inn 1 Jul 1794 ; d. 28 Aug 1795]] [mother perhaps Hester Harper (IGI)]
ROBINSON, CHARLES EDMUND, see NEWTON-ROBINSON, CHARLES EDMUND.
ROBINSON, EDMUND ARTHUR, brother of Charles Edmund Newton-Robinson (qv) ; b. 19 Oct 1856 ; adm. 23 Sep 1869 ; QS 1872 ; left Easter 1872 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 20 Sep 1875, matr.Mich.1875 ; architect and surveyor ; FSI 23 May 1891 ; in practice in Hampshire and Dorset ; living at Lee on Solent, Hampshire, at death ; d. 14 Apr 1916.
ROBINSON, FRANCIS EDWARD, eldest son of Thomas Robinson, Begbroke House, Oxfordshire, banker, and Margaret, dau. of Francis Rivington, St.Paul’s Churchyard, London, bookseller ; b. 29 Oct 1804 ; adm. 7 Oct 1818 ; Min.Can.1819 ; Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, scholar 1819-26, matr. 16 Oct 1819 ; BA 1823 ; MA 1826 ; Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll. 1826-31 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1828, priest 20 Dec 1829 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Staughton Parva, Beds., 9 Aug 1831-81 ; Rector of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire 24 May 1834-82 ; m. 10 Sep 1831 (IGI) Sophia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Rev.Edward Rowden, Vicar of Highworth, Wilts. ; d. 17 Nov 1886.
ROBINSON, FRANCIS ARTHUR CLAYTON, son of Rev.Charles Edward Ricketts Robinson, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Milton near Gravesend, Kent, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of John Wood, Droylsden, Lancs. ; b. 21 Apr 1866 ; adm. from Epsom Coll. 22 Jan 1880 (H) ; left Mich. 1880 ; went to Rossall Sch. ; Pembroke Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 8 Oct 1885, matr.Mich.1885 ; BA 1889 ; ordained deacon 1892, priest 1893 (both Wakefield) ; Curate,. Alverthorpe, Yorks., 1892-4 ; held other appointments, including incumbency of Kattaning, Western Australia 1895-7 ; Curate, Eyton, Herefs., 1910-4 ; m. [1st ?] 27 Aug 1889 Mabel, dau. of Henry McIntyre, Dublin, Ireland, Inspector of Metropolitan Police ; [(presumably Francis A.C.Robinson, marriage registered to Alice Edwards, Liskeard second quarter 1916]j ; d. 26 Dec 1929.
ROBINSON, FRANCIS EDWARD, eldest son of Thomas Robinson, Begbroke House, Oxfordshire, banker, and Margaret, dau. of Francis Rivington, St.Paul’s Churchyard, London, stationer and bookseller ; b. 29 Oct 1804 ; adm. 7 Oct 1818 ; Min.Can.1819 ; Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, scholar 1819-26, matr. 16 Oct 1819 ; BA 1823 ; MA 1826 ; Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll. 1826-31 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1828, priest 20 Dec 1829 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Staughton Parva, Beds., 9 Aug 1831-81 ; Rector of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire 24 May 1834-82 ; m. 10 Sep 1831 Sophia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Rev.Edward Rowden, Vicar of Highworth, Wilts. ; d. 17 Nov 1886.
ROBINSON, HON.FREDERICK, second son of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (qv) ; b. 11 Oct 1746 ; at school under Markham (Admissions to Trin.Coll.Camb., iii, 203) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 9 Nov 1763, matr.Mich.1763 ; MA 1766 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 10 May 1764, called to bar 30 Jan 1770 ; Secretary to Embassy, Madrid Feb 1772- Jul 1779 ; MP Ripon 1780 – Jul 1787 ; m. 11 Jun 1785 Catherine Gertrude, dau. of James Harris MP, Salisbury, Wilts., and sister of James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury PC GCB, diplomat ; d. 28 Dec 1792.
ROBINSON, FREDERICK ; b. 21 Jun 1809 ; adm. 13 Jan 1824.
ROBINSON, GEORGE CROKE, second son of John Ellil Robinson (qv) ; b. 24 Jun 1838 ; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G) ; QS 1853 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student 1857-70 ; BA 1861 ; MA 1864 ; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Ripon) ; Curate, St.Peter, Leeds, Yorks., 1863-6, West Bromwich, Staffs., 1866-7 ; Vicar of Benson, Oxfordshire 1867-79 ; subsequently held various curacies ; Vicar of Radway, Warwickshire 1911-3 ; m. 6 Oct 1870 Maria Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Edwin Elmer Durrant, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, surveyor and land agent ; . [presumably George C.Robinson, death registered Hastings fourth quarter 1923, aged 85.]
ROBINSON, GERALD PHILIP, brother of Charles Edmund Newton-Robinson (qv) ; b. 14 Feb 1858 ; adm. 22 Sep 1871 ; left Easter 1872 ; Slade School of Art ; Mezzotint Engraver to Queen Victoria 1890, to Edward VII 1901 ; founder and President, Society of Mezzotint Engravers ; m. 19 Mar 1881 Rose Adèle, dau. of John MacDdonouagh (IGI) (marriage registered St Saviour first quarter 1881) ; d. 21 Nov 1942.
ROBINSON, SIR HARRY PERRY, third son of Rev.Julian Robinson, Chaplain EICS, editor Pioneernewspaper, Allahabad, India, and Harriet Woodcock, dau. of Rev.John Sharpe DD, Vicar of Doncaster, Yorks. ; b. 30 Nov 1859 ; adm. 12 Jun 1873, exhibitioner ; QS (Capt.) 1874 ; Capt. of the School 1877 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1878, matr.11 Oct 1878 ; lived in USA 1883-1900 ; owner and editor, The Railway Age 1887-1900 ; Chief of Department, McKinley’s National Campaign Committee 1896 ; Managing Director, Isbister & Co., 1901-4 ; Special Correspondent of The Times newspaper in many parts of the world ; War Correspondent, The Times 1914-8 ; Chevalier, Légion d’Honneur 1919 ; KBE 1 Jan 1920 ; author, Of Distinguished Animals, 1911, and other works ; m.1st, 21 Sep 1891 Mary, dau. of Thomas Lowry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, barrister and railway magnate ; m.2nd, 1 Aug 1905 Florence Anne, dau. of Joseph Tester, Surbiton, Surrey ; d. 20 Dec 1930.
ROBINSON, HENRY JAMES, fourth son of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (adm.1767, qv) ; b. 8 May 1802 ; adm. 19 Jan 1815 (G) ; in school list Feb 1816 ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1819 ; Cornet, 3rd Light Cavalry 4 May 1820 ; Lieut., 2nd Light Cavalry 18 Sep 1822 ; Adjutant 13 Jul 1826 ; d. at Hurnere, Bombay, India 27 Mar 1830.
ROBINSON, HUGH, son of John Robinson, Appleby, Westmorland, Alderman of Appleby, and Anne, dau. of John Atkinson (IGI) ; b. 28 Aug 1701 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 14) Nov 1717 ; KS 1718 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1722, adm.pens. 25 May 1722, scholar 3 May 1723, matr.1723 ; BA 1725/6 ; MA 1729 ; DD 1762 ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1728, Major Fellow 24 Jun 1729 ; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1729, priest 19 Sep 1731 (Lincoln) ; Chaplain to Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale ; Rector of Lowther, Westmorland, from 11 Jan 1739 ; Rector of Great Ashby Magna, Leics., May 1745-7 ; Domestic Chaplain to Henry, Baron Ravensworth, from 2 May 1753 ; Rector of Bowness, Cumberland, from 21 Jun 1753 ; d. unm. 29 Dec 1762.
ROBINSON, JAMES ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1685-92 (Chapter Muniments 33721-6).
ROBINSON, JAMES ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1738/9 ; left 1741.
ROBINSON, JOHN, son of James Robinson, Slaidburn, Yorks., parish clerk ; b. ; at school under Busby one year (J.E.B.Mayor & R.F.Scott, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., i, 42) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 19 Jun 1638, aged 19 ; BA 1641/2.
ROBINSON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1689 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 17 Jun 1692, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1692 – void 1711 ; BA 1696 ; MA 1699 ; BD 1711 ; ordained deacon 30 May 1697, priest 18 Dec 1698 (both Oxford) ; Perpetual Curate of Ashendon, Bucks., 1701-3 ; [Rector of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire 14 Aug 1708 – Apr 1714, but described as BA when instituted] ; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 24 Oct 1711 ; Rector of Ashbury, Berks., from 18 Jan 1710/1 [or 1709/10 ?] ; Domestic Chaplain to George Hooper (qv), Bishop of Bath and Wells (occurs as such 1711) ; m. —, sister of Sebastian Smith (KS 1693, qv) ; d. of smallpox, and buried St.Michael, Bath 29 Sep 1722.
ROBINSON, JOHN, son of John Robinson, Meirtown (?), Cheshire, husbandman ; b. ; at school under Knipe (J.E.B.Mayor & R.F.Scott, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., ii, 202) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 9 Nov 1711, aged 21, matr.1712 ; BA 1715/6 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1718, priest 25 Sep 1720 (both Lincoln) ; Vicar of Lilbourne, Northants, from 14 Feb 1722/3 ; m. 16 Mar 1731/2 Mrs Elizabeth, sister of Samuel Turville, Shearsby, Leics. ; d. 9 Dec c.1770.
ROBINSON, SIR JOHN, BART., son of Sir James Robinson, Bart., Cranford Hall, Northants, and Anne, dau. of Sir William Jesson, Kt, Newhouse, Warwicks. ; bapt. 2 Dec 1702 ; at school under Freind (Adm.Reg. of Sidney Sussex Coll.) ; Sidney Sussex Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 25 Feb 1719, matr. 1720 ; succ.father as 4th baronet 28 Aug 1731 ; of Cranford Hall, Northants. ; High Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1737 ; m.1st, 5 May 1726 Mary, only dau. of John Morgan, Kingsthorpe, Northants. ; m.2nd, 7 Jun 1736 Elizabeth Perkins, Marston, Warwicks. ; d. 31 Jul 1765.
ROBINSON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1733.
ROBINSON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) May 1736 ; left 1738.
ROBINSON, JOHN, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) (qv) ; bapt.St.Michael, Cambridge 10 Feb 1729 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1742/3 ; left 1747 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 29 Jan 1746/7, scholar 1747, matr. 1747 ; [check degree, if any] ; not recorded as having taken a degree ; Fellow, Trinity Hall, from 19 Jun 1750 ; adm.Middle Temple 12 Feb 1745/6 ; d.unm. 1805.
ROBINSON, SIR JOHN, BART., son of William Freind (KS 1727, qv) ; b. 15 Feb 1754 ; adm. 3 Feb 1767 (as John Freind) ; KS (Capt.) 1768 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1772, matr. 17 Jun 1772, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1772 – void 30 Mar 1779 (expiry year of grace as Prebendary of Armagh) ; BA 1776 ; MA 1779 ; ordained deacon 8 Apr 1776 (Chester) ; Prebendary of Armagh 7 Mar 1778 – May 1786, Archdeacon of Armagh 20 May 1786 – Apr 1797 ; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin 1797-1823 ; assumed surname of Robinson in lieu of Freind 30 Nov 1793, as heir to the Irish estates of his uncle Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (I) (qv) ; created baronet 14 Dec 1819 ; m. 1786 Mary Anne, second dau. of James Spencer, Rathangan, co.Kildare, agent for estates of Duke of Leinster ; d. 16 Apr 1832.
ROBINSON, JOHN EDWARD ; b. 23 Jan 1804 ; adm. 26 Jan 1818. [note John Edward Robinson, , born St.George’s, Middlesex (1871 Census) ; retired solicitor, living at Ulrome, Skipsea, Yorks., aged 67 (1871 Census) ; m. Mary — ; d. 30 Jan eath registered Bridlington first quarter 1873, aged 69, then of the Cottage, Skipsea, Yorks.] [perhaps m. at Guisborough, Yorks., 16 Dec 1829 Mary Newton] [perhaps son of John Robinson, Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, Westminster, solicitor, with whom a John Edward Robinson was in partnership in 1833]
ROBINSON, JOHN ELLIL, brother of Francis Edward Robinson (qv) ; b. 11 Sep 1807 ; adm. 17 Sep 1819 ; KS 1821 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1825, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1825 ; BA 1829 ; MA 1832 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 12 Mar 1829 ; ordained deacon 17 Jun 1832, priest 2 Jun 1833 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Kirtlington, Oxfordshire 1832-4, Bicester, Oxfordshire 1834-5, Charlton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire 1835-7 ; Vicar of Chieveley, Berks., 13 May 1837-82 ; m. 16 Jul 1834 Maria, third dau. of Rev.Edward Rowden, Vicar of Highworth, Wilts. ; d. 17 Jul 1899.
ROBINSON, LUKE ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1752.
ROBINSON, SIR LUMLEY, BART., only surviving son of Sir Thomas Robinson, Bart. (qv) ; b. ; at school 1657-63 ; a boarder ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.13 May 1665, aged 16 ; adm.Inner Temple 25 Nov 1660, called to bar 1673 ; succ.father as 2nd baronet 2 Aug 1683 ; m. 27 Jul 1680 (IGI) Anne, dau. of John Laurence, Westminster, Secretary to Chancellor of Exchequer ; d. 6 Jun 1684. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument to him on south side of nave.
ROBINSON, MATTHEW, see ROBINSON-MORRIS, MATTHEW, 2nD BARON ROKEBY (I).
ROBINSON, OSWALD RICHARD, only son of Sir John Richard Robinson, Kt, Addison Crescent, Kensington, editor Daily News, and Jane Mapes, youngest dau. of William H.Granger, The Grange, Wickham Bishops, Essex, farmer ; b. 3 Jan 1868 ; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (G) ; left May 1884 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 14 Jun 1886, matr.Mich.1886 ; BA 1890 ; MA 1894 ; adm.Inner Temple 12 Jan 1891, called to bar 17 Jun 1896 ; teacherliving atin Saga High SchoolCity, Japan, by 1924 (living there 1937)in 1937 (teacher there by 1928) ; 5th class, Order of Sacred Treasure, Japan 1938 ; m. 24 Dec 1904 Alice Maud, eldest dau. of Tuttell Mann Curtis, Harwich, Essex, publican ; d. 20 Feb 1951. [marriages registered Kensington first quarter 1904, Stamford first quarter 1907]
ROBINSON, PERCIEVAL GEORGE, son of George Strickland Robinson MRCS LSA, Sydney Place, London, and Newport, Essex, surgeon, and his first wife Harriet Filbridge, dau. of William Good, Chief Clerk, Receiver-General’s Department, Inland Revenue ; b. 28 Sep 1861 ; adm. 22 Jan 1874 ; left Dec 1877 ; adm.solicitor Oct 1884 ; in practice at Ilford, Essex and in London (Law List 1900) ; . [perhaps m. 31 Oct 1900 Nora Lucy (born Darjeeling, India), second dau. of Leonard Robert Roberts MICE, Croydon, Surreyarriage ; death registered Ilford, second quarter 1943. registered Croydon fourth quarter 1900] [perhaps Percival Robinson, death registered Wandsworth fourth quarter 1924, aged 63]
ROBINSON, RICHARD, son of Laurence Robinson, Northants ; b. ; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050). [father perhaps Lawrence Robinson, alias Baker, bailiff of William Cecil’s estate at Maxey, Northamptonshire]
ROBINSON, RICHARD, 1ST BARON ROKEBY (I), sixth son of William Robinson, Rokeby, Yorks., and Merton Abbey, Surrey, and Anne, dau. of Robert Walters, Cundall, Yorks. ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1720 ; Min.Can.1721 ; KS 1722 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1726 – void 18 Apr 1740 (expiry year of grace as R.Etton from 16 Apr 1739) ; BA 1730 ; MA 1733 ; BD and DD 1748 (incorp. BD Dublin 1751) ; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1734 (Winchester), priest 23 Dec 1735 (Oxford) ; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1737 ; Chaplain to Most Rev.Lancelot Blackburne (qv), Archbishop of York, 1738 ; Prebendary of York 4 May 1738 – Nov 1751 ; Rector of Etton, Yorks., 20 Apr 1739 – Nov 1751 ; Vicar Rector of Hutton Buschel, Yorks. 22 Apr 1742 -52 ; Chaplain to Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv), Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1751 ; consecrated Bishop of Killala 19 Jan 1751/2 ; translated to Ferns and Leighlin 19 Apr 1759 and to Kildare 13 Apr 1761 ; installed Dean of Christ Church, Dublin 16 Apr 1761 ; Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland from 8 Feb 1765 ; Privy Councillor (I) 22 Feb 1765 ; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ., 1765-91 ; created Baron Rokeby (I) 26 Feb 1777 ; first Prelate, Order of St.Patrick, from the Order’s foundation in 1783 ; succ.brother as 3rd baronet 1785 ; financed the building of Canterbury Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford 1773-83 ; FSA 6 Jun 1776 ; spent large sums of money on improvement of his diocese, and left a bequest for the establishment of an university in Ulster ; d.unm. 10 Oct 1794, aged 86. ODNB.
ROBINSON, SIR RICHARD FREIND, BART., son of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (adm.1767, qv) ; b. 4 Mar 1787 ; adm. ; KS 1801 ; left 1804 ; Ensign, 29th Foot 20 Mar 1804 ; Lieut., 28 Mar 1805 ; Capt., 1st Foot 25 Dec 1806 ; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards 13 Apr 1809 ; retd. 26 Nov 1812 ; served in Peninsular War ; succ.father as 2nd baronet 16 Apr 1832 ; DL co.Louth, High Sheriff 1844 ; m. 25 Feb 1813 Lady Helena Eleanor Moore, sister of Hon.Richard Francis Moore (qv) ; d. 2 Oct 1847.
ROBINSON, SIR SEPTIMUS, younger brother of Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (I) (qv) ; b. 30 Jan 1709/10 ; adm. Oct 1720 ; KS 1726 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1730, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1730 ; entered French army 1731 ; served as Aide de Camp under Marquis de Clermont Galleronde in Flanders ; afterwards joined English army and served in Flanders under Wade and Ligonier ; Cornet, Wade’s Horse Feb 1731 ; Capt., 7th Dragoons 22 Dec 1747 ; Capt.-Lieut. and Lieut.-Col., 1st Foot Guards 29 May 1754 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 27 Aug 1754 ; retd. c.1759 ; Governor to Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland 1751-60 ; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter, Royal Household, from 12 Dec 1760 ; Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Houses of Parliament, from 1761 ; knighted 10 Apr 1761 ; d. unm. 6 Sep 1765. ODNB (s.v.brother).
ROBINSON, SETH, son of Woodall Robinson, Windsor, Berks. ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1718 ; in under school list 1722 ; apprenticed to William Dobrie, Botolph Lane, London, merchant, 9 Jul 1724 ; of parish St.George, Bloomsbury, on marriage ; m. 19 Sep 1747 Lucy, dau. of Rev.Nathaniel Marshall DD, Canon of Windsor. [Evidently a younger brother of, or close kin to, Thomas Robinson, adm.same month (they paid a joint admission fee) ; and probably Seth Robinson, Esq., St.George the Martyr, Middlesex, will proved PCC 27 May 1772].
ROBINSON, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1614, adm.scholar 1615, matr.Easter 1615 ; 10th in “ordo” 1618/9 ; BA 1618/9 ; MA 1622. [perhaps Thomas Robinson, MA, ordained deacon 11 Jan .1622/3, priest 12 Jan.1622/3 (both London for Chichester); Vicar of Lancing, Sussex 25 Jan.1622/3 – Sep.1626 ; possibly also Rector of Ashurst, Sussex 1 Oct.1637 (successor appointed Dec.1639)].
ROBINSON, SIR THOMAS, BART., son of Henry Robinson, Westminster (but more probably son of John Robinson, bapt.St.Margaret, Westminster 11 Sep 1618) ; b. ; at school under OsbaldestonBusby (Howell, State Trials, 1816, vii, 168,) (but presumably at school under Osbaldeston) ; where Robinson states that he was a contemporary at school of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey (qv)) ; member, Staple Inn ; an attorney, Common Pleas, in early 1640s ; adm.Inner Temple e 30 Dec Nov 1656, called to bar (date not recorded in Inner Temple archives)[check date], Bencher 5 Nov 1677, Treasurer from 7 Nov 1680 [check if to death] ; Chief Prothonotary of the Common Pleas from 1657 ; created baronet 26 Jan 1681/2 ; m.1648 Jane, eldest dau. of Lumley Dew, Upton Bishop, Herefs. ; killed by falling from the window of his chambers at the Temple in attempting to escape from a fire there, 2 Aug 1683, aged 65. ODNB.
ROBINSON, THOMAS, 1ST BARON GRANTHAM, fourth son of Sir William Robinson, Bart., MP, and Mary, eldest dau. of George Aislabie, Studley Royal, Yorks., Principal Registrar to Archbishop of York ; b. 24 Apr 1695 (IGI) ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 12) 1708 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 12 Jan 1711/2, scholar 9 Apr 1714, matr.1712 ; BA 1715/6 ; MA 1719 ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1718, Major Fellow 10 Jul 1719 ; adm.Middle Temple 1 Feb 1722/3 ; Secretary to British Embassy, Paris 1723-30, Chargé d’Affaires in Ambassador’s absence 1724 and 1727 ; one of three British representatives at Congress of Soissons 1728-9 ; Ambassador at Vienna 1730-48 ; KB 26 Jun 1742 ; joint plenipotentiary with Earl of Sandwich in peace negotiations at Aix-la-Chapelle 1748 ; a painstaking diplomat of good business capacity, whose talents were valued by his former schoolfellow Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1stDuke of Newcastle (qv) ; MP Thirsk 1727-34, Christchurch 30 Dec 1748-61 ; a Commissioner of Trade 1 Nov 1748 – Nov 1749 ; Master of the Great Wardrobe, Royal Household 23 Dec 1749 – Apr 1754 ; Privy Councillor 1750 [check] ; Secretary of State for the Southern Department, with the leadership of the House of Commons, 15 Apr 1754 – Nov 1755 ; he owed the appointment to his friendship with Newcastle, but he lacked the ability to manage the House of Commons ; Master of the Great Wardrobe 21 Nov 1755 – Nov 1760 ; created Baron Grantham 7 Apr 1761 ; Joint Postmaster-General Jul 1765 – Dec 1766 ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761 ; m. 13 Jul 1737 Frances, third dau. of Thomas Worsley MP, Hovingham, Yorks. ; d. 30 Sep 1770. ODNB.
ROBINSON, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1718. [Perhaps brother of, or close kin to, Seth Robinson, adm.same month].
ROBINSON, THOMAS, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) ; bapt. 22 Apr 1714 ; adm. (aged 9) May 1723 ; in under school list 1729 (but in fifth form in school list Feb 1727/8) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 Apr 1731 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1730, called to bar 5 Feb 1735/6 ; author, The Common Law of Kent, or the Custom of Gavelkind, 1741 ; d.unm. 29 Dec 1747. ODNB.
ROBINSON, THOMAS, 2ND BARON GRANTHAM, elder son of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (qv) ; b. 30 Nov 1738 ; adm. Mar 1749/50 ; in school list 1754 ; Christ’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 21 Feb 1755, matr. Mich.1755 ; MA 1757 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-61 ; MP Christchurch 1761 – 30 Sep 1770 ; a Commissioner of Trade 11 Oct 1766 – Feb 1770 ; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 13 Feb 1770 – Feb 1771 ; Privy Councillor 26 Feb 1770 ; succ.father as 2nd Baron Grantham 30 Sep 1770 ; Ambassador at Madrid May 1771- Jul 1779 ; First Commissioner of Trade 9 Dec 1780 – Jun 1782 ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jul 1782 – Apr 1783 ; member, Committee of Privy Council on Trade, from 5 Mar 1784 ; FSA 17 Mar 1763 ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763 ; m. 17 Aug 1780 Lady Jemima Grey Yorke, younger dau. of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke ; d. 20 Jul 1786. ODNB.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1724.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) ; bapt.St.Michael’s, Cambridge 15 Nov 1727 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1742/3 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 14 Feb 1746/7, matr.1748 ; BA 1750/1 ; MA 1754 ; Fellow, St.John’s Coll. 17 Mar 1752-60 ; ordained deacon 24 Mar 1754 (Chester), priest 13 Jun 1756 (Chester for London) ; Curate, Kensington, Middlesex ; Rector of Denton, Kent 20 Nov 1764-85 ; Rector of Burghfield, Berks., 19 Dec 1767 – Nov 1800 ; travelled in Italy ; inherited part of family estates in Kent, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire on the death of his elder brother Lord Rokeby in Nov 1800 ; a friend and correspondent of Thomas Gray, the poet ; the correspondence of Mrs Montagu with Robinson’s wife forms the chief part of Dr.Doran’s Lady of the Last Century ; m. Jul 1760 Mary, only surviving dau. of Adam Richardson, Kensington, Middlesex, tailor ; d. 8 Dec 1803. ODNB.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM (FREINDFREIND), second son of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (adm.1767, qv) ; b. 20 Dec 1793 ; adm.Mich.1807 ; KS 1808 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812 ; BA 1815 ; ordained ; Rector of Bovevagh, co.Derry ; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin, from (from ?) 4 Mar 1823 ; Rector of Bovevagh, co.Londonderry, from 17 Apr 1827 ; m. 21 May 1824 Hon.Susannah Sophia Flower, dau. of Henry Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook (I) ; d. Dec 1834.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM ROBINSON, eldest surviving son of Lieut.-Col.Thomas Robinson Grey, 20thFoot, Norton, co.Durham, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hogg, Norton, co.Durham ; b. 17 Jul 1804 ; adm. 3 Oct 1814 ; left 1820 ; assumed surname of Robinson in lieu of Grey 22 Sep 1838 ; of Silksworth Hall, co.Durham ; DL JP co.Durham ; m. 2 May 1839 Sarah Dorothy, only dau. of William Grey, Norton, co.Durham ; d. 28 Jan 1888.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM THOMAS CHRISTOPHER, son of William Robinson, Great Portland Street, London, and Louisa SiddonsLouisa Siddons, dau. of Thomas Slack, Bloomsbury Square, London, and Braywick Lodge, Berks. ; b. 9 Jul 1814 ; adm. 12 Jan 1829 ; Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Foot Guards 23 Mar 1838 ; Battalion Surgeon 2 Sep 1845 ; Surgeon-Maj., 4 Apr 1851 ; d. unm. at Uckfield, Sussex 19 Feb 1853.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM TOOKE, eldest son of William Robinson .Robinson, Portman Square, London, Russia merchant, director Bank of England, and Jane, sister of Edward Maltby (qv) ; b. 24 Apr 1820 ; adm. 3 Jun 1833 ; KS 1834 ; left 3 Aug 1837 ; practised as an attorney, firm Maltby and Robinson, Bank Buildings, London ; m. 25 Aug 1846 Alethea Sarah Henrietta, second dau. of Walpole Eyre, Bryanston Square, London ; d. 26 Mar 1884.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM VILLIERS, third son of Sir George Robinson, Bart., MP, and Dorothea, dau. of John Chester, Loudham Hall, Suffolk ; grandson of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (qv) ; b. ; adm. 17 Jan 1776 ; KS (aged 14) 1781 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1785, adm.pens. 25 May 1785, scholar 5 May 1786, matr. Lent 1786 ; BA 1789 ; MA 1792 ; Minor Fellow 2 Oct 1791, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1792 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1792 (Peterborough), priest 18 May 1794 (Norwich) ; Rector of Irchester, with Wollaston, Northants, from 7 Jun 1794 ; Rector of Grafton Underwood, Northants, from 13 Aug 1794 ; m. 10 Dec 1795 Anne, dau. of Stamp Brooksbank, Chesterfield Street, London, Commissioner of Excise ; d. 14 Jan 1829.
ROBINSON-MORRIS, MATTHEW, 2ND BARON ROKEBY (I), eldest son of Matthew Robinson, Edgely and West Layton, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Drake, Cambridge, attorney ; bapt. 12 Apr 1713 ; adm. (aged 10) May 1723 ; in school list 1729 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.scholar 11 Jan 1730/1 ; LLB 1734 ; Fellow, Trinity Hall, from 2 Jan 1733/4 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1730 ; FRS 27 Nov 1746 ; MP Canterbury 1747-61 ; assumed additional surname of Morris on inheriting from his mother the Morris property at Monk’s Horton, Kent ; succ.cousin as 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) 10 Oct 1794 ; an eccentric, who wore a beard, lived on beef tea, abhorred fires and refused to see doctors ; one of his sisters was Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu ; author of four pamphlets attacking Lord North’s American policy, published between 1774 and 1777 ; d.unm. 30 Nov 1800. ODNB.
ROBOTHAM, — ; b. ; in school lists 1656.
ROBOTHAM, — ; b. ; in school lists 1656 ; a boarder.
ROBSON, EDWARD FROGATT, eldest son of Edward Robson, Richmond, Surrey, solicitor, and Georgiana, dau. of George Waller, Wood Hall, Suffolk ; grandson of William Frogatt Robson (qv) ; b. 14 Jul 1857 ; adm. 31 Mar 1869 ; left Easter 1871 ; at Harrow Sch. Apr 1872 – Dec 1873 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 17 Apr 1880 ; member, London Stock Exchange ; d.unm. 21 Dec 1909.
ROBSON, HENRY NAUNTON, brother of Edward Frogatt Robson (qv) ; b. 12 Oct 1861 ; adm. 16 Apr 1873 (R) ; left Dec 1880 ; St.Thomas’s Hospital 1888 ; MRCS LRCP 1902 ; d.unm. 21 Jul 1925.
ROBSON, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; QS 30 Jul 1553 (Acts of ChapterChapter Muniments).
ROBSON, WILLIAM FROGATT, youngest son of Edward Robson, Castle Street, Leicester Square, London, solicitor, and Ann — (IGI) ; b. 29 Aug 1806 ; adm. 11 Jan 1819 ; left Christmas 1822 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 11 May 1824 ; adm.solicitor Easter 1828 ; Solicitor to Admiralty Nov 1843 – Dec 1861 ; m. 3 Jan 1829 (IGI) Frances Peacock, Ripon, Yorks. ; d. 5 May 1868.
ROBSON, WILLIAM FROGATT, son of William Frogatt Robson (qv) ; b. 27 Jan 1837 ; adm. 4 Feb 1851 ; d. Apr 1860.
ROBSON, WILLIAM WALLER CONSTABLE, brother of Edward Frogatt Robson (qv) ; b. 26 Feb 1860 ; adm. 12 Apr 1871 ; left Apr 1873 ; at Eton Coll. 1873-6 ; St.Thomas’s Hospital ; MRCS LRCP 1883 ; medical practitioner at Chiswick, Middlesex ; m. 4 Aug 1886 Rebecca, dau. of Richard Ballard, Patcham, Sussex, corn merchant and baker ; d. 3 Jun 1934.
ROCHE, EUGENIUS ALFRED, brother of Henry Philip Roche (qv) ; b. 7 Apr 1854 ; adm. 26 Jan 1867 (G) ; left Aug 1868 ; MRCS LSA 1876 ; Army Surgeon 4 Feb 1877 ; Surgeon-Maj., 4 Feb 1889 ; Lieut.-Col., 4 Feb 1897 ; retd. 13 Feb 1907 ; served in Afghan War 1878-80 ; m. 9 Aug 1888 Louie Forbes, eldest dau. of Patrick Warner, Ardeer, Ayrshire, landowner ; d. 1 Aug 1918.
ROCHE, HALLETT LYTTLETON, brother of Henry Philip Roche (qv) ; b. 17 Jun 1855 ; adm. 3 Oct 1867 (G) ; QS 1870 ; left May 1874 ; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1874 ; LRCP Edinburgh 1882 ; LFPS Glasgow 1882 ; d. 17 Nov 1894.
ROCHE, HENRY PHILIP, eldest son of Henry Philip Roche, Chancery Lane, London, barrister, Registrar, Court of Bankruptcy, and Elizabeth, sixth dau. of Thomas Lyttleton Holt (qv), Guildford Street, London, and Edmondstown, co.Louth, Ireland, journalist ; b. 19 Dec 1852 ; adm. 2 Oct 1865 (G) ; Min.Can.1867 ; left May 1871 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 30 Dec 1871, called to bar 17 Nov 1876 ; not in 1881 Census and although still in Law List 1900, no address given. [presumably Henry Philip Roche, Fourth Avenue, Queen’s Park, London, d. 13 Dec 1920, aged 69]
ROCHFORD, WILLIAM, 5TH EARL OF, see NASSAU, WILLIAM HENRY, 5TH EARL OF ROCHFORD.
ROCK, — ; b. ; adm. 25 May 1769.
ROCK, JAMES ; b. ; adm. 13 Jan 1772, chorister ; left Easter 1775. [probably James Rock, son of William Rock, Parliament Street, Westminster, tenor singer, violist, and music publisher ; tenor vocalist at Handel Memorial Concerts, Westminster Abbey 1784 ; also violinist and music teacher ; living Parliament Street, Westminster, in 1794 ; still alive 1829]
ROCKE, JOHN, son of Rev.John Rocke, Vicar of Butleigh, Somerset, and Rector of Tenby, Pembrokeshire ; b. ; adm. Christmas quarter 1656 ; KS 1658 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr.22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student 4 Jul 1661 – void 1668 ; BA 23 Feb 1665/6 ; MA 1669 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1667, priest 16 Feb 1667/8 (both Bath & Wells) ; Rector of Tenby, Pembrokeshire 10 Apr 1670 ; Rector of West Bagborough, Somerset, from 17 Jan 1671 ; m. ; will proved PCC 18 Nov 1682.
ROCKE, THOMAS JAMES, son of Richard Rocke, Albemarle Street, London, EICS Bengal, and Sarah Susannah, dau. of Thomas Pattle, director East IndiaI Company ; b. 22 Nov 1803 ; adm. 5 Apr 1815 ; left 5 Nov 1821 ; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1821 ; Ensign, 6thNative Infantry 3 Dec 1821 ; Lieut., 47thNative Infantry 2 May 1824 – 15 Aug 1826, struck off in England ; Downing Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 Nov 1825, matr. Lent 1826 ; BA 1830 ; MA 1849 ; ordained deacon 1829, priest 30 May 1830 (Hereford) ; Curate, Delbury, Herefs. ; Rector of Holy Trinity, Exeter, Devon 5 Oct 1839-43 ; Vicar of Littleham cum Exmouth, Devon 1 Mar 1843-77 ; m.1st, 18 Jun 1828 Lucy, eldest dau. of Thomas Hill Peregrine Furye Lowe (qv) ; m.2nd, 7 Dec 1876 Emily Adelaide, widow of Arthur Dewes, and youngest dau. of Major-Gen. George Mackie CB ; d. 30 Aug 1881.
ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES, 2ND MARQUIS OF, see WATSON-WENTWORTH, CHARLES, 2ND MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM.
RODERICK, RICHARD, son of Rev.Richard Roderick, Head Master Wem School, Shropshire, and Anne — ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1665, matr.14 Jul 1665, aged 17, Westminster Student 15 Feb 1666 – void 1683, Tutor 1672-9, Junior Censor 1675-7 ; BA 1669 ; MA 1672 ; BD 12 Mar 1682/3 ; DD 1690 ; ordained priest 20 Sep 1674 (Oxford) ; Vicar of Blandford Forum, Dorset 16 Mar 1681/2-1702 ; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Bristol 1689, 1695, 169893 ; Rector of St.Michael Bassishaw, London, from 29 Nov 1701 ; d. 17 Oct 1730.
RODNEY, GEORGE, fifth son of Sir Edward Rodney, Kt, Rodney Stoke, Somerset, and Frances, dau. of Sir Robert Southwell, Kt, Woodrising, Norfolk ; b. ; at school under Busby (Genealogist, NS xvii, 105-6) ; his father was “forced to take him from the schoole at Westminster, for fear he should be enticed to take up arms against the King” ; d. 30 Nov 1651, aged 22.
RODNEY, HON.HENRY, brother of Thomas James Harley-RodneyRodney-Harley, 4th Baron Rodney (qv) ; b. 30 Sep 1790 ; in school lists May 1803, Oct 1803 ; left Midsummer 1808 ; Jesus Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 27 Sep 1811 ; migr. to Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Feb 1812, matr. Lent 1812 ; MA 1814 ; ordained deacon 28 May 1815, priest 1816 (both Hereford) ; Vicar of Llanfihangel, Monmouthshire 22 Mar 1828-73 ; Vicar of Eye, Herefs., from 22 Feb 1817 ; Prebendary of Hereford from 14 Aug 1826 ; Rector of Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire 22 Mar 1828-63 ; d. unm. 31 Dec 1878.
RODNEY, HON.JAMES BERKELEY, brother of Thomas James Harley-RodneyRodney-Harley, 4thBaron Rodney (qv) ; b. 8 Sep 1789 ; adm. ; in school lists May and Oct 1803 ; left Midsummer 1804 ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 5 Feb 1807 ; Lieut. and Capt., 5 Mar 1812 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 3 Aug 1820 ; retd. 21 Dec 1826 ; served in Peninsular War ; d. unm. 16 Dec 1831.
RODNEY, SPENCER, 5TH BARON RODNEY, brother of Thomas James Harley-RodneyRodney-Harley, 4th Baron Rodney (qv) ; b. 30 Apr 1785 ; at school about Lady Day 1799 ; entered up Clapham’s 14 Jun 1799 ; in school lists 1801, May 1803 ; left 1803 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.20 Dec 1803 ; BA 1807 ; MA 1811 ; Fellow of All Souls Coll.Oxford 1807-44 ; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1808, priest 28 May 1809 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Wonastow, Monmouthshire 18 Mar 1812 – Jan 1833 ; Rector of Luddenham, Kent 21 Mar 1812-3 ; Rector of Kenchester, Herefs., 7 Apr 1813-33 ; Rector of Elmley, Kent 1805 [check]-18, and from 1843 ; Vicar of New Romney, Kent 22 Mar 1821-33 ; Rector of Chelsfield, Kent 17 May 1833 – Jun 1834 ; succ.brother as 5th Baron Rodney 30 Oct 1843 ; d.unm. 15 May 1846.
RODNEY-HARLEY, HON.THOMAS JAMES, see HARLEY-RODNEY, THOMAS JAMES, 4thBARON RODNEY.4TH BARON RODNEY, second son of George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney, and Anne, second dau. of Hon.Thomas Harley (qv) ; b. 12 Apr 1784 ; adm. 24 Oct 1796 (Clapham) ; in school list 1797 ; left Midsummer 1801 ; assumed additional surname and arms of Harley by royal licence 4 Nov 1805 ; succ.brother as 4th Baron Rodney 21 Jun 1842 ; d.unm. 30 Oct 1843.
RODOCANACHI, EMMANUEL MICHEL, elder son of Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Westbourne Terrace, London, general merchant, and Ariadne, dau. of Paul Petrocochino, Marseilles, France ; b. 11 Sep 1855 ; adm. 21 Jan 1870 ; left Aug 1874 ; Trinity Coll.Oxford, matr.19 Oct 1874 ; BA 1877 ; MA 1881 ; adm.Middle Temple 9 Nov 1876 ; banker, firm Rodocanachi, Sons & Co., London, to retirement 1925 ; director, Midland Bank ; m. 28 Aug 1888 Alexandra, third dau. of John Michel Agelasto, Pembridge Crescent, London, stockbroker ; d. 14 Feb 1932. ODNB (s.v.father).
RODOCANACHI, MATTHEW, third son of Paul Rodocanachi, Liverpool, cotton merchant, and Marigo, dau. of Barone Ambrose Ralli, Trieste, Italy ; b. 30 Nov 1860 ; adm. 23 Sep 1875 ; left May 1877 ; cotton broker ; m. 9 Dec 1899 Arghiri, dau. of Theodore Vlasto, Liverpool, merchant ; d. 18 Oct 1925.
RODOCANACHI, MICHEL MICHEL, brother of Emmanuel Michel Rodocanachi (qv) ; b. 8 Nov 1856 ; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (R) ; left May 1875 ; general merchant (1881 Census) ; m. 26 Jan 1884 Despina, eldest dau. of George Emmanuel Scaramanga, Worth, Sussex, general merchant ; d. 16 Dec 1911.
RODON, — ; b. ; in school lists 1801, 1803. [Rodon family had estates in Jamaica]
ROE, SIR FREDERICK ADAIR, BART., son of William Roe (qv) ; b. 19 Mar 1789 ; adm. 6 Nov 1800 (Glover) ; KS 1802 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1806, matr. 17 May 1806, Westminster Student ; BA 1810 ; MA 1812 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 2 Feb 1810, called to bar 27 Nov 1816 ; KC Duchy of Lancaster Feb 1819 – Dec 1837 ; Police Magistrate, Marlborough Street, London 1822-32 ; Chief Magistrate, Bow Street 1832-9 ; knighted 5 Sep 1832 ; created baronet 22 Feb 1836 ; JP Middlesex, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire ; m. Jun 1831 Mary, dau. of George Knowles, Emsall, Yorks. ; d. 20 Apr 1866.
ROE, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. 4 May 1657.
ROE, WILLIAM, son of Robert Roe, Brynwith, Glamorgan, and Esther, dau. of William Wraxall ; b. 31 Mar 1748 ; at school under Markham (C.Thomas-Stanford, ed., The Private Memorandums of William Roe of Withdean in the County of Sussex 1775-1809, 1928, 1) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1768 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1767-8 ; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 8 Jul 1783 – Jul 1787 ; a Commissioner of Customs 28 Feb 1788 -– Feb 1819, joint Chairman Board of Customs 11 Aug 1805 (still 1809) ; of Withdean, Sussex (estate purchased by him 1794) ; m. 4 Dec 1775 Susanna Margaret, dau. of Sir William Thomas, Bart., Yapton Place, Sussex ; d. 6 Mar 1826. [Note however that the statement that he was educated at Westminster School is by Thomas-Stanford, and is not made in Roe’s Private Memorandumsthemselves]
ROE, WILLIAM DERING ADAIR, only son of William Thomas Roe (qv) ; b. 1 Feb 1816 ; adm. 19 Nov 1827 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1834 ; Ensign, 15th Foot 21 Oct 1836 ; d. from injuries received during a fire which destroyed the barracks at Chambly, Canada 19 Oct 1838.
ROE, WILLIAM THOMAS, eldest son of William Roe (qv) ; b. 30 Oct 1776 ; adm. 13 Jun 1786 (Farren) ; KS (aged 13) 1790 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void 28 Jun 1805 ; BA 1798 ; MA 1801 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 6 Oct 1794, called to bar 23 May 1800 ; Commissioner of Bankrupts 10 Nov 1804 (occurs in annual lists 1805-20) ; KC Duchy of Lancaster May 1804 ; Surrey Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1809 ; Serjeant-at-Law, Duchy of Lancaster May 1813 – Feb 1819 ; a Commissioner of Customs from 22 Feb 1819 ; m. 11 Apr 1815 Mary Elizabeth, only dau.of Daniel Byam Mathew, Felix Hall, Essex ; d. 25 Apr 1834.
ROE, WILLIAM TURNER, son of Rev.Thomas Turner Roe (previously Turner), Rector of Swerford, Oxfordshire, and Susannah Caroline, dau. of Rev.Robert Howard, Rector of Berrythorpe, Yorkshire ; b. 2 Aug 1835 ; adm. 3 Feb 1848 ; QS (Capt.) 1850 ; Capt. of the School 1853 ; left 1854 ; Queens’ Coll.Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1854, matr.Mich.1854, but did not graduate ; Clerk, Audit Office ; buried 28 May 1859d.1859 (death registered Marylebone second quarter 1859).
ROGERS, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS 9 Oct 1553 (Chapter Muniments 43047) ; perhaps “Rogers”, “a childe of his wife by her other husbande”, who was recommended by Archbishop Cranmer , on the petition of the boy’s unnamed father, for a scholarship in “the Kinge Majesties Grammer Scole at Westmynster”. [Perhaps = COTTON, alias ROGERS, THOMAS (qv)].
ROGERS, — ; b. ; at school Christmas 1790.
ROGERS, ARTHUR GEORGE LIDDON, brother of Henry Reynolds Knatchbull Rogers (qv) ; b. 18 Dec 1864 ; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (R) ; QS 1879 ; left May 1883 ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1884 ; BA 1887 ; MA 1892 ; adm.Middle Temple 28 Jan 1888 ; Assistant Inspector, Board of Agriculture 1894, Head of Intelligence branch 1902, Horticultural branch 1907, Farm Workers branch 1918, retd.1925 ; author, The Business Side of Agriculture, 1904, and ed., Sir F.M.Eden, State of the Poor, 1928 ; m. 6 Jan 1909 Emily Norah, elder dau. of Alexander Miller-Hallett, Orpington, Kent ; d. Mar 1944.
ROGERS, BERTRAM MITFORD HERON, brother of Henry Reynolds Knatchbull Rogers (qv) ; b. 25 Aug 1860 ; adm. 12 Jun 1873 (R) ; left Aug 1877 ; Non-Coll.Oxford, matr. 17 Jan 1880 ; migrated to Exeter Coll. ; BA 1883 ; MB BCh 1889 ; MD 1892 ; played Association Football for Oxford 1880, 1881 ; Univ.Coll.Hospital ; LRCP MRCS 1889 ; Consulting Physician, Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children ; practised at Bristol ; served in 1914-8 War ; Maj., RAMC 16 May 1914 ; m. 1 Oct 1891 Agnes Constance, eldest dau. of Rev.Carteret John Halford Fletcher, Rector of Carfax, Oxford ; d. 10 Feb 1953.
ROGERS, CLEMENT FRANCIS, brother of Henry Reynolds Knatchbull Rogers (qv) ; b. 25 Oct 1866 ; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (R), exhibitioner ; QS 1881 ; left Whitsun 1884 ; Jesus Coll.Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1885, mathematical exhibitioner ; BA 1889 ; MA 1892 ; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Ripon) ; Curate, St.Paul’s, Pudsey, Yorks. 1890 ; held several other curacies ; Lecturer on Pastoral Theology, King’s Coll.London 1907-19, Professor of Pastoral Theology 1919-32, Professor Emeritus from 1932 ; Fellow, King’s Coll.London, from 1920 ; lectured on Sunday afternoons in Hyde Park on Christian evidences ; author, Principles of Parish Work, 1905, and other works ; d.unm. 23 Jun 1949.
ROGERS, GEORGE BOURDIEU, eldest son of Rev.George Rogers, Vicar of Market Lavington, Wilts., and Harriet, fourth dau. of James Bourdieu (qv) ; b. 17 Apr 1810 ; adm. 3 Jun 1822 ; left Whitsun 1823 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1828 ; migr. to Pembroke Coll. ; BA 1833 ; MA 1836 ; ordained deacon 13 Apr 1834, priest 21 Dec 1834 (both Salisbury) ; of Easterton, Wilts. ; d. 2 Oct 1872living 1873.
ROGERS, HENRY ANNESLEY COXWELL, sixth son of Rev.William Coxwell Rogers, Rector of Dowdeswell, Gloucs., and Charlotte Skinner, only dau. of Frank Nicholls, Trereife, Cornwall ; b. 6 Feb 1855 ; adm. 24 Sep 1868 (G) ; QS 1870 ; left Dec 1873 ; joined Royal Irish Constabulary c.1877 ; Assistant Inspector-Gen., from 26 Oct 1909 ; Commandant, Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin ; m. 1895 Mary Georgina, second dau. of Edmund William Waller, Dundrum, co.Dublin ; d. from effects of an accident 15 Apr 1911.
ROGERS, HENRY REYNOLDS KNATCHBULL, son of James Edwin Thorold Rogers MP, Professor of Political Economy, Oxford Univ., and his second wife Ann Susannah Charlotte, second dau. of Henry Revell Reynolds, Harley Street, London, Solicitor to HM Treasury ; b. 18 May 1858 ; adm. 30 May 1872, exhibitioner ; QS (Capt.) 1873 ; Capt. of the School 1876 ; committed suicide 11 Sep 1876.
ROGERS, JAMES CHARLES FRAMPTON WARRINGTON, only son of James Grooby Rogers, Westminster, solicitor, and Ansonia Amelia, dau. of William Burridge ; b. 28 Apr 1840 ; adm. 7 Oct 1852 ; adm.solicitor Easter 1866 ; practised in Victoria Street, firm J.C.F.Warrington Rogers & Son ; m. 29 Aug 1872 Emma Sophia, second dau. of Arthur Robert Puzey, Orsett Terrace, Paddington, bank clerk ; d. 26 Jan 1905.
ROGERS, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1600, adm.scholar 1601 ; 2nd in “ordo” 1604/5 ; BA 1604/5.
ROGERS, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1722/3.
ROGERS, JOHN GEORGE BELLAS, son of John Bellas Rogers, Jermyn Street, London, solicitor, and Ellen Moore ; b. 29 Aug 1861 ; adm. 24 Sep 1874 ; left Christmas 1876 ; resident at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, in 1901 (1901 Canada Census) ; resident at Highcliffe, Christchurch, Hampshire, in 1911 (1911 Census)emigrated to Canada ; m. Marthe Annie Blandford [check] ; d. 9 May 1931.
ROGERS, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1746/7 ; left 1749.
ROGERS, SAMUEL, son of William Rogers, Gloucester, and Sarah — (IGI) ; bapt.St.Michael. Gloucester 31 Mar 1734 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3 ; KS 1748 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1753, matr. 27 Jun 1753, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1753 – void 5 Dec 1800 (expiry year of grace as R.Batsford from 18 Dec 1799), Librarian 1779 ; BA 1757 ; MA 1760 ; BD 1786[degree ?] ; ordained deacon 17 Jul 1757, priest 24 Sep 1758 (both Gloucester) ; Rector of St.Mary Magdalen, Oxford 13 May 1763 – 27 Mar 1778 ; Domestic Chaplain to John, Earl Spencer 12 Dec 1768 (described as BA) ; Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1778 ; Prebendary of BreconSt.David’s from 29 Dec 1783 ; Rector of Batsford, Gloucestershire, from 29 Nov 1799 ; d. 22 Nov 1806.
ROGERS, THOMAS, see COTTON (alias ROGERS), THOMAS.
ROGERS, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1736/7.
ROGERS, WILLIAM, of Flint, Flintshire ; b. ; adm. ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, sizar, matr.Easter 1629 ; BA 1632/3 ; MA 1636 ; BD 1643 ; Bishop Williams Fellow, St.John’s Coll. 19 Mar 1633/4 – 24 Jun 1644, ejected (and therefore educated at the School, as these Fellowships were confined to Westminsters) ; ordained ; Rector of Hirnant, Montgomeryshire 1638 ; Rector of Denbigh, Denbighshire 1640-73 ; Rector of Cwm, Flintshire., 1653-60 ; Canon of St.Asaph 1660-4.
ROGERS, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1699 ; left 1701.
ROGERSON, CHARLES, son of Rev.Roger Rogerson, Vicar of Hanwell, Middlesex, and his first wife Anne — ; b. 9 Mar 1679/80 ; adm. ; KS 1694 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1699, adm.pens. 20 Jun 1699, aged 18, scholar 12 Apr 1700, matr. 1699/1700 ; BA 1702/3 ; MA 1718 ; ordained deacon 6 Jan 1705/6, priest 9 Sep 1708 (both London) ; Vicar of Marks Tey, Essex, from 31 May 1713 ; d. 1721.
ROKEBY, ALEXANDER, second son of Alexander Rokeby, Sandal, Yorks., and Susan, dau. of Gervase Boswell, Edlington, Yorks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1650, adm.pens. 10 Jun 1650, scholar 1651, matr.Easter 1650 ; the Miscellanea Poetica of Nicholas Hookes (qv) , published 1653, contains some verses “on the immature death of his hopeful friend Mr.Alexander Rokeby” ; d. at Trinity Coll., Cambridge, c.1652.
ROLLENSON, FRANCIS, son of Rev.Francis Rollenson, Rector of Toddington, Beds. ; bapt. Toddington, Beds.19 Apr 1618 ; at school under Osbaldeston five years (J.E.B.Mayor & R.F.Scott, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., i, 36) ; Min.Can.1633 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 Jul 1637, aged 19, matr.Easter 1637.
ROLLER, CHARLES TREVOR, brother of George Conrad Roller (qv) ; b. 28 Feb 1865 ; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (R) ; left Dec 1882 ; in partnership as a horse dealer at Purton, Wilts., to 24 May 1892 ; played cricket for Surrey in four matches 1885-6 ; m. 6 Mar 1894 Marie Dolores, youngest dau. of Whitworth Shaw, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London ; d. 14 Nov 1912.
ROLLER, GEORGE CONRAD, eldest son of Frederick William Roller, The Grange, Clapham Common, Surrey, merchant, and Eva, dau. of Adam Eyton, Holywell, Flintshire, lead smelter. ; b. 10 Jun 1856 ; adm. 26 Jan 1871 ; left Easter 1872 ; art student in London and Paris ; portrait painter and picture restorer ; served in South African War as Sergeant-Maj., Middlesex Yeomanry ; hon.Lieut., 30 Mar 1901 ; DCM 27 Sep 1901 ; served in France in 1914-8 War until invalided in 1918 ; Maj., 3rd London Yeomanry 6 Mar 1916 ; TD 1916 ; JP Surrey, London ; m. 1st, 1884 [or 1887 ?] Mary Margaret, dau. of W.Halliday, Thames, North Island, New Zealand ; m.2nd, 1910 Emily, dau. of Hugh .Kirk Craig, Crawley, Sussex, draper (marriage registered Chelsea second quarter 1910) ; d. 4 January 1941.
ROLLER, WILLIAM EYTON, brother of George Conrad Roller (qv) ; b. 1 Feb 1858 ; adm. 26 Jan 1871 ; left Dec 1873 ; Gonville and Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Oct 1876, matr.Mich. 1876, resided two years but did not graduate ; played cricket for Surrey in 120 matches 1881-8, 1890 ; Secretary, Biarritz Golf Club, in 1898 ; member of committee, Surrey County Cricket Club for many years, Vice-President 1939 ; m. 1st, Ada Isabel, formerly wife of Frank Hedges Butler, London, wine merchant, motorist and aviator, and second dau. of Joseph Bartholomew .Tickle, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and Fixby Hall, Yorks., Australian merchant (marriage registered Chelsea fourth quarter 1892)2) ; m.2nd, Mabel Edith Tickle (otherwise Hill), formerly wife of Charles Llewellen John Hill, London, banker, and sister of his first wife (marriage registered Eastbourne second quarter 1909) ; d. 27 Aug 1949.
ROLLESTON, JOHN HENRY ; b. ; adm. 11 Jan 1796 (Clapham) ; in school list 1797 ; left Easter 1797. [probablyPossibly John Rolleston, son of Christopher Rolleston, Watnall, Notts., and Anne, dau. of Capt. — Nicholas, Royal Navy ; b. 22 Feb 1787 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jan 1805, aged 17 ; BA 1808 ; MA 1814 ; ordained deacon 25 Mar 1810, priest 21 Jul 1811 (both York) ; Vicar of Annesley, Notts., 1811-48 ; Vicar of Burton Joyce, Notts., from 1822 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.William Smelt ; d. 17 Nov 1862] [Alternatively, Henry John Rolleston, son of Stephen Rolleston, Chief Clerk, Foreign Office, and Margaret Wright, Sandbach, Cheshire ; b. 18 Sep 1787 ; adm. Charterhouse Sch. Jan 1798 ; left 1801 ; Supernumary Clerk, Foreign Office 1 Feb 1801 – Feb 1802, Cleark 17 Feb 1802 – Mar 1822, Second Class Clerk 28 Mar 1822 – Jan 1824, Senior Clerk from 5 Jan 1824 ; Superintendent, Treaty Department, Foreign Office, from 5 Apr 1813 ; m. Harriet — (perhaps Harriet Fraser, who m. at St Anne Soho 19 Dec 1807 Henry Rolleston) ; d. 16 May 183416 May 1834, aged 47]
ROLLESTON, SAMUEL VILETT, eldest son of Lieut.-Col.William Vilett Rolleston, Eythorne, Kent, Lieut.-Col., 5th (Militia) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, [check regiment : probably Militia] and Martha Florence, fifth dau. of Joseph Morris, Hill House, Notts. ; b. 23 Apr 1869 ; adm. 31 May 1883 (H) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.12 Oct 1888, exhibitioner ; BA 1891 ; BCL and MA 1899 ; adm.Inner Temple 23 May 1890, called to bar 18 Apr 1894, still in Law List 1900 ; Western Circuit ; d. 24 Mareath registered Worthing first quarter 1938, aged 68.
ROLLSTONE, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1721/2 ; in under school list 1725.
ROLT, SAMUEL, son of Oliver Rolt, Alderton, Northants, and Martha, dau. of Richard Rookes, St.Michael Le Querne, London, citizen and vintner ; b. 29 Aug 1697 ; at school under Freind (Alum.Dub.) ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, adm.pens. 15 Nov 1715, aged 17 ; in a letter of 20 Sep 1715 to Rolt’s kinsman, Dean Swift, Robert Freind (qv) reports that Rolt “has behaved himself very well here. He is not of the highest sort, but is very sober and industrious and will work out his way” (Swift, Works, xvi, 264) ; Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr. 17 May 1716 ; BA 1719 ; MA 1722 ; ordained deacon 29 Oct 1721, priest 24 Dec 1721 (both Lincoln) ; Domestic Chaplain to Charles, Earl of Tankerville 7 Jul 1722 ; Vicar of Caistor, Lincs., 1 Jan 1722/3-43 ; schoolmaster, Caistor (occurs 1724) ; Rector of Croxton, Lincs., 21 Sep 1727 – 8 Feb 1757 ; Curate of Bishop Norton, Lincs., Jun 1753 ; m. 27 May 1726 Mrs.Elizabeth Pritchard, Eton, Bucks. ; d.1758.
ROMER, JOHN, son of Capt.John Lambertus Romer, 4th Foot, military engineer, and Mary Hammond ; b. 5 Jul 1713 ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1724/5 ; in school list 1729 ; served Army 1735-51, Capt. [but check] ; of Berwick on Tweed and of Cheswick, Northumberland ; lic. to m. 10 June 1747 Margaret, dau. of William Armourer, Tweedmouth, Northumberland, cooper ; d. 20 Jun 1775.
ROMSEY, EDWARD, see RUMSEY, EDWARD.
RONYE, ROGER, see BONYE, ROGER.
ROOK, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1722 ; in under school list 1723.
ROOKE, — ; b. ; in school list Jun 1764 ; left Jul 1764.
ROOKE, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Rooke, Carlisle, Cumberland, attorney ; b. 3 Aug 1702 ; in under school list 1715 ; Min.Can.1716 ; KS 1717 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 10 Sep 1720, scholar 6 Apr 1722, matr.1720 ; 7th in “ordo” 1724/5 ; BA 1724/5 ; MA 1728 ; DD 1745 ; migrated to Christ’s Coll. 13 Jan 1726/7 ; Fellow, Christ’s Coll. 3 Jun 1727 – Mar 1744/5, Junior Dean 1731, Senior Dean 1739, Master from 12 Mar 1744/5 ; Proctor 1741-2 ; Vice-Chancellor 1745-6 ; ordained priest 28 May 1727 (Lincoln, lit.dim. from Ely) 28 May 1727 ; Curate, Great St.Mary’s, Cambridge 1727 ; Curate, Great Eversden, Cambs., 18 Sep 1732 ; Whitehall Preacher 1732-44 ; Vicar of Little Abington, Cambs., 6 Apr 1736 – Jun 1736 ; Vicar of Foxton, Cambs., 7 Mar 1737/8 – Nov 1740 ; Rector of Hadstock, Essex, from 14 Nov 1740 ; Rector of Great Horkesley, Essex, from 7 May 1747 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 31 Aug 1749 ; Prebendary of Bristol from 20 Nov 1751 ; d.unm. 7 Feb 1754.
ROOPE, CABEL, son of Cabel Roope, Norwood, Surrey, Oporto merchant, and Elizabeth Frederick Maria, dau. of Frederick Whitaker, Bampton Manor, Oxfordshire ; b. 5 Aug 1852 ; adm. 15 Apr 1868 (G) ; left Easter 1871 ; Oporto merchant, firm Hunt Roope Teage & Co, Water Lane, London ; d. unm. at Oporto 17 Dec 1911.
ROOPER (or ROPER), HENRY, second son of Sir Anthony Rooper (or Roper), Kt, Farningham, Kent, and Ann, dau. of Sir John Cotton, Kt MP, Landwade, Cambs. ; b. ; at school for three years under Camden (J.Venn, Biog.Hist.of Gonville and Caius Coll., iI, 154) ; Gonville and Caius Coll., adm.fellow commoner 11 Jan 1594/5, aged 18, matr.c.1595 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 28 Apr 1597 ; still living at Farningham, Kent, in 1655 ; m.1st, Philippa, dau. of Henry Zouch ; m.2nd, —.
ROOS, GUSTAF OSCAR, younger son of Gustaf Ehrenreich Roos, Queen’s Gate Terrace, London, corn merchant, and Annie, dau. of George Roffey, Twickenham, Middlesex ; b. 21 Aug 1868 ; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H) ; QS 1883 ; left Jul 1887, with Triplett ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1887 ; 3rd cl.Maths (Mods) 1889, 1st cl.Jurisprudence 1889 ; BA 1891 ; 2nd cl. Civil Law 1893 ; BCL 1893 ; MA 1895 ; adm.solicitor Dec 1895 ; practised at Johannesburg, South Africa ; served in Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry during South African War, and severely wounded at battle of Spion Kop 1900 ; Capt., 14th(Service) Battn., Yorks and Lancs Regt., 16 Nov 1915 ; went out to Egypt 24 Dec 1915, and to France Mar 1916 ; killed in action near Serre in battle of the Somme 1 Jul 1916, unm.
ROPER, see also ROOPER.
ROPER, FRANCIS, son of Mary Roper, Westminster ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1722/3 (no payment on admission, not in under school lists) ; in school list Feb 1727/8 (fourth form) ; apprenticed to Samuel Baldwin, Covent Garden, London, attorney 1731.
ROPER, HENRY ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1738/9.
ROPER-CURZON, GEORGE HENRY, 16TH BARON TEYNHAM, third son of Henry Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham, and his first wife Bridget, dau. of Thomas Hawkins, Nash Court, Kent ; b. 27 May 1798 ; adm. 11 Jan 1808 ; left 1813 ; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 24 Aug 1813 ; 2nd Lieut., 16 Dec 1816 ; retired on half-pay 3 Jan 1821 ; successively a Baptist minister at Ledbury, Herefordshire (by 1829), and a member of the Plymouth Brethren (by 1845) ; succeeded brother as 16th Baron Teynham 23 Sep 1842 ; m.1st, 10 Feb 1822 Eliza, dau. of William Joynes, Sevenoaks, Kent ; m.2nd, 21 Jan 1873 Elizabeth, only dau. of William Jay ; d. 26 Oct 1889.
ROSE, GEORGE, second son of Rev.David Rose, Lethnot, Forfarshire, nonjuring clergyman, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Donald Rose, Wester Clune, Inverness ; b. 17 Jun 1744 ; at school under Markham, “for a short time” (Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Hon.George Rose, 1860, i, 8-9) ; entered Royal Navy ; served as midshipman in expedition to St.Malo 1758 and in West Indies, twice wounded in action ; left navy 1762 ; Clerk in Record Office of Exchequer ; Deputy Chamberlain, Exchequer 20 May 1774 – Feb 1783 ; Surveyor of Green Wax Moneys 21 Jul 1775 ; superintended the printing of the Journals and Rolls of the House of Lords ; Secretary to the Treasury Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Mar 1801 ; Clerk of the Pleas, Court of Exchequer Jan 1784 – Feb 1797 ; MP Launceston 1784 – Jun 1788, Lymington 1 Jul 1788-90, Christchurch from 1790 ; Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords, from Jun 1788 ; Privy Councillor 13 Jan 1802 ; Vice-Pres., Board of Trade, and Joint Paymaster-Gen., 7 Jul 1804 – Feb 1806 ; Vice-Pres., Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy 15 Apr 1807-12 ; Treasurer of the Navy from 1812 ; Trustee, British Museum, from 1804 ; an intimate friend and political follower of William Pitt ; of considerable financial ability ; author, The Proposed System of Trade with Ireland Explained, 1785, and other publications chiefly on financial subjects ; his Diaries and Correspondence were published in 1860 ; m. 7 Jul 1769 Theodora, dau. of John Duer, Antigua, West Indies, and Fulham, Middlesex, plantation owner ; d. 13 Jan 1818. ODNB.
ROSE, SIR GEORGE, eldest son of James Rose, Tooley Street, Southwark, Surrey, lighterman, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Fearn, Tarlogie, Ross-shire ; b. 1 May 1782 ; adm. Sep 1793 ; KS 1797 ; played cricket v.Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1801, adm.pens. 14 May 1801, matr. Mich.1801, scholar 30 Apr 1802, but left university through want of means and did not graduate ; adm.Inner Temple 1 May 1804, called to bar 5 May 1809, Bencher 22 Jun 1827, Treasurer 1835 ; Northern Circuit ; specialised in bankruptcy cases ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 27 Feb 1824 ; KC Trinity 1827 ; a Judge of Court of Review 5 Dec 1831 – Dec 1840 ; knighted 7 Dec 1831 ; Master in Chancery 7 Dec 1840 – 1 Feb 1858 ; chairman, Law Fire Insurance Co., 1845-69, director to death ; FRS 5 Jun 1834 ; hon.MA Cambridge 1835 ; a well-known wit and epigrammatist ; author, Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy decided by Lord Eldon, 1812-6, An Enquiry into the Nature of Trading as a Scrivener, 1813 ; m. 24 Apr 1821 Mary Anne, dau. of Capt.Robert Pouncy, EI Maritime Service ; d. 3 Dec 1873. ODNB.
ROSE, PHILIP DAVIES, brother of William Richard Smith Rose (qv) ; b. 15 May 1818 ; adm. 18 Jan 1830 (as Rose, Philip David) ; adm. to King’s Coll.Sch.1832 (as Rose, Philip Davies) ; settled in Victoria, Australia; described as of Rosebrook, Port Philip, on marriage ; subsequently living at Babbacombe, Devon, but returned to Australia before death ; m. 11 Jun 1850 Laura Osborn, second dau. of Osborn Snoulten, Woodville, Dover, Kent, banker ; d. North Carlton, Victoria, Australia 23 Feb 1905, after an accidental gunshot wound.
ROSE, WILLIAM RICHARD SMITH, second son of William Grant Rose, Dover, Kent, Principal Committee Clerk, House of Commons, and Frances Davies, Guildford Street, London ; b. 21 May 1813 ; adm. 7 May 1828 ; extra clerk, Fees Office, House of Commons 1832, Third Clerk, Public Bill Office 1839, Second Clerk 1843, Assistant Clerk 1849, Senior Clerk 1860, Principal Clerk 1864-86 ; d. unm. at Nice, France 5 Jan 1905.
ROSINDALE, — ; b. ; at school in 1567-8 ; a pensioner (tutor, Prebendary Watts) (Chapter Muniments 54016-8).
ROSS, DAVID, son of Alexander Ross, Gray’s Inn, London, solicitor, previously Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh ; b. 1 May 1728 ; adm. Jun 1739 ; Min.Can.1743 ; left 1743 ; went on the stage ; actor at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 1749-51, Drury Lane 1754-6, Covent Garden 1757-67 ; patentee and manager of the theatre at Edinburgh, which he opened 9 Dec 1767 with the play The Earl of Essex, the first play legally performed in Scotland ; reappeared at Covent Garden 10 Oct 1770 ; made his last appearance in the season 1777-8 ; his best parts as an actor were Castalio, Essex, Young Knowell, and George Barnwell ; a close friend of James Boswell, who was chief mourner at his funeral (Letters of Boswell to Temple, 273) ; said to have married in the late 1750s the celebrated Fanny Murray, Covent Garden prostitute (John Taylor, Records of My Life, 1832, i, 362-6), with whom he latterly lived ; d. 15 Sep 1790. ODNB.
ROSS, HENRY JOHN ; b. ; adm. 1 Jul 1800 (Clapham) ; left Bartholomewtide 1800. [Perhaps Henry John Ross, son of William Sutherland Ross, St.Clement Danes, London, and Tain, Ross-shire, and Hannah Margaretta, eldest dau. of Laurence Owen ; b. 30 Aug 1787 ; d. unm. 1830] [Henry John Ross, Crown Solicitor, Jamaica (by 182170), d. 10 May 1830, aged 42]
ROSS, JOHN, see ROSSE, JOHN
ROSS, SIR PATRICK, eldest son of Major-Gen.Patrick Ross FSA, Chief Engineer EICS Madras, later MP, and Mary Clara, dau. of John Maule, Clerk of the Cheque, Greenwich Hospital ; b. 26 Jan 1778 ; at school under Vincent (ex rel. his son Maj.Patrick William Sydenham Ross) ; left 1794 ; Capt., 101st Foot 14 May 1794 ; 25th Light Dragoons 15 Mar 1798 ; Maj., 25 Sep 1803 ; Lieut.-Col., 23rdLight Dragoons 9 Apr 1807 ; 48th Foot 28 Jun 1810 ; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1814 ; Lieut.-Col., 75th Foot 12 Oct 1815 ; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821 ; retd. Jan 1826 ; served in India and in the Peninsular War ; subsequently served for seven years on Ionian Islands, acting as Resident of Zante and as Major-Gen. on Staff, Corfu ; Governor of Antigua 23 May 1825-32, St.Helena from 27 Jun 1846 ; CMG 27 Apr 1818 ; KCMG 9 Nov 1819 ; GCMG 10 May 1837 ; KCH 1834 ; m.1st, 14 Apr 1805 Amelia, younger dau. of Col.William Sydenham, EICS Madras ; m.2nd, 27 Dec 1849 Eliza, eldest dau. of Capt.James Bennett, EICS St.Helena ; d. at St.Helena 28 Aug 1850.
ROSS, PETER ; b. ; at school 1791 (Clapham) ; left Easter 1794. [perhaps b. 29 Sep 1783, son of David Ross, and Margaret —, bapt.Marylebone PC Nov 1783] [if so, father probably carver and gilder, Great Portland Street]
ROSS, WILLIAM, son of Samuel Ross, Stamford, Lincs., Mayor of Stamford, and Margaret Carter ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1715 ; Min.Can.1721.
ROSS, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. 19 Oct 1784. [Evidently “the late William Ross, Esq.”. whose annotated list of Westminster scholars was lent by Rev.Spencer Madan to Charles Bagot Phillimore for use in editing his 1852 edition of Welch (Alumni Westmonasterienses, 1852, 472). If so, he may well have been William Ross, eldest son of William Ross, Boswell Court, Carey Street, London, attorney ; b. ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 11 May 1789, called to bar 11 Feb 1795 ; Attorney-General of Jamaica 1802-8 ; m. Catherine —- ; d. at Bath, Somerset 16 Sep 1845, aged 74]
ROSS, WILLIAM HUNTER, son of Edward Dalhousie Ross, Caversham, Oxfordshire, and Tain, Ross-shire, and Euphemia Louisa, dau. of David Fell, Caversham Grove, Oxfordshire ; [probably nephew of Henry John Ross (qv)] ; b. 21 Sep 1807 ; adm. 6 Jun 1815 ; KS 1821 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826, matr. Mich.1825 ; BA 1829 ; MA 1832 ; ordained deacon 23 Jan 1831, priest 15 Jan 1832 (both Bristol) ; Curate, All Souls, Langham Place, London ; Assistant Chaplain, EICS Bengal 1843 ; arrived in India Dec 1843 ; Minister of St.James’s, Calcutta 1844 ; m. 16 May 1843 Frances Louisa, dau. of Henry Peterson, Wakefield, Yorks., merchant and manufacturer ; d. at Calcutta 7 Aug 1844.
ROSSE, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).
ROSSE, GABRIEL, younger brother of John Rosse (qv) ; bapt.Waddesdon, Bucks. 1 Sep 1571 ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1592, adm.scholar 1593 ; BA 1596/7 ; MA 1600 (incorp.Oxford 1600) ; ordained deacon 7 Dec 1600, priest 14 Dec 1600 (both Colchester [sic, in error for what ?]) ; Rector of Packington, Leics., 10 Oct 1603 ; Rector of Norton juxta Twycross, Leics., from 18 Sep 1609 ; m. 20 Apr 1607, he aged 34, Elizabeth Sparrowe, Great St.Mary’s, Cambridge ; d. 19 Nov 1658.
ROSSE, JOHN, son of Thomas Rosse, Waddesdon, Bucks., yeoman ; bapt.Waddesdon, Bucks. 26 Jun 1563 ; at school under Grant (Rosse’s will records that he had been educated at the School, and instructs William Camden to handle his bequest of £5 “to be bestowed in bookes upon theire newe librarye”) ; entered Lyon’s Inn ; adm.Inner Temple 23 Jan 1583/4, called to bar 11 Feb 1592/3 ; author, Britannica(poems), Frankfurt, 1607 ; his Poems on Events of the Day 1582-1607 were ed. by Richard F.Hardin, 1991 ; d. Nov 1607.
ROSSE, LORD, see CECIL, WILLIAM, 17TH BARON DE ROS.
ROSSE, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1567 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1569, adm.scholar 1570, matr.Easter 1570 ; BA 1573/4 ; MA 1577 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1576.
ROSSMORE, HENRY, 3RD BARON, see WESTENRA, HENRY ROBERT, 3RD BARON ROSSMORE (I).
ROSTON, JAMES, son of Thomas Roston, Draycot, Wilts., and Barton Court, Barton under Needwood, Staffs., previously a gardener in employment of the Long family, and Susanna, sister of Sir Robert Long, Bart. (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1751 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1754. [Perhaps James Roston, son of Thomas Roston, bapt.Duffield, Derbs., 9 Feb 1735 (IGI)].
ROTH, see ROTHE
ROTHE, (ABRAHAM) GEORGE, ; only son of Richard Rothe, Butler’s Grove and Mount Rothe, co.Kilkenny, and his second wife Catherine Dalton ; b. 1768 ; adm. 8 Sep 1777 (as George Roth) (for the identification see G.D.Burtchaell, ‘The Family of Rothe of Kilkenny’, JRSAI 4th series, vol.7, 620-654) ; of Mount Rothe and Salisbury, co.Kilkenny ; High Sheriff, co.Kilkenny 1804 ; a well-known amateur actor at his local theatre in Kilkenny ; m. 5 Dec 1794 Anne Salisbury, eldest dau. of Lawrence Hickie-Jephson, Carrick House, co.Kilkenny ; d. at Caen, Normandy 10 Mar 1846..
ROTHERHAM (or ROTHERHAM), JOHN, son of Thomas Rotherham, Luton, Beds. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1661 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 17, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1674 – void 1677 ; BA 1668 ; MA 1671 ; licensed for deacon’s orders extra tempore 1672, ordained priest 22 Sep 1672 (London) ; Rector of Springfield Richards, Essex 4 Sep 1679-84 (successor appointed Nov 1684) ; m. 29 Jul 1682 Mary Wrage, Little Waltham, Essex..
ROTHERY, WILLIAM, son of Robert Rothery, St.Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, children’s clothing manufacturer, and Letitia — (IGI) ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 18 Feb 1704 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1719/20 ; BB in 1721 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 29 Jun 1721, matr.1721 ; BA 1724/5 ; MA 1737 ; ordained deacon (Norwich) 17 Mar 1727/8, priest 2 Mar 1728/9 (both Norwich) ; Curate, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1728 ; Lecturer, Chelsea Old Church, from 1735 ; Whitehall Preacher 1746-7 ; Domestic Chaplain to Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland 26 May 1750 ; kept a private school at Turret House, Paradise Row, Chelsea ; d. Jan 1759 (will proved PCC 20 Jun 1759).
ROTHERY, WILLIAM, son of Ven.Joseph Rothery, Archdeacon of Derry ; bapt. 5 Jul 1722 ; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1735 ; left 1735 ; went to Charterhouse Sch., adm.exhibitioner 19 Sep 1735 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 24 May 1738, exhibitioner 27 Jun 1738, matr.1738 ; BA 1741 ; migr. to Emmanuel Coll. ; MA 1745 ; Fellow, Emmanuel Coll. 1745 ; ordained deacon (Norwich) 19 Feb 1743/4 (Norwich), priest (Gloucester) 22 Feb 1746/7 (Gloucester) ; Curate, Barsham with Woodton, Norfolk 1744 ; Rector of Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset, from 26 Jan 1747 [1746/7 or 1747/8 ?] ; m. 1st, 30 Oct 1749 Jane, dau. of Edmund Parham, Bristol ; m.2nd, — ; buried Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset 15 May 1797.
ROTHMAN, RICHARD WELLESLEY, son of Charles Rothman, Secretary to Council, Fort William College, Calcutta, India, and his second wife Sarah Anne Woodhouse ; b. 21 Jul 1800 ; adm. 10 Jun 1811 ; KS (Capt.) 1813 ; left 1815 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 24 Nov 1817, matr. Mich.1819, scholar 1820 ; BA 1823 ; MA 1826 ; LM 1835 ; MD 1840 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1825, Junior Bursar 1834-6, Senior Fellow at death ; Registrar, University of London, from 1838 ; d. unm. 28 Mar 1856.
ROTTON, JOHN STUART, son of Capt.John Rotton, EICS Bengal, and Sarah, dau. of John Harriott, Magistrate, Thames Police Court ; stepson of Walter Hawkes (qv) ; b. 17 Jul 1795 ; adm.Christmas 1807 ; left 1810 ; EI Coll.Addiscombe 1811-4 ; Cadet, Bengal Artillery 1813 ; 2nd Lieut., 1 Aug 1814 ; Lieut., 1 Sep 1818 ; m.1st, at Kanpur, India 23 Mar 1821 Harriet, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Gabriel Martindell KCB, EICS Bengal ; m.2nd, at Dinapur, India 16 Feb 1828 Ann Matilda, youngest dau. of Capt.Thomas Edwards ; d. in New South Wales, Australia 7 Jul 1829.
ROUBEL, WILLIAM, son of Paul Roubel, London (IGI) ; b. ; at school Christmas 1791 ; adm.attorney, King’s Bench Nov 1801 ; emigrated to Prince Edward Island Jun 1808 ; member House of Assembly, Prince Edward Island 1810-2 ; returned to England winter 1812 ; again practising as an attorney in London by 1817 ; still in practice mid 1830s ; insolvent debtor in 1838 ; d. 22 Sep 1846 (IGI). See Dictionary of Canadian Biography. [father of Gerard Streert, Soho, grocer and tea dealer ?, later gaming house keeper ?]
ROUGH, SIR WILLIAM HENRY, only son of William Rough, St.James’s, Westminster [presumably of Carnaby Street, Westminster, baker] ; b. 21 Aug 1773 ; adm. 23 Jan 1786 ; KS 1789 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1792, adm.pens. 6 Jun 1792, matr. Mich.1792, scholar 12 Apr 1793 ; BA 1796 ; MA 1799 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 9 Feb 1796 ; migr. to Inner Temple 7 Nov 1799, called to bar 18 Jun 1801 ; Midland Circuit ; Serjeant-at-Law 30 May 1808 ; President of Court of Justice, Demerara and Essequibo 1816-21 ; suspended by acting Governor for having usurped “the privileges and functions of the Executive”, but the Privy Council decided in Rough’s favour on appeal, Apr 1825 ; Puisne Judge, Ceylon, 1833-6, Chief Justice from 13 Mar 1836 ; knighted 7 Aug 1837 ; said to have contributed to Southey’s Flagellant when at school, and to have been one of the projectors of the University Magazine of 1795 when at Cambridge ; author, Lorenzino de Medici, 1797, and other works ; m. 26 Jun 1802 Harriet, natural daughter of John Wilkes MP ; d. at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon 19 May 1838. ODNB.
ROUGH, WILLIAM HENRY, only son of Sir William Henry Rough (qv) ; b. 1 Oct 1808 ; adm. 9 Jun 1823 (G) ; left Sep 1826 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 13 Sep 1827, matr. Mich.1827 ; BA 1832 ; MA 1840 ; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Jaffna, Ceylon 1836 ; returned to England 1839 ; adm.Middle Temple 5 Jul 1839, called to bar 4 Nov 1842 ; equity draughtsman and conveyancer ; m. (by 1851) — ; d. 5 Nov 1869. [marriage presumably registered St Pancras third quarter 1848] [m. 10 Aug 1848 Caroline Bannister ?][presumably m. 12 Aug 1848 Caroline Bannister (IGI)]
ROUS, ANTHONY ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1726/7 ; in school list 1731 (in school list Feb 1727/8 as Rouse).
ROUS, HON.HENRY JOHN, second son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv), and his second wife ; b. 23 Jan 1795 ; adm. ; left 1807 ; 1st cl.Volunteer, Royal Navy 28 Jan 1808 ; Lieut., 18 May 1814 ; Cdr., 26 Nov 1817 ; Post Capt., 25 Apr 1823 ; Rear-Adm. 17 Dec 1852 ; Vice-Adm., 5 Jan 1858 ; Adm., 25 Jun 1863 ; served in Flushing expedition and in Mediterranean ; during his last cruise, his frigate HMS Pique ran ashore on the coast of Labrador Sep 1835, but Rous brought her into St.Helen’s, Isle of Wight [check], after a run of 1500 miles without a rudder and leaking badly ; MP (Conservative) Westminster 1841 – Feb 1846 ; a Lord of the Admiralty 17 Feb – 13 Jul 1846 ; member, Jockey Club, from 1821, Steward 1838 and subsequently ; public handicapper from 1855 ; present at every great race meeting held in the last forty years of his life, and universally respected and regarded as the “dictator of the turf” ; m. 2 Jan 1836 Sophia, dau. of James Ramsay Cuthbert MP, Grosvenor Square, London ; d. 19 Jun 1877. ODNB.
ROUS, HON.HUGH ANTHONY, son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv), and his second wife ; b. 15 Jul 1800 ; adm.Mich.1812 ; KS 1814 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1818, adm.pens. 14 May 1818, but went to Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1818 ; BA 1821 ; MA 1824 ; ordained deacon 17 Oct 1824, priest 18 Jun 1826 (both Norwich) ; Vicar of Reydon, Suffolk, fom 10 Oct 1826 ; Perpetual Curate of Southwold, Suffolk, from 10 Oct 1826 ; d. at Geneva 29 Sep 1828.
ROUS, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF STRADBROKE, only son of Sir John Rous, Bart., MP, and Judith, dau. of John Bedingfield, Beeston, Norfolk ; b. 30 May 1750 ; in school lists 1764 ; left 1767 ; Magdalen Coll.Oxford, matr.17 May 1768 ; MA 1771 ; succ.father as 6thbaronet 31 Oct 1771 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1772-3 ; MP Suffolk 1780-96 ; created Baron Rous 14 Jun 1796 and Earl of Stradbroke 18 Jul 1821 ; DL Suffolk 1787 ; m.1st, Jan 1788 Frances Juliana, dau. of Edward Warter Wilson, Bilboa, co.Limerick ; m.2nd, 23 Feb 1792 Charlotte Maria, dau. of Abraham Whittaker, Stratford, Essex ; d. 17 Aug 1827.
ROUS, JOHN EDWARD CORNWALLIS, 2ND EARL OF STRADBROKE, eldest son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv), and his second wife ; b. 13 Feb 1794 ; adm. ; left 1808 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 28 Jun 1810 ; Lieut. and Capt., 4 May 1814 ; Capt., 93rd Foot 6 Nov 1817 ; half-pay, Nova Scotia Fencibles 15 Jan 1818 ; retd. 1821 ; served in Peninsular War ; styled Viscount Dunwich 1821-7 ; succ.father as 2nd Earl of Stradbroke 17 Aug 1827 ; took Conservative whip, House of Lords ; Lord Lieut., Suffolk, from 19 Jan 1844 ; Vice-Adm., Coast of Suffolk, from 1846 ; m. 26 May 1857 Augusta, widow of Col.Henry Frederick Bonham, 10thHussars, and second dau. of Rev.Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bart. ; d. 27 Jan 1886.
ROUS, HON.WILLIAM RUFUS, son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv), and his second wife ; b. 1 Aug 1796 ; adm. ; left 1809 ; RMC Great Marlow ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Dec 1812 ; Lieut. and Capt., 18 Nov 1819 ; Capt., 55th Foot 19 Feb 1823 ; half-pay, 24 Apr 1823 ; of Worstead Hall, Norfolk ; DL JP [check county] ; m. 27 Dec 1822 Louisa, youngest dau. of James Hatch, Claybury Hall, Essex ; d. 2 Mar 1875.
ROUSE, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1715, 1716.
ROUSE, JAMES, son of John Rouse, Wokingham, Berkshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Cleighorne, Westminster, patentee in reversion of office of Warden of Court of High Commission ; b. ; at school by Jun 1654, aged 14 (WAM 43112) ; of Wokingham, Berks. ; m.
ROWE, CHEYNEY, ; second son of Sir William Rowe Kt, Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Potts, Cuddington, Bucks. ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1641 ; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114, as Cheyney Row) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 May 1644 ; BA 1647/8 ; adm. Middle Temple 12 May 1647, called to bar 20 May 1653 ; succeeded to family estate at Higham Hill 1672 ; m. 28 Jul 1664 Elizabeth Stone (IGI) ; d.1699 (will dated 10 Aug 1699, proved PCC 12 Dec 1699, he of Higham Hill, Essex, name spelled Cheyney Rowe). [Conjecturally identified by Sir Wasey Sterry, The Eton College Register, 1441-1698, 1943, 288, as “Row”, Christian name not stated, a King’s Scholar there in 1641, but Cheyney Rowe was evidently at Westminster School in 1641-4].
ROWE, JACOB, son of Isaac Rowe, Fowey, Cornwall ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1741/2 ; KS 1746 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 28 Apr 1748, scholar 14 Apr 1749 ; BA 1752 ; MA 1755 ; ordained deacon (Ely) 9 Jun 1754 (Ely), priest (London) 23 Dec 1754 (London) ; Curate, Chesterton, Cambs., 1754 ; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1756 ; licensed by Bishop of London as minister for Virginia 13 Feb 1758 ; Professor of Moral Philosophy, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia Jun 1758 – Sep 1760, when he was forced to resign on account of his involvement in a drunken riot between college pupils and the young men of Williamsburg ; Curate, Norton and Luddenham, Kent 1762-4, when dismissed as being “drunken and mad”. [Rev.Jacob Rowe, Topsham, Devon, will PCC 28 Jun 1765, 235]
ROWE, NICHOLAS, son of John Rowe, Lanerton, Devon, Serjeant at Law, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jasper Edwards (qv) ; bapt. 30 Jun 1674 ; adm. ; KS 1688 ; left 1691 ; adm.Middle Temple 4 Aug 1691, called to bar 22 May 1696 ; abandoned law for writing for the stage ; his play Ambitious Stepmother was performed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1700, Tamerlane in 1702 and The Fair Penitent in 1703 ; edited Shakespeare’s Worksworks, 1709 ; Under-Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland Feb 1709 – Jul 1711 ; Poet Laureate from 1 Aug 1715 ; Secretary of Presentations, Chancery, from 5 May 1718 ; his verse translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia was published just after his death ; a collected edition of his plays and occasional poems appeared in 1727 ; m.1st, 6 Jul 1693 Antonia, dau. of Anthony Parsons, Auditor of the Revenue ; m.2nd, 1717 Anne, dau. of Joseph Devenish, Buckham, Dorset ; d. 6 Dec 1718. Buried Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
ROWELL, — ; b. ; adm. ; left 1656 (School Lists 1656, first two quarters).
ROWLAND, — ; b. ; adm.1656 (School Lists 1656, last three quarters).
ROWLAND, — ; b. ; adm.1656 (School List 1656, last quarter).
ROWLAND, ANDREW, son of Hugh Rowland, Middle Scotland Yard, Westminster, Groom and Clerk of the Robes to George III, and Keeper of Privy Purse to Queen Charlotte, and Anne, dau. of Christopher Beck, Storer, Kent ; b. 15 Dec 1801 ; adm. 25 Feb 1817 ; Addiscombe Coll. 1819-20 ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1820 ; Lieut., Artillery 20 Dec 1820 ; Capt., 26 Dec 1833 ; Maj., 16 Apr 1849 ; Lieut.-Col., 28 Apr 1851 ; Brevet Col., 28 Nov 1854 ; Col., 4 Jul 1858 ; Lieut.-Gen. [sic, check] 1 Aug 1872 ; retd. 1 Oct 1877 ; m. 10 Mar 1834 Louisa Maxwell Brutton, dau. of Capt. Alexander Pilfold, Bombay [Paymaster, 67th Foot ?] ; d. 29 Jun 1878.
ROWLAND, DAVY ; b. ; adm. ; QS 6 Apr 1554 (Acts of Chapter iI, 281b).
ROWLAND, FRANCIS ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) 1745 ; left 1747. [note Francis Rowland, Lieut. 84thFoot ; Capt.-Lieut., 11 Jan 1760 ; Capt., 24 Mar 1760 ; ,stationed Bengal ; Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, India (in 1761) ; m. at Calcutta 22 Jan 1763 Mary Bull, widow ; buried 7 Aug 1763 (will proved PCC 16 Sep 1765)]
ROWLAND, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1661, adm.pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662 ; BA 1664/5.
ROWLAND, JOSEPH ; b. ; adm. (aged 6) Jun 1748 ; in school list 1752.
ROWLANDSON, EDWARD, son of Rev.Michael Rowlandson DD, Vicar of Warminster, Wilts., and Rebecca Shrimpton (IGI) ; b. 21 Jan 1803 ; adm. 24 Sep 1817 ; left 11 Dec 1818 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 12 Nov 1819, Michel exhibitioner 1819-23, scholar 1823-6 ; BA 1823 ; MA 1827 ; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1826-9 ; ordained deacon 25 Mar 1826 (Bath & Wells) ; Curate, Kington St.Michael, Wilts., for 18 years to death ; m. 30 Dec 1828 Julia Frances, dau. of Rev. John Griffith DD, Headmaster of Warminster Grammar School ; d. 11 Jun 1854.
ROWLES, HENRY, brother of Thomas Rowles (qv)(qv) (IGI) ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 8 Dec 1777 ; adm. 3 Apr 1785 ; a builder in London ; his firm was responsible for constructing several of the East India Company’s London warehouses, the Royal Mint, the Excise Office and the rebuilding of Drury Lane ; director, dock and railway companies ; chairman, Rhymney Iron Works ; chairman, Globe Fire Insurance Company ; m. 16 Apr 1807 Laura Adelaide Elizabeth Theresa Georgiana Gourdez ; committed suicide 23 Oct 1840. ODNB.
ROWLES, JAMES ; b. ; adm. 26 Jan 1786. [perhaps Lieut., Madras Native Cavalry 1 Nov 1798 ; Capt.-Lieut., 3rd Madras Native Cavalry 1 Nov 1799 ; Maj., 1 May 1804 ; Lieut.-Col. ; retd. 1813 ; m. 20 May 1810 Susanna Altham, Weymouth Street, St.Marylebone ; d. 12 Nov 1850] [presumably b 12 Jun 1772, bapt. St.James, Piccadilly 8 Jul 1772, son of James Rowles, and Catherine Holland, and therefore an elder brother of Thomas Rowles (qv), although admitted to the School after his younger brothers ; apprenticed to Henry Holland, Adelphi, architect and surveyor 6 Feb 1787] [note “Cornet Rowles”, to stay at Cape of Good Hope on route to India, with letter of introduction from William Huskisson to Earl Macartney dated 29 Jun 1797]
ROWLES, THOMAS, son of James Rowles, John Street, Adelphi, Westminster, wine merchant, and Catherine, dau. of Henry Holland, Fulham, Middlesex, builder ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 19 Nov 1776 (IGI) ; adm. 3 Apr 1785 ; at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 1800-1, acting as Examiner, Admiralty Court, and Advocate ; again at Cape of Good Hope from 1807 ; Secretary to Court of Appeal, Cape of Good Hope, from 29 May 1807, also King’s Proctor and Agent for Receiver-General ; Deputy Judge, Admiralty Court, Cape of Good Hope 1816 ; m. 29 Dec 1811 Elizabeth Christina, youngest dau. of Arend De Waal, Cape Town, South Africa ; d. 20 Jan 1826.
ROWLEY, HENRY JOSHUA, son of Rev.Joshua Rowley, Rector of East Bergholt, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Henry Scurfield, The Mote, Pembrokeshire ; b. 20 Dec 1806 ; adm. 17 Jan 1820 (Stelfox) ; d. from effects of falling from a window of Mrs.Stelfox’s boarding house in Dean’s Yard 10 Apr 1821 (inquest in Times 11 Apr 1821 ; the circumstances suggested suicide, although this was not the inquest verdict).
ROWLEY, HERCULES LANGFORD, 2ND BARON LANGFORD (I), eldest son of Clotworthy Rowley (formerly Taylour), 1stBaron Langford (I), and Frances, only dau. of Hon.Clotworthy Rowley ; b.1795 ; adm. ; left 1811 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1814 ; succ.father as 2nd Baron Langford (I) 13 Sep 1825 ; DL co.Dublin, co.Meath ; m. 1818 Louisa Augusta, dau. of William Rhodes ; d. 3 Jun 1839.
ROWLINSON, CHARLES, son of Richard Rowlinson, Warrington, Lancs., attorney, and Betty Fearnhead ; b 21 Oct 1779 ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1795 (as Charles Rawlinson) ; in school list 1797 ; a solicitor in practice in Liverpool ; d. Oct 1829.
ROXBY-BEVERLY, WILLIAM LE VANE ROBERT, only son of William Roxby-Beverly, Russell Square, London, artist and scene painter, and Sophia Burbidge (IGI) ; b. 18 Apr 1860 ; adm. 23 Jan 1874 (R) ; Pembroke Coll.Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1878 ; ran in the mile v.Cambridge 1880 ; adm.Inner Temple 23 Aug 1880, called to bar 19 May 1886 ; death registered Epsom second quarter 1901, aged 40 (as William Roxby Beverley).
ROYSTON, ROGER ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1671 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1674, adm.pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr.1677 ; BA 1677/8 ; MA 1698 ; ordained deacon 15 Jun 1679 (Lincoln), priest 2 May 1681 (London) ; had warrant to succeed Arthur Squibb (qv) as Vicar of Netherbury, Dorset 29 Mar 1692 ; Rector of Cheadle, Cheshire, from 13 Sep 1694 ; m. ; buried Cheadle 9 Dec 1722, aged 67.
RUDD, ANTHONY, second son of Sir Anthony Rudd, Bart., Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire, and his second wife Beatrice, dau. of Sir John Barlow, Bart., Slebech, Pembrokeshire ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) May 1721 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 21 May 1724, aged 17 ; BA 1727/8 ; MA 1731 ; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 20 Dec 1730 (Lincoln) ; Curate, Willingham, Lincs., 1730, subsequently St.Peter’s, Carmarthen ; Domestic Chaplain to 2nd Duke of Kingston (at death) ; buried Carmarthen 26 Dec 1738.
RUDGE, EDWARD JOHN, eldest son of Edward Rudge FRS FSA, Abbey Manor House, Evesham, Worcs., and Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, landowner and botanist, and his first wife Anne, only dau. of Peter Nouaille, Great Ness House, Sevenoaks, Kent ; b. 30 May 1792 ; adm. 25 Mar 1808 ; left 1811 ; Gonville and Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 25 Feb 1811, scholar 1811-5, matr. Mich.1811 ; BA 1815 ; MA 1818 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 4 Feb 1815, called to bar 21 May 1819 ; FSA 1834 ; FRS 18 Feb 1847 ; DL JP Worcestershire ; author, Some Account of the History and Antiquities of Evesham, 1820 ; m. 29 Aug 1825 Felizarda, second dau. of Charles Van Notten Pole, Wyck Hill House, Gloucs. ; d. 29 Jan 1861. ODNB (s.v.father).
RUDGE, JOHN, son of Rev.John Rudge, Rector of St.Mary Aldermary, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of [John ? or Edmund ?] Sturmy, London, grocer ; bapt. St.Mary Aldermary 29 Sep 1674 ; “now a schollar at Westminster aetat. circ.13 ann.1687” (T.C.Wales and C.P.Hartley, eds, The Visitation of London begun in 1687, 2004, p.15).
RUDSTON-READ, HARRY VAUGHAN, son of Maj.Edward Rudston-Read, 9th Lancers, and Isabella Caroline, dau. of Edward Swainston Strangways, Alne Hall, Easingwold, Yorks. ; b. 7 May 1859 ; adm. 22 Sep 1871 ; left Jul 1873 ; student ICE 29 May 1877 ; AMICE 2 Dec 1884 [check] ; consulting civil engineer to retirement 1922 ; chairman, Read Campbell & Co, engineering contractors ; constructed Mexican Southern Railway ; m. 1st, 6 Mar 1888 (divorced 1917 ?) Lilian MBE, dau. of Frederick Cox, banker ; m.2nd, his cousin Evelyn Maud, younger dau. of Trevor Wheler Calverley-Rudston, Allerthorpe Hall, Yorks. (marriage registered Brighton third quarter 1918) ; d. 30 Apr 1944..
RUDYARD, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Rudyard, Wormley, Herts., and Jane, widow of Hon. and Rev.George Berkeley [possible OW (qv)], Prebendary of Westminster, and dau. of George Cole, Devon ; bapt.Cheshunt, Herts. 10 May 1718 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 7) Mar 1725/6 ; readm. Apr 1726 ; left 1733 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 5 Jul 1737 ; Lieut. and Capt., 13 Feb 1741/2 ; Capt., 19th Foot 15 May 1749 ; 47th Foot 21 Mar 1752 ; served at battle of Dettingen as ADC to Earl of Stair 1743 ; d.unm. at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1753. [note will Benjamin Rudyerd, St.Anne, Westminster, proved PCC 21 Nov 1757]
RUDYERD, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1718 ; left 1719.
RUMBALL, ARTHUR BRUNEL, brother of Henry Medlicott Rumball (qv) ; b. 9 Sep 1863 ; adm. 25 Sep 1873 ; left Christmas 1875 ; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1876-9 ; student ICE 6 Dec 1881 ; AMICE 5 Mar 1889 ; civil engineer ; chief resident engineer during construction of Delagoa Bay and East African Railway ; m. Ella Ellis (marriage registered Marylebone second quarter 1898). [perhaps Arthur B.Rumball, death registered St George’s, Hanover Square, first quarter 1923, aged 62 [sic]]
RUMBALL, HENRY MEDLICOTT, son of Thomas Rumball MICE, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and Mary Anne, dau. of Edward Medlicott, Lisbon, banker ; b. 5 May 1858 ; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (H) ; left Christmas 1874 ; London Univ. ; adm.Inner Temple 1 Nov 1877, called to bar 22 Jun 1887 ; for many years secretary to his father ; engaged in railway construction in Canada 1898-1913 ; returned to England 1913 ; employed at Bank of England for some years ; went to live in the Bahamas ; m.1st, Jun 1908 Georgina, dau. of George H. Hobson, New YorkBaltimore, Maryland, USA ; m.2nd, 3 Sep 1914 Ellen, dau. of Archibald White Gibson Mullin, Manchester, engineer and surveyor ; death registered Watford fourth quarter 1931, aged 73..
RUMBALL, THOMAS DRURY, brother of Henry Medlicott Rumball (qv) ; b. 26 Dec 1861 ; adm. 22 Sep 1870 ; QS 1876 ; left May 1880 ; d. at Scutari 8 Dec 1880.
RUMSEY, EDWARD, son of Capt.Edward Rumsey, Crickhowell, Breconshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Major Harvey, Eythorne, Kent ; bapt.St.Botolph, Aldgate, London 16 Apr 1713 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1725 ; KS 1727 ; d. at school 6 Mar 1730/1 (M.I. Eythorne, Kent, recording fact of his death at Westminster School).
RUNNINGTON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1735.
RUNNIGER (or RUNINGER), — ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; left 1554 (Acts of Chapter i, 281, surname read by Knighton as Runinger).
RUPERT, — ; b. ; in under school list 1725.
RUSHTON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; KS 29 Jul 1550 ; left 1554 (Acts of Chapter, i, 280a, name given as Russheton in 1554).
RUSPINI, GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW HOLWELL, brother of James Bladen Ruspini (qv) ; b. 2 Feb 1769 ; adm. 2 Jun 1779 ; left Sep 1781 ; practising as a dentist in London and Bath in the 1790s ; living 1810.
RUSPINI, JAMES BLADEN, son of Chevalier Bartholomew Ruspini, Pall Mall, London, Surgeon-Dentist to Prince of Wales, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Orde, Longridge Hall, co.Durham ; b. 14 Apr 1768 ; adm. 20 Jan 1779 ; studied dentistry in Paris ; in partnership as a dentist with his father from 1787 ; Surgeon-Dentist to George IV and the Duke of Sussex ; styled himself Chevalier Ruspini ; went bankrupt in 1820 ; m.1st, 18 Jul 1802 Isabella Lethangie ; m.2nd, 13 Jun 1819 Martha Atherden Hughes, Weymouth, Dorset ; d.1840 (death registered Westminster second quarter 1840)..
RUSSEL, — ; b. ; adm. c.Oct 1719 ; in under school list 1719.
RUSSEL, FRANCIS ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1722/3 ; left 1733 (sic, evidently in error). [Presumably Francis Russel, son of William Russel and Tryphena — (IGI), bapt. St.Andrew, Holborn 12 Feb 1713 (IGI)].
RUSSEL, GEORGE, son of Lieut.-Col. Christopher Russel, 19th Foot, Governor of Minorca, and (?) Mary Hooke (IGI) ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1742 ; St.Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1746 ; BA 1750 ; ordained deacon 24 May 1752 (Bath & Wells), priest 6 Oct 1754 ; Curate, St.Nicholas, Cork 7 Oct 1754 ; Rector of Skull, co.Cork, from 16 Jul 1755 ; wrote a quantity of neatly turned verse ; his Works were posthumously published in Cork in 1769, “for the benefit of the author’s widow and children” ; m. ; d.1767. ODNB.
RUSSEL, JAMES, brother of Richard Russel (qv) ; b. ; at school under Freind (British Library, Additional MSS 41169) ; left England 1739 ; resident in Rome 1740 onwards, initially as art student and artist, latterly as resident guide to English visitors ; also a dealer in antiquities ; author, Letters from a young Painter abroad to his Friends in England, 1748-50, 2 vols. ; d. unm. near Radicofani, Italy Aug 1763.
RUSSEL, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1718 ; in under school list 1720 (or left 1719).
RUSSEL, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1731/2 ; left 1734. [perhaps = — Russell, at school in 1733 (qv)]
RUSSEL, RICHARD, son of Rev.Richard Russel, Vicar of Alfriston and Selmeston, Sussex, subsequently non-juring clergyman and owner of a boarding house for the School, and Juliana, sister of William Franckwell, Eastbourne, Sussex Franckwell (IGI) ; bapt.Selmeston, Sussex 28 Dec 1714 ; at school for eight years under Freind, and presumably the unnamed son of Rev.Richard Russel who was at the School in Jan 1728/9 (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, x, p.85) ; studied medicine in London and Paris ; MD Rheims 7 Jan 1738 ; Physician to the branch of Christ’s Hospital at Ware, Herts. ; medical practitioner successively at Henley, where he became involved in a professional dispute with Dr.Henry Addington, and at Reading, to where he moved in 1750 ; m. 4 Aug 1741 Elizabeth Wilkins, Hoddesdon, Herts. ; d. 25 Jul 1771. ODNB (s.v. Richard Russell 1687-1759).
RUSSEL, SAMUEL ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1722/3 ; in under school lists 1725-7, school list Feb 1727/8 (fourth form, as Russell). [presumably brother of, or close kin to, Francis Russel, adm.same month]
RUSSELL, — ; b. ; in school lists 1728-33. [Two Russells, “major” and “minor”, in third form, school list Feb 1727/8, Christian names not stated ; two Russels, “Russels amb.”, in sixth form Jan 1732/3, one Russel in sixth form Aug 1733, one Russel in second form Jan 1732/3 and Aug 1733, one Russell in first form Aug 1733] [one of these Russells is doubtless Richard Russel (qv), see above, and another may be his brother James Russel (qv)]
RUSSELL, — ; b. ; in school lists 1729, 1731.
RUSSELL, — ; b. ; in school list 1731.
RUSSELL, — ; b. ; in school list 1731.
RUSSELL, — , son of John Russell, HBM Consul at Lisbon, and his second wife Anne — ; b. ; at school in 1733 (M.E.Matcham, A forgotten John Russell, 1905, 38, 82-3). [evidentlyPerhaps John Russell, elder son of John Russell, Consul at Lisbon, “who began life as purser to Captain Byng” (Admiral Hon.John Byng), serving under him on HMS Sutherland 1741-3 [in 1741 ?] ; was subsequently in Storekeeper and Clerk of the Cheque’s Office, Gibraltar 12 Jul 1745-7 ; Clerk of the Survey, and then held an official appointment at Chatham Dockyard 1747 – Sep 1765 (?) (no longer 1769) ; living 1794, Matcham, op.cit.] [cf John Russel [above, qv]] [apparently c.1722-1798, latterly resident Greenwich, m. … Twelves, will proved PCC 21 Aug 1798] [perhaps therefore John Russel (adm. 1731/2, qv]
RUSSELL, — ; b. ; left Dec 1764.
RUSSELL, BERTRAND, son of Peter Russell, St.Martins in the Fields, Westminster, and Hannah — (IGI) ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 30 Apr 1747 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS 1761 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1765, adm.pens. 5 Jun 1765, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1766, matr. Lent 1766 ; BA 1769 ; MA 1772 ; BD [check] ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1772, Senior Fellow 1791 ; ordained priest (Peterborough) 19 Jul 1772 (Peterborough) ; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 12 Oct 1790 – Feb 1792 ; Vicar of Gainford, co.Durham, from Jul 1791 ; m. 30 Jul 1795, Susanna (IGI), dau. of Rev.Michael Pope, Charterhouse Square, London ; d. 29 Nov 1797.
RUSSELL, LORD CHARLES JAMES FOX, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife ; b. 10 Feb 1807 ; adm. 21 May 1818 (G) ; Edinburgh Univ. ; page at coronation of George IV 1821 ; Ensign, unattached, half-pay 8 May 1823 ; Lieut., 2 Aug 1826 ; Capt., 23 Mar 1827 ; 52nd Foot, 31 May 1827 ; Maj., unattached, half-pay 11 Oct 1833 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 9 Nov 1846 ; retd., 21 Jan 1848 ; MP (Whig) Bedfordshire 1832-41, Mar-Jul 1847 ; Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons 1848-75 ; DLl Bedfordshire, JP Bedfordshire 1834 ; President, Marylebone Cricket Club 1835 ; m. 2 Apr 1834 Isabella Clarissa, dau. of William Griffith Davies, Penylan, Carmarthenshire ; d. 29 Jun 1894.
RUSSELL, CLAUD, son of Claud Russell, Binfield Manor House, Berks., EICS Madras, member of Council, Madras, and Leonora, illegitimatenatural dau. of George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (I) MP, EICS Madras, Governor of Madras ; b. 7 May 1779 ; adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham) ; Min.Can.1793 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 26 Sep 1795 ; arrived in India 27 Feb 1797 ; Assistant to Persian Translator ; Senior Assistant to Persian Secretary 1801 ; Secretary to Lieut.-Gov. in Ceded Districts 1802 ; Collector, Alighar 1804 ; Judge and Magistrate, Kanpur 1807 ; Second Judge, Provincial Court of Appeal, Benares 1817 ; m. 12 Mar 1810 Charlotte, third dau. of Robert Grant, EICS Bengal ; d. at Benares 5 May 1817.
RUSSELL, LORD EDWARD, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife ; b. 24 Apr 1805 ; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (G) ; left 12 Nov 1818 ; entered Royal Navy 13 Jan 1819 ; Lieut., 18 Oct 1826 ; Cdr., 15 Nov 1828 ; Post Capt., 19 Nov 1833 ; Rear-Adm., 17 Oct 1856 ; Vice-Adm., 27 Apr 1863 ; Adm., 20 Mar 1867 ; retd., 1 Apr 1870 ; served at battle of Navarino 1827 and in attack on Sevastopol 17 Oct 1854 ; Naval ADC to Queen Victoria 1846-50 ; CB 5 Jul 1855 ; MP (Whig) Tavistock 1841-7 ; m. 8 Feb 1860 Mary Ann, dau. of Aaron Taylor, Montpelier Street, Kensington, Middlesex ; d. 21 May 1887. ODNB.
RUSSELL, FRANCIS, MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, second son of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, and his second wife Lady Gertrude Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv) ; b. 26 Sep 1739 ; adm. Jun 1749 (Hawkins) ; in school list 1754 ; still at school 6 March 1757 (account for his board with Mrs Hawkins for three months ending that date, Woburn MSS, printed Elizabethan xxi, 261) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 17 Apr 1757, aged 17, matr.1757 ; MA 1759 ; MP (I) Armagh 1759-60 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1761-2 ; MP Bedfordshire from 1761 ; Col., Bedfordshire Militia (occurs 1761) ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763 ; m. 7 Jun 1764 Lady Elizabeth Keppel, sister of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv) ; d. from effects of a fall from his horse when out hunting 22 Mar 1767.
RUSSELL, FRANCIS, 5TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, eldest son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv) ; bapt. 23 Jul 1765 ; succ.grandfather as 5th Duke of Bedford 15 Jan 1771 ; adm. 30 May 1774 ; in school list Jul 1779 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.nob. 17 Dec 1779, but did not matr. ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1785-6 ; took seat, House of Lords 5 Dec 1787 ; an intimate friend and political supporter of Charles James Fox, who delivered an elegant eulogy to him in the House of Commons 16 Mar 1802 ; the subject of Burke’s scathing Letter to a noble Lord, 1796 ; a friend of George, Prince of Wales ; a patron of the turf, horses of his winning The Derby 1789, 1791, 1797 and The Oaks 1790, 1791, 1793 ; interested in agriculture and started a model farm at Woburn ; member, Board of Agriculture, from formation 1793, and first President, Smithfield Club 1798 ; d.unm. 2 Mar 1802. ODNB.
RUSSELL, FRANCIS, 7TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, eldest son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife ; b. 13 May 1788 ; adm. (G) ; in school lists 1801, 1803 ; styled Marquis of Tavistock 1802-39 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.nob. 10 Feb 1807, matr.Mich.1808 ; MA 1808 ; MP Peterborough 14 Mar 1809-12, Bedfordshire 1812-32 ; a prominent member of Whig party in House of Commons ; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Howland of Streatham 15 Jan 1833 ; succ.father as 7th Duke of Bedford 20 Oct 1839 ; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords ; Privy Councillor 6 Jul 1846 ; KG 26 Mar 1847 ; Lord Lieut., Bedfordshire, from 7 Dec 1859 ; Busby Trustee 1 May 1847 ; m. 8 Aug 1808 Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, eldest dau. of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC GCH, Gen. in the Army ; d. 14 Oct 1861.
RUSSELL, FRANCIS, eldest son of Lord William Russell (qv) ; b. 7 Mar 1793 ; adm. 21 Jan 1805 (Grant) ; left 1810 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.23 Oct 1810 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot 12 Mar 1811 ; Lieut., 27 Jun 1811 ; 7th Foot, 18 Jul 1811 ; Capt., 2nd Garrison Battn., and half-pay 28 Apr 1814 ; 57th Foot 11 Jul 1816 ; 52nd Foot, 2 Oct 1817 ; Brevet Maj. 21 Jan 1819 ; Maj., 12th Foot 23 Oct 1819 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 4 Oct 1821 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 2nd Foot Guards 7 Jul 1825 ; served in Peninsular War, where he was wounded at siege of Badajoz, and at battle of Waterloo, where he was ADC to Prince of Orange ; MP Tavistock from 25 Oct 1831 ; d.unm. 24 Nov 1832.
RUSSELL, HON.GEORGE, brother of Lord James Russell (qv) ; b. ; at school in 1659-60 (Woburn MSS and Busby’s Account Book) ; Magdalen Coll.Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1666, aged 19 ; MA 4 Feb 1666/7 (incorp.Cambridge 1668) ; Grand Tour 1669-72 ; travelling in Barbados and North America 1676-80, wrecked on Irish coast on return ; m.1672 Mary, dau. of Michael Pendleton, London, “a City merchant” ; buried at Chenies, Beds. 27 Jul 1688.
RUSSELL, GEORGE, second son of Lord William Russell (qv) ; b. 7 Apr 1795 ; adm. 10 Apr 1806 ; left 1808 ; Lieut., Royal Navy 1814 ; Cdr., 7 Sep 1822 ; Capt., 1825 ; d. 15 Sep 1825 while commanding HMS Scylla in West Indies.
RUSSELL, LORD GEORGE WILLIAM, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife ; b. 8 May 1790 ; in school list 1803 ; Cornet, 23rd Light Dragoons 5 Feb 1806 ; Lieut., 1stDragoons 11 Sep 1806 ; Capt., Canadian Fencibles 25 Mar 1808 ; 82nd Foot, 21 Apr 1808 ; 23rd Light Dragoons 18 May 1808 ; Maj., 102nd Foot 4 Feb 1813 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 12 Apr 1814 ; Maj., half-pay 7 Sep 1815 ; Lieut.-Col., 8th Light Dragoons 28 Oct 1824 ; unattached, half-pay 21 Nov 1828 ; 90th Foot, 23 Apr 1829 ; unattached, half-pay 17 May 1831 ; Col. in Army and ADC to King William IV 23 Jul 1830 ; Major-Gen., 23 Nov 1841 ; took part in expedition to Copenhagen and served in Peninsular War, wounded at battle of Talavera ; MP Bedford 1812-30 ; attached to Sir Robert Adair (qv)’s mission to Brussels Aug 1831 – Mar 1832 ; on special mission to Portugal May 1832, with local rank of Brig.-Gen. 27 May 1832 ; Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon 7 Aug 1833 – Mar 1834 ; Minister Plenipotentiary at Württemberg Nov 1834 – Nov 1835 ; Ambassador at Berlin 24 Nov 1835 – Nov 1841 ; GCB 19 Jul 1838 ; m. 21 Jun 1817 Elizabeth Anne, only child of Hon.John Theophilus Rawdon MP ; d. at Genoa 16 Jul 1846. ODNB.
RUSSELL, HENRY CHARLES, eldest son of Lord Charles James Fox Russell (qv) ; b. 30 Oct 1842 ; adm. Jan 1855 (G) ; left 1860 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 8 Dec 1860, matr. Mich.1861 ; LLB 1866 ; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both York) ; Curate, Doncaster, Yorks., 1866-9 ; Vicar of Wentworth, Yorks., 1868-76 ; Rector of Wollaton, Notts., from 7 Jan 1876 ; m. 10 Feb 1876 Hon.Leila Louisa Millicent Willoughby, second dau. of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton ; d. 20 Jul 1922.
RUSSELL, HUBERT JAMES, son of Charles Barrett Russell, Cheriton, Hampshire, barrister, Recorder of South Molton, and Caroline, youngest dau. of Rev.Henry Hubbard, Rector of Cheriton, Hampshire ; b. 4 Oct 1869 ; adm. 31 May 1883 (H) ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Oct 1887, matr.Mich.1887 ; BA 1890 ; d. 5 Sep 1898.
RUSSELL, LORD JAMES, fifth son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG KB, and Lady Anne Carr, only child of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset ; b. ; adm. ; at school in 1659-60 (Woburn MSS, recording payment for “dyett and lodging of Mr.James Russell and Mr.George Russell for one whole year ended the 27th of January 1660”, and Busby’s Account Book) ; Magdalen Coll.Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1666, aged 20 ; MA 4 Feb 1666/7 (incorp.Cambridge 1668) ; Grand Toiur (Italy) c.1669 ; of Maidwell, Northants, and Laverstoke, Hampshire ; MP Whitchurch 1685-7, 1689 -– Nov 1701, Tavistock 1702 1- 21 Dec 1703 ; lic.to m.1st, 5 Jul 1682 Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Trott, Bart., MP, Laverstoke, Hampshire, and youngest dau. of Sir Edmund WrightKnight, Kt, Lord Mayor of London, citizen and grocer ; m.2nd, 11 Aug 1698 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Lloyd, London, mercer ; d. 22 Jun 1712.
RUSSELL, JAMES CHARLES ; b. ; adm. 24 Jan 1814 ; left Mar 1820. [perhaps m. 7 Nov 1840 Amelia Percival Spence (IGI)] [but maybe James Charles Russell, son of James Russell ; b. c.1802 ; a surgeon apothecary ; MRCS 1832 ; emigrated from England 1833 ; in Tasmania 183329-36, Sydney, New South Wales, from 1836 ; bankrupt at Aug 1844 ; resident medical officer, Benevolent Asylums, Sydney, New South Wales 1846-52, and subsequently at Liverpool, New South Wales ; m. at Sorrell, Tasmania 8 Jan 1834 Maria, youngest dau. of John Banfather, Norwich ; thrown from his horse and killed at Murrurundi, New South Wales 24 Oct 1867, aged 65] [alternatively, less probably, James Charles Russell, son of Joseph Russell, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, and Jeanne Marguerite, widow of Jean Pierre Auguste de Narbonne, Comte de Pelet Talmont, and of Archibald Neilson, and dau. of Louis Gaspard Caze de la Bove, Intendant of Dauphiné, France ; b. c.1806 ; m. at St.Pancras Old Church 7 Nov 1840 Amelia Percival Spence ; d.in Missouri, USA c.1849-50] [note James Charles Russell, son of James Russell, and Mary Ann — ; b.28 May 1805 (bapt.St.James’s, Piccadilly 7 Jul 1805)]
RUSSELL, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1740/1 ; left 1746.
RUSSELL, SIR JOHN, BART., son of Charles Russell, St.James’s, Westminster, Col.34th Foot, and Mary Joanna Cutts, dau. of Col. EdmundGeorge Revett, 2nd Foot Guards ; b. 31 Oct 1741 ; adm. Jan 1749/50 ; KS 1754 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1759 – Dec 1772, Faculty Student 18 Dec 1772 – void by marriage 15 Dec 1774 (sic) ; BA 1762 ; MA 1765 ; succ.cousin as 8th baronet 21 Sep 1757 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 9 May 1759, called to bar 16 Jun 1766 ; of Checquers Court, Ellesborough, Bucks. ; m. 4 Oct 1774 (IGI) Catherine, dau. of Gen.Hon.George Cary, Skutterskelfe, Yorks. ; d. 7 Aug 1783.
RUSSELL, JOHN, 6TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv) ; b. 6 Jul 1766 ; adm. 21 Oct 1776 ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 7 Mar 1783 ; retd. 6 Apr 1785 ; MP Tavistock 24 Apr 1788-90, 27 Dec 1790 – 2 Mar 1802 ; succ.brother as 6th Duke of Bedford 2 Mar 1802 ; took seat, House of Lords 9 Dec 1802 ; Privy Councillor 12 Feb 1806 ; Lord Lieut., Ireland 12 Feb 1806 – 19 Apr 1807 ; KG 25 Nov 1830 ; supporter of Whig Party both as MP and as peer ; rebuilt Covent Garden market 1830 ; supporter of art, agriculture and natural history ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1819 ; FSA by 1831 ; Busby Trustee 8 May 1806 ; m.1st, 21 Mar 1786 Hon.Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, second dau. of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (qv) ; m.2nd, 23 Jun 1803 Lady Georgiana Gordon, fifth dau. of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT ; d. 20 Oct 1839. ODNB.
RUSSELL, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Russell, Bart. (qv) ; b. 6 May 1777 ; succ. father as 9th baronet 7 Aug 1783 ; adm. 30 Jun 1791 (Clapham) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1795 ; d.unm. 11 Jun 1802.
RUSSELL, JOHN, 1ST EARL RUSSELL, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife ; b. 18 Aug 1792; adm. 23 Sep 1803 (G) ; fag to his brother Lord Tavistock ; kept a diary while at the School, including a list of the School for Oct 1803 ; left Bartholomewtide 1804 ; Edinburgh Univ. 1809-12 ; MP Tavistock 4 May 1813 – Mar 1817, 1818-20, Huntingdonshire 1820-6, Bandon Bridge 19 Dec 1826-30, Tavistock 24 Nov 1830-1, Devon 1831-2, South Devon 1832 – Apr 1835, Stroud 29 May 1835-41, City of London 1841- 30 Jul 1861 ; made his first speech in favour of parliamentary reform 14 Dec 1819 ; successfully moved repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 26 Feb 1828 ; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830 ; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 13 Dec 1830 – Nov 1834, also member of Cabinet Jun 1831 – Nov 1834 ; moved first reading of Reform Bill 31 Mar 1831 ; introduced Reform Bill for second time 24 Jun 1831, and for third time 12 Dec 1831 ; advocated reform of the Irish Church 1833-4 ; leader of Whigs in House of Commons Apr 1835 onwards ; Secretary of State for Home Affairs 18 Apr 1835 – Aug 1839 ; carried through the Municipal Corporations Bill, and diminished the number of offences liable to capital punishment ; Secretary for War and the Colonies 30 Aug 1839 – Aug 1841 ; declared for total repeal of the Corn Laws in his Edinburgh Letter of 22 Nov 1845, and supported their repeal by Peel in 1846 ; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852 ; carried the bill for removing Jewish disabilities through the House of Commons 1848, and was responsible for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill of 1851 ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Aberdeen ministry Dec 1852 – Feb 1853, when he resigned but remained in Cabinet without office and continued to lead the House of Commons ; Lord President of the Council 12 Jun 1854 – Jan 1855, resigning because of his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War ; Plenipotentiary to Vienna Congress 11 Feb 1855 ; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1 May – 13 Jul 1855 ; opposed Disraeli’s Reform Bill of 1859 ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 18 Jun 1859 – Nov 1865 ; the Reform Bill introduced by him on 1 Mar 1860 was subsequently dropped ; created Earl Russell 30 Jul 1861 ; KG 21 May 1862 ; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Nov 1865 – 18 Jun 1866, resigning on defeat of his Government’s Reform Bill by the “‘Adullamites” ; declined Cabinet office in Gladstone’s administration formed in Dec 1868 ; received freedom City of London 9 Jul 1831 ; LLD Edinburgh Univ. 8 Nov 1845 ; FRS 6 May 1847 ; Lord Rector, Aberdeen Univ., from 1863 ; GCMG 25 Mar 1869 ; Trustee, National Gallery, from 1847 ; Trustee, British Museum, from 1855 ; Busby Trustee 2 Jun 1863 ; a sincere and able Whig with the courage of his opinions, and a store of constitutional and historical knowledge ; although no orator, a skilful debater and creator of telling phrases ; edited Letters of the Fourth Duke of Bedford, 1842-6 ; author, Essay on the English Constitution, and other works ; m.1st, 11 Apr 1835 Adelaide, widow of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (qv), and half-sister of Thomas Henry Lister (qv) ; m.2nd, 20 Jul 1841 Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, second dau. of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto PC ; d. 28 May 1878. ODNB.
RUSSELL, JOHN, third son of Lord William Russell (qv) ; b. 11 Jul 1796 ; adm. 10 Apr 1806 ; left Whitsun 1808 ; Lieut., Royal Navy 26 Jul 1815 ; Cdr., 29 Jan 1822 ; MP Kinsale 1826-32 ; m. 21 Aug 1822 Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness De Clifford, sister of George Coussmaker (qv), and niece of Edward Southwell, 21st Baron De Clifford (qv) ; d. 27 Apr 1835.
RUSSELL, JOHN CLAYTON, eldest son of John Russell, Bradford, Yorks., and Elliott House, Ripon, Yorks., and Grace, dau. of Thomas Clayton, South Stainley, Yorks. ; b. 12 Dec 1858 ; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (G) ; left Christmas 1875 ; stuff merchant (1881 Census), living at The Knoll, Ripon, Yorks. ; partner in firm Ede, Bastow and Russell, Providence Mills, Sunbridge Road, Bradford, fancy yarn spinners, to 14 Sep 1887 ; Lieut., 3rd West Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers ; m. 21 Feb 1892 Blanche Morris, sister of John Armytage Batley (qv)arriage registered Windsor first quarter 1882 ; d. 6 May 1931.
RUSSELL, PERCY, brother of John Clayton Russell (qv) ; ; b. (Harrogate, Yorks. ) 24 Jul 1865 ; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G) ; left Dec 1882 ; living at death at Heathfield, Sheridan Road, Wimbledon, Surrey ; m. Gertrude Evelyn, dau. of Richard Life Adams, Leeds, Yorks., architect (marriage registered fourth quarter 1885) ; committed suicide 3 Aug 1894. ; accountant, living Hampstead, Middlesex, in 1901 (1901 Census).
RUSSELL, PHILIP ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) May 1718.
RUSSELL, RICHARD, second son of William Russell, Basingstoke, Hampshire, and Jane (Coleman ?) (IGI) ; bapt.Basingstoke 5 Oct 1695 (IGI) ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1711 ; QS 1712 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1716, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Canoneer Student 23 Jul 1717 – void 1719 ; BCL 1723 ; DCL 1743 ; ordained deacon 24 May 1719, priest 20 Dec 1719 (both London) ; Rector of Overton, Hampshire 1719-71 ; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 17 Nov 1729 ; m.1st, 16 Oct 1719 (IGI) Elizabeth, widow of Simon Boulte, St.Margaret’s, Westminster, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer, and dau. of John Clayton, The Stable Yard, Westminster ; m.2nd, 21 May 1744 Mary, dau. of William Dicker, Overton, Hampshire ; d. 27 Jan 1783.
RUSSELL, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).
RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., only son of Sir Francis Russell, Bart., EICS Bengal, and Anne, dau. of Zachariah— Gee, Fort William, Bengal, India, free merchant ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1742/3 ; succ.father as 7th baronet 1744 ; left 1747 ; Page of Honour to Princess Amelia Jun 1745, subsequently to Duke of Cumberland (Chamberlayne 1748) ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1751 ; Lieut. and Capt., 6 Nov 1755 ; the “favourite friend” at school of William Cowper (adm.1742, qv), who lamented his death in verses printed in his Collected Works ; drowned in river Thames, unm. 21 Sep 1757.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. 25 Jun 1781, BB ; left Midsummer 1785.
RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM, son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv) ; b. 20 Aug 1767 ; adm. 12 Jan 1778 ; in school lists 1781 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1784 ; MA 1787 ; DCL 1793 ; MP Surrey 19 Jan 1789-1807, Tavistock 1807 – Mar 1819, 1826-30 ; a Lord of the Admiralty 10 Feb 1806 – Apr 1807 ; m. 11 Jul 1789 Lady Charlotte Anne Villiers, dau. of George Villiers, 4thEarl of Jersey PC FSA ; murdered in his bedroom at 14 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, 6 May 1840, by his Swiss valet François Benjamin Courvoisier.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM, fourth son of Lord William Russell (qv) ; b. 15 Jul 1800 ; adm. 2 May 1810 ; left 1811 ; went to Edinburgh High Sch. ; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm.pens. 30 Oct 1818, matr. Mich.1818 ; BA 1823 ; MA 1826 ; Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. 25 Mar 1825 – 25 Mar 1829 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 11 May 1822, called to bar 14 Apr 1826 ; equity draftsman ; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1829-31, when post abolished) ; Attorney-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster 20 Apr 1833 – 8 May 1839 ; Principal Secretary to Lord Chancellor 1836-9 ; Accountant-Gen., Court of Chancery 30 Apr 1839 – 8 Jan 1873 ; a Trustee, of the National Gallery, from 1850-81 ; m. 17 May 1828 Emma, dau. of John Campbell MP, Shawfield, Lanarkshire, Col.Argyll Militia ; d. 5 Sep 1884.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM ROBERT, only son of Claud Russell (qv) ; b. 13 Mar 1817 ; adm. 29 Apr 1829 ; d. at school of scarlet fever 1 Mar 1830.
RUSSELL, LORD WRIOTHESLEY, eldest son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife ; b. 11 May 1804 ; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (G) ; left 1820 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 25 Jun 1823, matr. Mich.1823 ; MA 1829 ; ordained deacon 20 Sep 1829, priest 20 Dec 1829 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Chenies, Bucks., from 20 Dec 1829 ; Rector of Streatham, Surrey 8 Mar 1830 – May 1835 ; Canon of Windsor from 9 Apr 1840 ; Deputy Clerk of the Closet to Queen Victoria from 19 Apr 1850 ; Domestic Chaplain to Prince Albert to 1861 ; Honorary Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 24 Mar 1862 ; declined offers of bishoprics from Whig governments ; m. 23 Jun 1829 his cousin Elizabeth Laura Henrietta, youngest dau. of Lord William Russell (qv) ; d. 6 Apr 1886.
RUST, JOHN, third son of Edward Rust, Crutched Friars, London, wine cooper, and Isabella (Camp ?) (IGI) ; bapt.St.Giles, Cripplegate 15 Nov 1724 ; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1732 ; Min.Can.1736 ; KS (Capt.) 1737 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 28 May 1741, scholar 7 May 1742, matr.1742 ; BA 1744/5 ; MA 1748 ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1747, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1748 ; adm.Middle Temple 26 Oct 1739 ; travelling tutor in 1750 with Sir Richard Hoare, Bart (qv) in 1750, who subsequently settled an annuity on him ; latterly resident in Upper Grosvenor Street, London ; . [note will John Rust, St.George, Hanover Square, proved PCC 24 Mar 1767, also will John Rust, Upper Grosvenor Street (who d. 18 Nov 1788.), proved PCC 29 Nov 1788]
RUSTON, ALFRED STANLEY, son of William Ruston, Registrar Brentford County Court, solicitor, and Sarah Amelia, dau. of Alfred Henry Johnson, Gunnersbury House, Isleworth, Middlesex, farmer ; b. 1 Sep 1866 ; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (G) ; left Dec 1883 ; adm.solicitor Apr 1889 ; Under Sheriff, Middlesex ; practised in London ; m. 8 Sep 1898 Lilian Beatrice, dau. of Charles Braden, Brentford, Middlesex, corn merchant ; d. 24 Jul 1946..
RUTLAND, AARON, son of William Rutland, Lincolnshire ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 15) 1661 (Chapter Muniments 43105) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.17 Jul 1663, Canoneer Student from 30 Jun 1663 ; d. 6 Feb 1664/5. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. [presumably bapt.St.Helen, Bishopsgate, London 25 Jan 1646, son of William Rutland, and Margarett — (IGI)]
RUTTER, — ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1625 (Chapter Muniments 33256) ; left 1626.
RUTTER, — ; b. ; adm. ; left 1764 (School List Jun 1764).
RUTTER, SAMUEL, grandson of John Rutter, Burscough, Lancs., miller ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1623, Westminster Student by 25 Mar 1624 – still 1626, but did not matr. ; ordained ; Rector of Waberthwaite, Cumberland 1 Aug 1630 ([check : occurs 1634, 1639, successor appointed 12 Jun 1641) ?] ; Domestic Chaplain to James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and tutor to his son, Lord Strange ; Rector of Andreas, Isle of Man, and Archdeacon of the Isle of Man 1640 ; administered the ecclesiastical government of the Isle of Man 1643-51 ; took part in the defence by Lady Derby of Lathom House 1644 ; Prebendary of Lichfield from 29 Nov 1660 ; consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man 24 Mar 1661 ; a MS volume of his poems was sold in New York 21 May 1923 (TLS 9 Aug 19623, 536) ; m. ; d. 30 May 1663 (M.I., Peel Cathedral). ODNB.
RUTTON, WILLIAM ISAAC, elder son of Isaac Rutton, Whitehill, Faversham, Kent, and Mary, dau. of William Wood, Eastchurch, Kent ; b. 4 Nov 1768 (IGI) ; adm. 13 Jul 1782 ; KS (aged 15) 1783 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – void 12 Dec 1789 (for absence).
RYALL (or ROYALL), GEORGE, son of George Ryall, St.Margaret’s, Westminster ; bapt. St.Margaret, Westminster 9 Sep 1559 ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1578, matr. 20 Nov 1581, aged 21, Westminster Student ; BA 30 Jan 1581/2 ; MA 10 Feb 1584/5 ; ordained deacon 11 Jan 1590/189/90, priest 28 May 1591 (both London, as Royall) ; Rector of Middleton, Essex 1591-1604, res. ; buried St.Dunstan’s in the West, London 26 Jun 1606 (as “George Royall, preacher”).
RYCROFT, — ; b. ; adm. Jun or Jul 1716 ; in under school lists 1716, 1717.
RYCROFT, RICHARD, eldest son of Rev.Richard Rycroft (previously Nelson) (afterwards Sir Richard Rycroft, Bart.), Rector of Penshurst, Kent, and Penelope, youngest dau. of Richard Stonehewer (qv) ; b. 11 Feb 1760 ; adm. 14 Jan 1771 ; d. at school 14 Jul 1771.
RYDE, ARTHUR LYON, brother of Edward Harrow Ryde (qv) ; b. 8 Nov 1854 ; adm. 27 Sep 1866 ; QS 1869 ; left Jan 1873 ; a surveyor ; ASI Dec 1876, FSI Nov 1880, President 1917 ; practised in Parliament Street, Westminster ; assisted his father with the third edition of Metropolitan Rating, 1881 ; m. 16 Sep 1879 Florence Eleanor, sister of William Holt Yates Titcomb (qv) ; d. 7 Apr 1944..
RYDE, CHARLES BERTRAM, brother of Edward Harrow Ryde (qv) ; b. 24 Dec 1858 ; adm. 26 Jan 1871 ; QS 1874 ; left May 1877 ; Agricultural Coll., Cirencester, scholar 1880, 1881 ; a surveyor ; ASI Feb 1883 ; d. unm. 28 Feb 1915.
RYDE, EDWARD HARROW, eldest son of Edward Ryde, Woking, Surrey, land surveyor, President, Surveyors’ Institution, and Sarah, fourth dau. of Robert Harrow, Alton, Hampshire ; b. 20 Nov 1852 ; adm. 27 Apr 1865 ; left Dec 1870 ; adm.solicitor May 1876 ; practised in London ; m.1st, 16 Sep 1879 Frances Sarah, sister of William Holt Yates Titcomb (qv) ; m.2nd, 8 Oct 1924 Mary Emmeline, eldest dau. of Rev.John Fuller, Vicar of Stanground, Hunts. ; d. 20 Dec 1930.
RYDE, FRANK CECIL, brother of Edward Harrow Ryde (qv) ; b. 15 Oct 1862 ; adm. 21 Jan 1875 (R) ; left Dec 1880 ; an architect and surveyor ; ARIBA 25 Jun 1888, FRIBA 1912 ; practised in Westminster ; m. 2 Mar 1897 Ethel Christina, fourth dau. of William Henry Shaw, St.Leonards, Sussex, Solicitor to Great Eastern Railway Company ; d. 22 Nov 1941..
RYDE, WALTER CRANLEY, brother of Edward Harrow Ryde (qv) ; b. 25 Oct 1856 ; adm. 22 Jan 1869 ; exhibitioner 1870 ; QS 1871 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1875, matr. 20 May 1875 ; BA 1879 ; MA 1888 ; adm.Inner Temple 28 Oct 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882 ; adm.Middle Temple 27 Jul 1903 ; KC 1 Nov 1910 ; author, The Law and Practice of Rating, 1900, and other works ; m. 11 Aug 1898 Eleanor, third dau. of William Henry Shaw, St.Leonards, Sussex, Solicitor to Great Eastern Railway Company ; d. 27 Apr 1938.
RYDER (or RIDER), HENRY, second son of Thomas Ryder, Bedfordshire, Secretary to British Embassy, Paris, and grandson of Right Rev. John Ryder, Bishop of Killaloe ; b. ; at school in 1660 ; KS (aged 15) 1661 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1663, adm.pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664 ; BA 1666/7 ; MA 1673 ; Master of the Free School, Dublin, subsequently of the Free School, Kilkenny to 1684 ; ordained ; Prebendary of Ossory 26 Sep 1681-92, Archdeacon 30 Mar 1692-3 ; Prebendary of St.Patrick’s, Dublin 21 Sep 1683-93 ; Prebendary of Cork 29 Oct 1685 – Mar 1686, Treasurer 29 Mar 1686-7 ; consecrated Bishop of Killaloe 11 Jun 1693 ; m. ; d. 30 Jan 1695/6.
RYLEY, PHILIP KEMSEY, only child of Philip Reginald Ryley, Hackham, Norfolk, and Staunton, Gloucs., and Mary Kemsey, Epping, Essex ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1749 ; in school list 1751 ; Ensign, 72nd Foot 7 Nov 1759 ; m. 20 Dec 1760 Frances, dau. of Isaac Spratt, Norwich, attorney ; d. in West Indies between 1776 and Jun 1783.
RYLEY (or RILEY), THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1625, adm.scholar 1626, matr.Easter 1626 ; 4th in “ordo” 1629/30 ; BA 1629/30 ; MA 1633 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1632 –c.164437 (?), , Tutor 1635-444 [dates are incompatible and need checking] ; prosecuted in Vice-Chancellor’s Court, Cambridge University, for improper sermon 1637 (Act Book of Court), so evidently ordained ; a friend of Thomas Randolph (elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1623, qv) ; author of Latin and English verses.
RYLEY, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Ryley, Norroy King of Arms, and Deputy to Keeper of Records, Tower of London ; b. ; at school under Busby ; in an undated draft petition, composed shortly before his death, Ryley claims to have “received my education from Mr been educated at Westminster under Busby at Westminster, from whence I went to Christchurch, Oxford, where I received the degree of M.A”and to have graduated MA at Oxford Univ. from Christ Church (30th Report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records, 249) ; employed under his father in Record Office in the Tower of London ; adm.Inner Temple Nov 1651, called to bar 12 Feb 1664/5 ; joint Deputy Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London with his father 1660- Jul 1667, and subsequently on his own ; employed in Record Office with his father under William Prynne ; assisted his father in the compilation of Placita Parliamentaria, 1661 ; m. Elizabeth, fifth dau. of Sir Anthony Chester, Bart., Chicheley, Bucks. ; buried St.Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 12 Nov 1675. ODNB (s.v.father).