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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, 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 1822.

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) Newborough from 1713; buried St. Werburgh’s, Dublin 22 Oct 1725.

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, Charlton House, Berks.; d. 14 Jan 1833.

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), priest (Peterborough) 23 Sep 1610; Rector of Croxton, Cambs., 1610; Rector of Hatfield, Herts., 29 Mar 1613-46; 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.

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 Gen. --- Worsley; d. 6 Jun 1860.

RAINE, JOHN, son of Richard Raine, barrister, and Mary Beatty; b. c. 1786; at school under Vincent (Dictionary of Australian Biography); articled to --- Molles, solicitor, 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. Harriet ---; d. at sea off Australian coast 20 Dec 1837.