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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 a draft petition Ryley claims to have been educated at Westminster under Busby and to have graduated MA at Oxford Univ. from Christ Church (30th Report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records, 249); adm. Inner Temple Nov 1651, called to bar 12 Feb 1664/5; 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.; buried St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 12 Nov 1675. DNB.

RYLEY, 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. 1637 (?), Tutor 1635-44 [dates are incompatible and need checking]; author of Latin and English verses.

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 (Porten's); in school list 1751; officer in Army; m. 20 Dec 1760 Frances, dau. of Isaac Spratt, Norwich, attorney; d. in West Indies between 1776 and 1784.

Ryle, Herbert Edward; second son of John Charles Ryle (1816–1900), the first Bishop of Liverpool, and his second wife, Jessie Elizabeth Walker; b, 25 May 1856; attended Hill House, Wadhurst, Sussex; adm. Eton College 1868; 1875 won Newcastle scholarship, and proceeded to King's College, Cambridge, as a classical scholar; 1879 Aegrotat degree; April 1881 elected Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; ordained deacon 1882 and priest 1883; Sep. 1886 - Mar. 1888 Principal of St. David's College, Lampeter; taught at the University of Cambridge as Hulsean Professor of Divinity; appointed Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria Mar. 1896 and Chaplain-in Ordinary to Her Majesty in Dec. 1898 until he resigned Jan. 1901, Dec. 1900 appointed Bishop of Exeter; 1903 Bishop of Winchester; Dec. 1910 Dean of Westminster; created CVO 1911, KCVO 1921; published The Early Narratives of Genesis (1892), The Canon of the Old Testament (1892), and Philo and Holy Scripture (1895), and other works; m. 15 Aug. 1883, Nea Hewish Adams; d. 20 Aug. 1924, buried in Westminster Abbey.

Ryland, Denis Edward, son of Edward Charles Ryland CIE, Indian Police, of Taunton, Somer­set, and Alice Muriel, d. of John Wheeler of Savernake, Wilts; b. 4 Oct. 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (A); left July 1929; 2nd Lieut. Roy. West Kent Regt (TA) July 1938, Maj. 1944, Lieut.-Col. 1945; TD 1946; a chartered accountant, ACA 1938, FCA 1946; practised in London, retd 1971; m. Joan Hammersley, d. of Percy Hall Birch of Bramhall, Cheshire; d. 19 Feb. 2002.

RYDER, HENRY, son of Thomas Ryder, Bedfordshire; 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; 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.

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.

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. 1941.