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RUDYARD, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Rudyard, Wormley, Herts., and Jane, widow of Hon. and Rev. George Berkeley, 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]

RUDSTON-READ, HARRY VAUGHAN, son of Maj. Edward Rudston-Read, 9th Lancers, and Isabella, dau. of Edward Swainston Strangways, Alne Hall, Easingwold, Yorks.; b. 7 May 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871; left Jul 1873; civil engineer to retirement 1922; constructed Mexican Southern Railway; m. 1st, 6 Mar 1888 (div. 1917) Lilian MBE, dau. of Frederick Cox, banker; 2nd, Evelyn Maud Calverley-Rudston; d. 30th Apr. 1944.

Rudolf, Cyril de Montjoie, son of the Rev. Edward de Montjoie Rudolf; Prebendary of St. Paul's, by Emma, daughter of Arthur Bulmer, of Lambeth, Surrey; b. April 14, 1882; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (G); left April 1897; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Lent 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1909; ordained deacon 1909, priest 1910 (Southwark); Curate of Holy Trinity, Rother­hithe, Surrey, 1909-14; member of the Community of the Resurrection, at Mirfield, Yorks, 1914; asst. master, St. John's Coll., Johannesburg, South Africa, 1916-25; returned to Mirfield on leaving South Africa and served there till his death; a tireless missionary in the industrial areas of England, and for many years hon. asst. secretary of the Church of England Children's Society founded by his father; d. May 30, 1958.

Rudler, Roderick Oscar Frederick Mountege, son of Capt. Frederick George Rudler FRICS, Mayor of Westminster 1933-5, and Evelyn Hannah, d. of HM King Oscar II of Norway, adopted d. of Ferdinand Egeberg, Chamberlain to the King; b. 6 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left Apr. 1937; Norwegian Forces in WW2; Univ. of Oslo, degrees 1954 and 1957; Yale Univ. 1958-9, King Haakon VII Fellowship for studies in theatre history; staff of Eikeli Skole Baerum, Norway; Rekrutteringsstipendiat NAVF 1967-70; Reader in Theatre Studies Univ. of Oslo 1970-3, assoc. Prof. 1973-89; m. Mar. 1962 Mari, d. of Andor Myhre of Favang, Gudbrands­dalen, Norway.

Rudge, Herbert Nouaille, brother of Ernest Nouaille Rudge (q.v.); b. Nov. 20, 1900; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (A); left April 1919.

Rudge, Ernest Nouaille, son of Howard Nouaille Rudge, of Weybridge, Surrey; b. June 8, 1899; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (A); left April 1917.

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, Kent; b. 30 May 1792; adm. 25 Mar 1808; left 1811; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Feb 1811, scholar 1811-5; 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. DNB.

Ruddock, Thomas Vigor, son of Thomas David Ruddock of Huddersfield and Dorothy Frances Mary, d. of John Hardwicke of Portishead, Somerset; b. 2 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (KS); left July 1924; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924 (open schol.), BA 1928, MA 1931; ord. deacon 1932, priest 1933 (Portsmouth); Curate Newport I. of Wight 1932-6; Rector of Somerton, Oxfordshire, 1939-48; Chaplain RAFVR in WW2 (Sqdn Ldr); Vicar of Ashley Green, Chesham, Bucks, 1948-58; Rector of St Leonard's Lasswade, Midlothian, 1958; m. 12 June 1945 Hilda Ena, d. of R. T. Brackey of Newport I. of Wight; d. 2 Dec. 1961.

Ruddock, George, son of George Ruddock, of Richmond, Surrey; b. Aug. 2, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.A.S.C., May 25, 1940.

Rudd, George Boyd Franklin, son of George Edward Rudd, of Leicester, by Mary Ellen, daughter of George Benjamin Franklin, of Knighton, Leics; b. July 3, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1914, and cricket for Leicester 1919-26; served in France 1915-8; temp. Capt. 6th Batt. Leics Regt. Nov. 8, 1917; wounded and taken prisoner April 1918; asst. master and subsequently Head Master of Stoneygate School, Leicester; m. Sept. 14, 1922, Georgina Isabel, only daughter of Frederick Thomas Kearns, of Addington, Surrey; d. 1957·