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Rumney, Roy Bryan, son of Robert Atkinson Rumney, of Twickenham, by Edith Ellen, daughter of Joseph Burland, of Wigan, Lancs; b. Dec. 30, 1891; adm. April 21, 1904 (A); left Dec. 1907; enlisted in Public Schools Batt., Royal Fusiliers, Sept. 3, 1914; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Aug. 26, 1918, until demob. Aug. 1919; served in France Dec. 1915 - Aug. 1916, Salonika, and Asia Minor; foreign agent in Singapore to the Calico Printers' Assoc. Ltd. Sept. 1920 - March 1925.

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.

RUMBALL, HENRY MEDLICOTT, son of Thomas Rumball, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and Mary Anne, dau. of Edward Medlicott, Lisbon, banker; b. 5 May 1858; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (James'); left Christmas 1874; London Univ.; adm. Inner Temple, 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, Georgina Hobson, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; m. 2nd, 3 Sep 1914 Ellen, dau. of Archibald White Gibson Mullin, Manchester, engineer and surveyor.

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; civil engineer; chief resident engineer during construction of Delagoa Bay and East African Railway.

Ruegg, Walter Brian, son of Walter James Ruegg, of Hampstead, by Kate Cholditch, daughter of Frederick Lewis, of Stroud, Gloucs; b. July 31, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left. July 1911; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1920; ordained deacon 1920, priest 1921 (Canterbury); Curate of Cheriton, Folkestone, Kent, 1920-2; Chaplain of Edgeborough School, Guildford, Surrey, 1922-7; second master of Newton College, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1927-33; Head Master of The Actors Orphanage School 1937-41; Rector of Sampford Brett, Somerset, 1944; resigned for ill-health 1949; Chaplain (Sqdn. Leader) R.A.F.V.R. Nov. 4, 1941-5; m. 1926 Ann Molly Woodes, daughter of Edward Lionel Rogers, of Haywards Heath, Sussex; d. April 30, 1957.

Ruegg, Frederic Edward, brother of Walter Brian Ruegg (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (G); left July 1918; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1918; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1925; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Nov. 19, 1923; Midland Circuit; J.P., Gove div. of Middx., June 1956; m. Sept. 15, 1933, Nancy Muriel, younger daughter of Frederick Hawke, of Hampstead.

RUDYERD, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1718; left 1719.

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.