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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; 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. 8 Jan 1859 Emily Jane Herring (IGI); d. 27 Nov 1893.

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, EDWARD PAKENHAM, eldest son of Edward Eardley Harris Repton (qv); b. 26 Jan 1832; adm. 6 Jan 1844; went to India; m. 3 Jan 1863 Maria Georgina, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Stephen James Stevens CB, EICS Bombay; d. c. 1866, aged 34.

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 H. Thompson, Bedford Square, London; d. 15 Aug 1843.

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); m. 8 Nov 1868 Emily Blanche, dau. of Charles Tyrwhitt.

REPINGTON, JOHN, third son of Gilbert Repington, Woodhouse, Warwicks., and Jane, dau. of Sir Thomas Vernon, Kt, 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)].

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.

Rentoul, Mervyn Audley, son of His Hon. James Alexander Rentoul, L.L.D., K.C., M.P., of Wallington, Surrey, by Florence Isabel, youngest daughter of David William Young, of Wallington Lodge; b. Sept. 20, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 2, 1902.

Renshaw, David Martin, son of Alfred Percy Bailey Renshaw AMIEE, of Northwood, Middlesex, and Thelma Muriel, d. of William Henry Duckworth of Bowdon, Cheshire; b. 3 Sept. 1934; adm. Sept. 1948 (KS); left July 1953; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1953, BA 1957, MA 1966; adm. solicitor 1961; consult. David Renshaw & Co.; m. 20 Apr. 1963 Susan, d. of Norman Willmot Pendleton of Rickmansworth, Herts; d. 8 Sept. 2014.

RENOUF, PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES FREDERICK, son of Sir Peter Le Page Renouf, Kt, Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, and Ludovica, dau. of 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; BA 1884; employed with The Humber Co. for many years; inventor of improvements to bicycles and motor cars; original patentee of four-wheel brakes; d. 23 Aug 1915.