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RAYNER, WILLIAM, son of Michael Rayner, St. Matthew Fiday Street, London; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, aged 18, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1697; BA 1686; MA 1690; ordained; Head Master, Barnstaple GS 1690-8; Master of Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Somerset, from 1698; “remarkable for an exact knowledge of the classicks and a peculiar felicity in explaining them” (see Hearne’s Collections, x, 264); Rector of West Monckton, Somerset, 5 Apr 1710-9; Vicar of Collaton Raleigh, Devon 1716-21; Rector of Wyke Regis, Dorset, from 1719; m.; d. 19 Mar 1729/30.

Rayner, William Vernon, son of William Rayner, M.R.C.S., of London, by Julia, daughter of William Dentith, of Manchester; b. July 17, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left July 1898; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1904; practised in Smith Square, Westminster; was living at Buenos Ayres in Aug. 1914 and on the declaration of war returned to England and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, and became a Lance-Corporal; served in France, and was sent home wounded March 1916, returned to the front in June 1916, and reported 'missing' three weeks later, when the advance was made near Bethune; presumed killed in action July 23, 1916; unm.

Rayner, Herbert, brother of William Vernon Rayner (q.v.); b. May 1, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (H); left July 1898; an engineer; enlisted in the Univ. and P.S. Corps in 1914 and served in his capacity as engineer in war work at home; m.

Rayner, Eric George Ewart, son of Harry Alexander and Gertrude Alice Rayner; b. 26 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (G); left July 1929; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1934; RA 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Aug. 1945; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1946; man. dir. Schweppes (Home) Ltd, vice-chairman Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 1969; m. 14 May 1945 Katharine Anne, d. of Sir John Augustus Hope Bt, of Craighall, and widow of Flt Lieut. Raymond Davis DFC; d. 13 Apr. 1978.

RAYNE, THOMAS, son of Robert Rayne, St. Lawrence Jewry, London, and Martha (Hamond ?); bapt. St. Lawrence Jewry 6 Sep 1715; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1723; left 1733; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1733; BA 1737; MA 1740; ordained deacon (Winchester) 24 Dec 1738 (as Raynes); Vicar of Winwick, Northants 1737 [check]; Chaplain, 2nd Troop, Horse Guards 20 Dec 1740 (still 1759); Rector of Ilsington, Devon 19 Dec 1745-8; Vicar of Broadwindsor, Dorset; Vicar of Netherbury and Beaminster, Dorset (disp. to hold with Broadwindsor 1760); Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 25 Aug 1759; m.; d. 31 Dec 1788.

Rayne, John Perham, son of Maj. Henry Rayne OBE MC, Colonial Civil Service, and Ethel Kate Rayne; b. 1 Mar. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; BNC Oxf., matric. 1935; RAF in WW2; tsetse control in East Africa; m. 1st 12 June 1943 Iris Smart; 2nd Patricia Brown; d. Oct. 1994.

RAYNE, CUTHBERT, younger brother of Thomas Rayne (qv); b. 9 Nov 1717; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1725; left 1733; m. 17 Jul 1747 Ann Champion (IGI); d. 20 Nov 1752.

RAYNE, ---; b.; in under school lists 1728-32.

RAYNE, ---; b.; in under school lists 1727, 1728.

RAYMOND, JONATHAN, younger son of Sir Jemmett Raymond, Kt, St. Peter’s, Oxford, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Skylling, Draycot, Wilts.; bapt. 26 Nov 1704; adm. (aged 11) Aug 1716; in under school list 1721; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1723; adm. Inner Temple 20 May 1720; d. Aug 1736.