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RAM, ABEL, son of Stephen Ram MP, Ramsfort, co. Wexford, and Lady Charlotte Stopford, sixth dau. of James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown (I); b.; adm.; in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1800, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1800, but did not matr.; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 17 Mar 1801; Lieut., 16 Aug 1803; Capt., 18 Sep 1806; retd. 30 May 1811; served in Peninsular War; High Sheriff, co. Wexford 1829; m. 19 Dec 1816 Eleanor Sarah, only dau. of Jerome William Knapp, Charlton House, Berks.; d. 14 Jan 1833.

RAINSFORD, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-7.

RAINSFORD (or RAYNSFORD), HENRY; b. 1582; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1596, adm. scholar 1597; BA 1600/1; MA 1604; BD 1611; DD 1630; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1602 – c. 1616; ordained deacon (Ely), priest (Peterborough) 23 Sep 1610; Rector of Croxton, Cambs., 1610; Rector of Hatfield, Herts., 29 Mar 1613-46; Prebendary of Lincoln from 18 Jul 1618; Rector of Great Stanmore, Middlesex 16 Nov 1618-48; Vicar of Tewin, Herts., from 1648; lic. to m. 22 Jul 1628 Mary, dau. of John Montforde (qv); buried Tewin, Herts. 12 Feb 1650/1.

RAINE, THOMAS, brother of John Raine (qv); b. 21 Jun 1793; adm. 30 Jun 1807; left Midsummer 1808; joined merchant navy; ship’s officer on Australia run 1814-27; partner, Raine & Ramsay, general merchants, shipowners and agents, Sydney, New South Wales 1822-8, when partnership was dissolved and he became a bankrupt; subsequently a prominent resident in the Bathurst district, New South Wales; an active Presbyterian and a founder of the Scots Church, Sydney; m. 30 Mar 1826 Fanny Eleanor, dau. of Gen. --- Worsley; d. 6 Jun 1860.

RAINE, JOHN, son of Richard Raine, barrister, and Mary Beatty; b. c. 1786; at school under Vincent (Dictionary of Australian Biography); articled to --- Molles, solicitor, Chancery Lane, London; arrived in Hobart, Tasmania 1819; owned ships trading between Hobart and Sydney; notary public 1822; settled in New South Wales 1823; of the Darling Mills, Parramatta, New South Wales; m. Harriet ---; d. at sea off Australian coast 20 Dec 1837.

RAINDON, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1743/4; left 1746 (Rainsdon in school lists). [perhaps Henry Rainsdon, son of John Rainsdon, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Sepulchre, London 15 Jun 1731 (IGI); perhaps of Morden College, Blackheath, Kent, gentleman, will PCC 3 May 1777]