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ROBINSON, RICHARD, 1ST BARON ROKEBY (I), sixth son of William Robinson, Rokeby, Yorks., and Merton Abbey, Surrey, and Anne, dau. of Robert Walters, Cundall, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1720; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1726 – void 18 Apr 1740 (expiry year of grace as R. Etton from 16 Apr 1739); BA 1730; MA 1733; BD and DD 1748 (incorp. BD Dublin 1751); ordained deacon (Winchester) 2 Mar 1734, priest (Oxford) 23 Dec 1735; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1737; Chaplain to Most Rev. Lancelot Blackburne (qv), Archbishop of York, 1738; Prebendary of York 4 May 1738 – Nov 1751; Rector of Etton, Yorks., 20 Apr 1739-52; Rector of Hutton Bushel, Yorks. 22 Apr 1742; Chaplain to Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv), Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1751; consecrated Bishop of Killala 19 Jan 1751/2; translated to Ferns and Leighlin 19 Apr 1759 and to Kildare 13 Apr 1761; installed Dean of Christ Church, Dublin 16 Apr 1761; Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland from 8 Feb 1765; Privy Councillor (I) 22 Feb 1765; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ., 1765-91; created Baron Rokeby (I) 26 Feb 1777; first Prelate, Order of St. Patrick, from the Order’s foundation in 1783; succ. brother as 3rd baronet 1785; financed the building of Canterbury Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford 1773-83; FSA 6 Jun 1776; spent large sums of money on improvement of his diocese, and left a bequest for the establishment of an university in Ulster; d. unm. 10 Oct 1794, aged 86. DNB.

ROBINSON, JOHN ELLIL, brother of Francis Robinson (qv); b. 11 Sep 1807; adm. 17 Sep 1819 (Stelfox's); KS 1821; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1825; BA 1829; MA 1832; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Mar 1829; ordained deacon 1832, priest 2 Jun 1833 (both Oxford); Curate, Kirtlington, Oxfordshire 1832-4, Bicester, Oxfordshire 1834-5, Charlton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire 1835-7; Vicar of Chieveley, Berks., 13 May 1837-82; m. 16 Jul 1834 Maria, third dau. of Rev. Edward Rowden, Vicar of Highworth, Wilts.; d. 17 Jul 1899.

ROBERTSON, CHARLES NICE, son of Charles Robertson, tutor to Prince Michael Gortchakov, and Sarah, dau. of William Waynman, Nottingham, lace manufacturer; b. 2 Feb 1810; adm. 3 Feb 1824 (Singleton's); left Christmas 1824; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Nov 1835.

RANDOLPH, JOHN JAMES, son of Thomass Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 8 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Jan 1828 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1829; Capt. of the School 1832; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1837; 1st cl. Classics and 2nd cl. Mathematics 1837; BA 1838; MA 1841; Fellow, Merton Coll. 1840, Tutor and Dean 1841, Bursar 1842, Sub-Warden 1846; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Apr 1838, called to bar 7 Jun 1844; d. 6 Jul 1899.

RANDOLPH, GOWER WILLIAM, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 23 Jan 1827; adm. 13 Jan 1841 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1841; Capt. of the School 1844; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student; BA 1849; BCL 1852; DCL 1857; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1851-63; Clerk, Privy Council Office 1851-6; d. at Madeira 29 Dec 1863.

RAM, STOPFORD, brother of Abel Ram (qv); bapt. 24 Jul 1784; in school list 1795; KS 1798; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1802, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1802, but did not matr. ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 3 Apr 1806; served in Peninsular War; killed at battle of Talavera 28 Jul 1809.

RAM, STEPHEN GEORGE, brother of Abel Ram (qv); b. 28 Apr 1783; adm.; in school list 1795; KS (aged 13) 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1800, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1800, scholar 17 Apr 1801; BA 1804; MA 1807; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1806, priest 31 May 1807 (both Winchester); Curate, Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1806; Rector of Ringmore, Devon, from 1 May 1812; d. at Rome 1822.

Radcliffe, Geoffrey Reynolds Yonge, brother of John Edward Yonge Radcliffe (q.v.); b. April 3, 1886; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 28, 1899 (G); K.S. (non-resident) 1901; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1909; B.A. 1909; Eldon Scholar 1911; M.A. 1912; adm. to Lincoln's Inn 1906 called to the bar Jan. 27, 1913; Fellow, Tutor, and Law lecturer New Coll. Oxon. 1920; Bursar 1924; member of the Hebdomadal Council 1926; Principal of the Law Society's School of Law 1928-40; Bursar of New College 1924-56; Emeritus Fellow since 1956; Upper Bailiff of the Weavers Company 1929, 1941 and 1952; a Governor of the School 1942; a Busby Trustee 1949; President of the Elizabethan Club 1955-8; 2nd Lieut. 23rd London Regt. (T.F.) Nov. 14, 1914; served in France 1915, and was wounded; Capt. June 1, 1916; General Staff Officer Nov. 10, 1916; Brevet Major 1918; m. Jan. 18, 1918, Sylvia, youngest daughter of Ernest Capel Cure, of South Kensington; d. July 18, 1959.

PULTENEY, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL OF BATH, son of Col. William Pulteney, Misterton, Leics., and his first wife Mary Floyd; nephew of John Pulteney (qv); b. 22 Mar 1684; adm.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1700; Grand Tour (Italy) 1704-5; MP Hedon 1705-34, Middlesex 1734 – 14 Jul 1742; Secretary at War 25 Sep 1714 – 11 Apr 1717; one of the committee of secrecy concerning the peace negotiations Apr 1715; Privy Councillor 16 Jul 1716; one of the “three grand allies”; declined peerage in lieu of office 1721; Cofferer of the Household 28 May 1723 – Apr 1725, dismissed after quarrel with Walpole; alled himself with Bolingbroke and wrote for The Craftsman; joined Wyndham and became a “patriot”; author of pamphlet On the State of the National Debt, 1727; quarrelled with John Hervey, Lord Hervey (qv), with whom he fought a duel in Green Park 25 Jan 1731; leader of the parliamentary opposition to Walpole; struck off the Privy Council 1 Jul 1731; refused to form a ministry on Walpole’s downfall, but entered Lord Wilmington’s Cabinet without office and was readm. to Privy Council 20 Feb 1742; created Earl of Bath 14 Jul 1742; his acceptance of a peerage diminished his political significance; lampooned by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams in a series of odes; endeavoured to form an administration at George II’s request, and accepte post of First Lord of the Treasury 10 Feb 1746, but his short-lived ministry only lasted two days, and he never held political office again; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire East Riding 7 Dec 1721 – 15 Jul 1728, Shropshire from 13 Jul 1761; a brilliant parliamentary orator and great debater; a scholar and a versatile and witty writer; gave £50 towards the New Dormitory; m. 27 Dec 1714 Anna Maria, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissary-Gen. to the Army; d. 7 Jul 1764. Buried Islip Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

PRIOR, MATTHEW, son of George Prior, St.Stephen’s Alley, Westminster, joiner, and Elizabeth ---; bapt.St.Margaret, Westminster 2 Aug 1664; at school under Busby three years; left after reaching the middle of the third form to assist his uncle Arthur, a vintner, at the Rhenish Wine House, Channel Row, Westminster; returned to the School under the patronage of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (qv); KS 1681; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 2 Apr 1683, scholar 1684, matr. 1683; BA 1686/7; MA 1700; Keyton Fellow, St. John’s Coll. 5 Apr 1688; author of The Hind and Panther transvers’d to the Story of the Town and Country Mouse, 1687, written as a reply to Dryden; Secretary to Embassy, The Hague 1690-7; employed as Secretary in negotiations resulting in the Treaty of Ryswick 1697; Chief Secretary to Lords Justices of Ireland May 1697 – Nov 1699, but did not execute duties of post; FRS 23 Mar 1697/8; Secretary to Embassy, Paris 1698-9; author, Carmen Saeculare, 1699; Under Secretary of State, Southern Department May 1699 – Jun 1700; a Commissioner of Trade 1700-7; MP East Grinstead Feb – Nov 1701; joined Tories on accession of Queen Anne; a Commissioner of Customs 1712-4; went to Paris to negotiate peace Jul 1711, subsequently acting as Minister Plenipotentiary there; the Treaty of Utrecht, signed 11 Apr 1713, was familiarly known as “Matt’s Peace”; impeached by Walpole and imprisoned 1715-7; his Poems, published by subscription in 1719, earned him 4000 guineas; presented by his patron Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv), with £4000 for the purchase of Down Hall, Essex; possessed aptitude for business and a knowledge of commerce; Thackeray described Prior’s as “amongst the easiest, the richest, the most charmingly humorous of English lyrical poems” (English Humourists, 1866, 175); d. 18 Sep 1721, buried Westminster Abbey, at his desire “at the feet of Spenser”; DNB.