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RYDE, EDWARD HARROW, eldest son of Edward Ryde, Woking, Surrey, land surveyor, President, Surveyors’ Institution, and Sarah, dau. of Robert Harrow; b. 20 Nov 1852; adm. 27 Apr 1865 (James'); left Dec 1870; adm. solicitor May 1876; practised in London; m. 1st, 16 Sep 1879 Frances Sarah, sister of William Holt Yates Titcomb (qv); m. 2nd, 8 Oct 1924 Mary Emmeline, eldest dau. of Rev. John Fuller, Vicar of Stanground, Hunts.; d. 20 Dec 1930.

RYDE, CHARLES BERTRAM, brother of Edward Harrow Ryde (qv); b. 24 Dec 1858; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 1874; left May 1877; Agricultural Coll., Cirencester, scholar 1880, 1881; a surveyor; d. 28 Feb 1915.

RYDE, ARTHUR LYON, brother of Edward Harrow Ryde (qv); b. 8 Nov 1854; adm. 27 Sep 1866; QS 1869; left Jan 1873; a surveyor; ASI Dec 1876, FSI Nov 1880, President 1917; practised in Parliament Street, Westminster; assisted his father with the third edition of Metropolitan Rating, 1881; m. 16 Sep 1879 Florence Eleanor, sister of William Holt Yates Titcomb (qv).

RUSSELL, JOHN, 1ST EARL RUSSELL, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 18 Aug 1792; adm. 23 Sep 1803 (G); fag to his brother Lord Tavistock; kept a diary while at the School, including a list of the School for Oct 1803; left Bartholomewtide 1804; Edinburgh Univ. 1809-12; MP Tavistock 4 May 1813 – Mar 1817, 1818-20, Huntingdonshire 1820-6, Bandon Bridge 19 Dec 1826-30, Tavistock 24 Nov 1830-1, Devon 1831-2, South Devon 1832 – Apr 1835, Stroud 29 May 1835-41, City of London 1841- 30 Jul 1861; made his first speech in favour of parliamentary reform 14 Dec 1819; successfully moved repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 26 Feb 1828; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 13 Dec 1830 – Nov 1834, also member of Cabinet Jun 1831 – Nov 1834; moved first reading of Reform Bill 31 Mar 1831; introduced Reform Bill for second time 24 Jun 1831, and for third time 12 Dec 1831; advocated reform of the Irish Church 1833-4; leader of Whigs in House of Commons Apr 1835 onwards; Secretary of State for Home Affairs 18 Apr 1835 – Aug 1839; carried through the Municipal Corporations Bill, and diminished the number of offences liable to capital punishment; Secretary for War and the Colonies 30 Aug 1839 – Aug 1841; declared for total repeal of the Corn Laws in his Edinburgh Letter of 22 Nov 1845, and supported their repeal by Peel in 1846; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; carried the bill for removing Jewish disabilities through the House of Commons 1848, and responsible for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill of 1851; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Aberdeen ministry Dec 1852 – Feb 1853, when he resigned but remained in Cabinet without office and continued to lead the House of Commons; Lord President of the Council 12 Jun 1854 – Jan 1855, resigning because of his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War; Plenipotentiary to Vienna Congress 11 Feb 1855; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1 May – 13 Jul 1855; opposed Disraeli’s Reform Bill of 1859; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 18 Jun 1859 – Nov 1865; the Reform Bill introduced by him on 1 Mar 1860 was subsequently dropped; created Earl Russell 30 Jul 1861; KG 21 May 1862; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Nov 1865 – 18 Jun 1866, resigning on defeat of his Government’s Reform Bill by the ‘Adullamites”; declined Cabinet office in Gladstone’s administration formed in Dec 1868; received freedom City of London 9 Jul 1831; LLD Edinburgh Univ. 8 Nov 1845; FRS 6 May 1847; Lord Rector, Aberdeen Univ., from 1863; GCMG 25 Mar 1869; Busby Trustee 2 Jun 1863; a sincere and able Whig with the courage of his opinions, and a store of constitutional and historical knowledge; although no orator, a skilful debater and creator of telling phrases; edited Letters of the Fourth Duke of Bedford, 1842-6; author, Essay on the English Constitution, and other works; m. 1st, 11 Apr 1835 Adelaide, widow of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (qv), and half-sister of Thomas Henry Lister (qv); m. 2nd, 20 Jul 1841 Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, second dau. of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto; d. 28 May 1878. DNB.

RUSSELL, HENRY CHARLES, eldest son of Lord Charles James Fox Russell (qv); b. 30 Oct 1842; adm. Jan 1855 (G); left 1860; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Dec 1860, matr. 1861; LLB 1866; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both York); Curate, Doncaster, Yorks., 1866-9; Vicar of Wentworth, Yorks., 1868-76; Rector of Wollaton, Notts., from 7 Jan 1876; m. 10 Feb 1876 Hon. Leila Louisa Millicent Willoughby, second dau. of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton; d. 20 Jul 1922.

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, 5TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, eldest son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv); bapt. 23 Jul 1765; succ. grandfather as 5th Duke of Bedford 15 Jan 1771; adm. 30 May 1774; in school list Jul 1779; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 17 Dec 1779; Grand Tour (Italy) 1785-6; took seat, House of Lords 5 Dec 1787; an intimate friend and political supporter of Charles James Fox, who delivered an elegant eulogy to him in the House of Commons 16 Mar 1802; the subject of Burke’s scathing Letter to a noble Lord, 1796; a friend of George, Prince of Wales; a patron of the turf, horses of his winning The Derby 1789, 1791, 1797 and The Oaks 1790, 1791, 1793; interested in agriculture and started a model farm at Woburn; member, Board of Agriculture, from formation 1793, and first President, Smithfield Club 1798; d. unm. 2 mar 1802. DNB.

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.

ROWE, NICHOLAS, son of John Rowe, Lanerton, Devon, Serjeant at Law, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jasper Edwards (qv); bapt. 30 Jun 1674; adm.; KS 1688; left 1691; adm. Middle Temple 4 Aug 1691, called to bar 22 May 1696; abandoned law for writing for the stage; his play Ambitious Stepmother was performed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1700, Tamerlane in 1702 and The Fair Penitent in 1703; edited Shakespeare’s works, 1709; Under-Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland Feb 1709 – Jul 1711; Poet Laureate from 1 Aug 1715; Secretary of Presentations, Chancery, from 5 May 1718; his verse translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia was published just after his death; a collected edition of his plays and occasional poems appeared in 1727; m. 1st, Antonia, dau. of Anthony Parsons, Auditor of the Revenue; m. 2nd, 1717 Anne, dau. of Joseph Devenish, Buckham, Dorset; d. 6 Dec 1718. Buried Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.