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.

RAYNES, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1548 (Acts of Chapter, i, 277).

RAYNES, ---; younger brother of --- Raynes (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Dec 1548 (Acts of Chapter, i, 277).

RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Ven. Edward Robert Raynes, Archdeacon of Lewes, and Harriot, dau. of Rev. Thomas Porter, Rector of East Hoathley and Ripe, Sussex; grandson of Edward Raynes (qv); bapt. 27 Apr 1785; adm. 10, Sep 1798 (Clapham); in school list 1801, May 1803; left 1803; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1803; BA 1807; MA 1810; ordained; Senior Chaplain, Garrison Church, Portsmouth; of Belmont, East Hoathley, Sussex; m. 7 Nov 1826 Mary, only dau. of Edward Fuller, Hooe, Sussex; d. 6 Aug 1838.

RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Edward Raynes, Besthorpe, Notts.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732; BA 1734/5; MA 1742; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 22 Dec 1734; Rector of Hangleton, Sussex, from 31 Jan 1740/1; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 16 Feb 1741/2; m. 28 May 1745 Anne, third dau. of James Chambers, Seaford, Sussex; d. 16 Apr 1755.

RAYNES, THOMAS, brother of Edward Raynes (in school list 1801, qv ); bapt. 3 Apr 1788; adm. 13 Sep 1799 (Clapham); KS 1802; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1806, adm. pens. 19 May 1806, scholar 1807; BA 1810; ordained; Curate, Ripe, Sussex 18 Feb 1811, Chalvington, Sussex 1 Nov 1811; Rector of Waldron, Sussex, from 7 May 1821; m. 19 Nov 1825 (IGI) Maria Jane, widow of Lieut. John Daxon, 37th Foot, and dau. of Rev. Thomas Fuller, Heathfield, Sussex; buried Waldron, Sussex 13 Mar 1850, aged 62.

Rea, Anthony Archibald Wyndham, son of Cecil William Rea, Air Min. official, and Alma Helen, d. of Charles Ernest Farr of Hove, Sussex; b. 17 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1944 (R); left July 1947; d. Oct. 1998.

Rea, Hon. Findlay Russell, brother of Philip Russell Rea, 2nd Baron Rea (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (G); left July 1926; New Col. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1929; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Capt.); a hotelier and govt hospitality officer; Chelsea BC 1945-9; contested (Lab) Hove 1950, Hendon North 1951; later worked for Cricketer magazine, organising annual club and village cricket competitions; m. 1st 21 May 1932 Margaret Hermione, d. of Lieut.-Col. Kenneth Hope Bruce DSO; 2nd 24 Jan. 1947 Eileen, formerly wife of John Clemence; 3rd 27 June 1959 Helen Margaret, d. of Bernhard Hermann Richardson of Edinburgh, formerly wife of Donald Crawford Reid; d. 24 Aug. 1984.

Rea, The Hon. James Russell, brother of Philip Russell Rea (q.v.); b. Oct. 11, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (G); left Easter 1920; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1921; B.A. 1923, M.A. 1938; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1927; senior legal asst., Treasury Solicitor's Dept. 1934-6; legal asst., British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Assn. 1936-8; secretary of the Association 1938-51; 2nd Lieut. K.R.R.C. Sept. 18, 1940; m. 1st April 13, 1926, Betty Marion, elder daughter of Arthur Bevan (q.v.); 2nd Oct. 30 1942, Mrs. Isobel Shepley, daughter of Robert Pringle, of Edinburgh; d. Aug. 15, 1954.

Rea, Philip Russell, 2nd Baron Rea of Eskdale, eldest son of Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea, of Eskdale, Bt., by Evelyn, daughter of John James Muirhead, J.P., of Edinburgh; b. Feb. 7, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left with an exhibition to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1918, matric. Lent 1919; M.A.; prospective party candidate (Lib.) for Darwen, Lancs., 1937-43; succ. as 2nd Baron May 26, 1948; chairman of Rea Brothers Ltd., Merchant Bankers; company director and underwriter at Lloyds; Chief Liberal Whip, House of Lords, 1954; Deputy Speaker and Deputy Lord Chairman of Committees, House of Lords, 1954; President of the Liberal Party 1955-6; Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords 1955; leader of the Parliamentary delegation to Burma and Indonesia 1957; member of the Parliamentary delegations to Hongkong and Ceylon 1958, and to the U.S.A. 1959; U.K. delegate to the Council of Europe at Strasbourg 1960; member of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee 1962; Privy Councillor 1962; served in Grenadier Guards 1918-9; 2nd Lieut. K.R.R.C. July 11, 1940; attached Special Operations Executive and as Personal Staff Officer to G.O.C. in C. Special Forces 1941-5, serving in the U.K., Africa, France, Greece, Sicily, Italy and Belgium; Lieut. Col.; Col. 1945; served in Foreign Office 1945-50; O.B.E. June 30, 1946; mentioned in despatches 1943; Officer of the Legion of Honour and of the Crown of Belgium; Croix de Guerre with Palms; a vice-president of the Elizabethan Club 1954; president 1962; vice­ president Grantite Club; member of Westminster School Governing Body; m. April 7, 1922, Lorna Mitchell, youngest daughter of Lewis O. Smith, of Glasgow; d. 22 Apr. 1981.