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Ray, ---, fl. 1770
GB-2014-WSA-14488 · Person · fl. 1770

RAY, ---; b.; in school lists Apr 1770.

Ray, ---, fl. 1765
GB-2014-WSA-14487 · Person · fl. 1765

RAY, ---; b.; in school lists 1765.

GB-2014-WSA-14486 · Person · 1894-1980

Rawson, Wyatt Trevelyan Rawson, son of Frederick Lawrence Rawson (q.v.); b. Jan. 2, 1894; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 26, 1907; left Dec. 1910; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1919; a schoolmaster; m. June 1, 1932, Hilda Strub (née Neuffer), of Weimar, Germany; d. 7 Jan. 1980.

GB-2014-WSA-14485 · Person · 1854-1932

RAWSON, WILLIAM STEPNEY, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv); b. 14 Oct 1854; adm. 26 Sep 1867 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1869; Capt. of the School 1872; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1873, matr. 31 May 1873; played Association Football for Oxford v. Cambridge 1874-7; 1st cl. Mathematics (Mods) 1875, 2nd cl. Mathematics 1877; BA 1877; MA 1880; an electrical engineer; managing dir., Mabor Ltd., 1903-; m. 15 Jul 1891 Alice Maud, third dau. of Lieut. -Gen. James George Fife, Royal Engineers, Goring, Oxfordshire; d. 1932.

GB-2014-WSA-14484 · Person · 1892-1952

Rawson, Ronald Rawson, son of Frederick Lawrence Rawson (q.v.); b. June 17, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (G); left July 1911; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; boxed against Oxford 1913 and 1914; amateur boxing champion 1920 and 1921; Gold medal winner at 1920 Antwerp Olympics for Heavyweight boxing; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Sept. 5, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 5, 1915; temp. Capt. May 18, 1918; served in France April 1915 - Nov. 1918, and in Germany Nov. 1918 - April 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917, bar July 26, 1917, second bar Jan. 1, 1919; an engineer; m. July 1, 1922, Freda, daughter of Frederick William Justen, of Hampstead; d. March 30, 1952.

GB-2014-WSA-14483 · Person · 1891-?

Rawson, Hugh Frederick Rawson, son of Frederick Lawrence Rawson (q.v); b. April 13, 1891; adm. May 4, 1905 (G); exhibitioner July 1905; Min. Can. 1906; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Math. Tripos, pt. i, 1911; 2nd class Mech. Science Tripos 1913; Instructor R.N. Jan. 4, 1916-1920; Head Master of the Grange Schoo], Cockfosters, Herts. 1923-34; and of The Beacon, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, 1934-42; now asst. master at West Downs, Winchester, Hants; m. April 12, 1923, Margaret Ethelwyn, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Price, of Saffron Walden, Essex.

GB-2014-WSA-14482 · Person · 1852-1924

RAWSON, HERBERT EDWARD, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv); b. 3 Sep 1852; adm. 28 Sep 1865 (G); QS 1867; left Christmas 1870; RMA Woolwich; Lieut., Royal Engineers 12 Sep 1872; Capt., 12 Sep 1884; Maj., 31 Dec 1891; Lieut. -Col., 7 Jul 1899; half-pay 7 Jul 1904; Brevet Col., 29 Nov 1900; Col., 25 Feb 1905; Chief Engineer, South Africa 1905-7, Northern Command 1907-9; retd. 3 Sep 1909; served in South African War 1899-1902, mentioned in Buller’s despatches 30 Mar, 19 Jun and 9 Nov 1900, LG 8 Feb 1901 and 29 Jul 1902; CB 22 Aug 1902; played cricket for Kent 1873 and Association Football for England v. Scotland 1875; Busby Trustee 24 May 1910; JP Hertfordshire 1914; m. 8 Jul 1875 Elizabeth Stuart, dau. of Richard Owen Armstrong, Monkstown, co. Dublin; d. 18 Oct 1924.

GB-2014-WSA-14481 · Person · 1851-1925

RAWSON, HENRY GILBERT, eldest son of Sir Rawson William Rawson KCMG CB, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia Mary Anne, dau. of Hon. and Rev. Henry Ward, Rector of Killinchy, co. Down; b. 18 Mar 1851; adm. 4 Oct 1864 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1866; Capt. of the School 1869; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1870, matr. 8 Jun 1870; 1st cl>Classics (Mods) 1872, 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1874; BA 1874; adm. Inner Temple 9 Oct 1873, called to bar 13 Jun 1877; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; author, Pocket Law Lexicon, 1883; m. 14 Apr 1909 Kate Agnes Forbes; d. at Durban, Natal 7 Oct 1925.

GB-2014-WSA-14480 · Person · 1859-1923

RAWSON, FREDERICK LAWRENCE, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv); b. 27 Jul 1859; adm. 23 Jan 1873 (G); Min. Can. 1874; an electrical engineer, firm Woodhouse and Rawson Ltd; AMICE 1 Dec 1885; MIEE; founder, The Society for Spreading the Knowledge of True Prayer; author, Life Understood, 1912; m. 18 Feb 1890 Evelyn Trevelyan, sixth dau. of William Clement Cazalet, Capel, Surrey; d. during a lecturing tour at New York, USA 10 Nov 1923.

GB-2014-WSA-14479 · Person · 1909-1977

Rawnsley, David Willingham, son of Noel Rawnsley of Sevenoaks, Kent, and Violet Cutbill, poet, of Sidcup, Kent; b. 25 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left July 1924; ARIBA; art director and production designer for film industry, sculptor, painter and ceramicist; m. 28 Dec. 1966 Phyllis Mary, d. of Lieut.-Cdr John Lionel May RNVR, master mariner; d. 18 Nov. 1977.