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Randel, Brian Anthony Foster, son of Philip Brian Randel of Dulwich and Iris Melus, d. of J. H. Foster of Rossett, Denbighshire; b. 13 Mar. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (A); left July 1957; RMA Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. RE 1959, Capt. July 1965; Maj. Oct. 1971; served with Sultan of Muscat’s armed forces 1965-7, Northern Ireland 1970-1 and 1974; retd. Dec. 1976; m. 22 Dec. 1970 Kathryn Fiona, d. of Jack Desmond McConnell, estate agent, of Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland; d. 23 Mar. 2011.

RANDALL, WILLIAM SIDNEY, eldest son of Rev. William Randall DD, Rector of Handsworth, Staffs., and Louisa, only dau. of Henry Augustus Langley, Dublin; b. 9 Sep 1850; adm. 23 Jan 1863 (G); Min. Can. 1865; left May 1869; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1869; migrated to Hertford Coll.; BA 1875; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1878 (both Bishop Abraham for Lichfield); Curate, St. James’s, Whitfield, Derbs., 1877-9, St. Mark’s, Lewisham, Kent 1879-81; Chaplain to the Forces 26 Aug 1882 – 9 Sep 1910; d. 14 Apr 1927.

Head Master, Westminster School, to Christmas 1564. [note John Randall, who matr. St.John’s Coll., Cambridge, sizar, Easter 1548, BA 1552-3, MA 1556, LLD 1568-9 (from Jesus Coll.), and was Fellow of Jesus Coll.Cambridge, from 1555 (adm. 28 Sep 1555) to his death ; perhaps Vicar of Peasenhall, Suffolk, in 1558; his will expresses a wish to be buried in the graveyard at Fen Stanton, Hunts., near his father, and shows that he owned property at Fen Stanton and at Over, Cambs. ; unm. ; d. 1599 (will dated 27 Feb 1598/9, proved PCC 3 Apr 1599)]

RANDALL, HENRY LAURENCE, brother of William Sidney Randall (qv); b. 12 Mar 1855; adm. 31 May 1866 (G); QS 28 Jan 1871; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1874, adm. pens. 24 Sep 1874; BA 1878; ordained deacon 18 Jun 1878, priest 8 Jun 1879 (both Salisbury); Curate, St. John’s, Weymouth, Dorset 1878-82; Vicar of St. James’s, Handsworth, Staffs., 1882-3; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Handsworth 1883-8; Rector of Cocking, Sussex, from 24 Nov 1888; m. 24 Sep 1891 Lucy, widow of Rev. James Harley Usill, Vicar of All Saints, Eastbourne, Sussex, and of Theodore Barker, and dau. of Rev. Thomas William Meller, Rector of Woodbridge, Suffolk; d. 22 Oct 1926.

RANDALL, ---; b.; in school list 1754 (misread Ravelall in Record).

Randall, ---; Under Master of Westminster School 1563

RANDAL, ---; b.; in under school lists 1724, 1725.

RAND, JOHN, son of Nicholas Rand, East Dereham, Norfolk; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1610 (Chapter Muniments 33663); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 1 Dec 1610, aged 15, scholar Mich. 1610 – Mich. 1611, matr. 1611.

Ranalow, Joseph George Miles Parker; son of William Ranalow, Organist of St.Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny, co.Kilkenny, Ireland, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Joseph Parker, Henry Street, Limerick, co.Limerick, Ireland, painter and glazier ; b. Ireland c.1844 ; successively organist, St.Mary’s, Kilkenny, and the Mariners’ Church, Kingstown, Dublin ; living in Dublin in 1873 ; Music Master Jan 1877 – Dec 1919 ; m. 1 Jan 1873 Ellen Frances, dau. of Francis Baring Atkinson, Morland Hall, Westmorland ; d. 18 May 1920. Father of Frederick Baring Ranalow (Record, vol.III, qv).

Ranalow, Frederick Baring, only son of Joseph George Miles Parker Ranalow, music master at the school, by Ellen Frances, daughter of Francis Baring Atkinson, of Morland Hall, Westmorland; b. Nov. 7, 1873; adm. May IO, 1888 (H); left Dec. 1890; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music 1906; appointed a Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey Aug. 1, 1900; resigned Dec. 1908; Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music; for many years leading baritone of the Beecham Opera Company; played the part of Macbeth in the revival of The Beggar's Opera in 1920, which ran for 1,000 performances; m. Jan. 21, 1909, Lilian Mary, elder daughter of William Edward Oates, of Gestingthorpe Hall, Essex; d. Dec. 8, 1953.