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RAVENSCROFT, HERBERT VALENTINE, eldest son of Enoch Valentine Ravenscroft, Wimbledon, Surrey, plate glass merchant, and Myra Elizabeth Mildred, dau. of John Evans, Pendeford Hall, Staffs.; b. 16 May 1868; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (G); left Dec 1885; 2nd Lieut., Manchester Regt., 28 Jun 1890; Lieut., 19 May 1892; Capt., 9 Feb 1898; Brevet Maj., 10 Feb 1898; retd. 15 Oct 1904; re-employed as Hon. Lieut. -Col., 3rd batt. Border Regt.; retd. 31 Oct 1916; served in expedition to Dongola 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, and in Nile expeditions 1897, 1898, mentioned in despatches LG 25 Jan and 24 May 1898; JP Sussex 1926; m. 12 Jun 1913 Helen, eldest dau. of James McLean, New York, USA.

Ravenscroft, Edward Gildon Strode, brother of Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft (q.v.); b. Oct. 25, 1881; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); Q.S. 1896; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1905; a preparatory school master 1905-16; entered the Customs Service 1916, and was subsequently transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture; retired 1946; d. 1966.

RAVENHILL, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1738 (Lloyd's).

RAVENER, JOHN, son of James Ravener, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1720; apprenticed to Joseph Thorpe, citizen and poulterer, 25 Mar 1725.

RAVENER, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1718; in under school list 1722. [Perhaps James Ravener, butcher, St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, will proved PCC 13 Oct 1757]

RAVAUD, STEPHEN DAVID, son of Marc Antoine Ravaud, Geneva, Switzerland, and afterwards of Hammersmith, Middlesex, and Susanne, dau. of Major-Gen. Isaac de Monceau; b. 28 Sep 1718 [but probably 1715 (IGI), bapt. as Etienne David Ravaud]; adm. Jun 1728; left 1733; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Nov 1732, matr. 1733; BA 1736/7; MA 1740; FRS 21 May 1747; d. 1776 (will proved PCC 13 Sep 1776, he of St. Marylebone).

RATTENBURY, THOMAS; b.; adm.; BB 1721-3 (Chapter Muniments 33754-5).

Rattenbury, Robert Mantle, son of the Rev. John Ernest Rattenbury, D.D., Wesleyan minister, by Edith Mary, daughter of Robert Scampton Mantle, of Leicester; b. Dec. 9, 1901; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1920, matric. Michaelmas 1920; open exhibition at Trin. Coll. 1920; senior scholar 1922; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1921; Stewart of Rannoch Scholar, Greek and Latin, 1922; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. 2, 1923; George Charles Winter Warr Scholar 1923; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1927; Fellow 1926; assist. lecturer in Classics, Leeds Univ., Oct. 1924-7; lecturer in Classics, Trin. Coll. Camb., 1930-52; tutor 1945, senior tutor 1946-52; Univ. lecturer in classics 1932-52; Registrary of Cambridge Univ. since Jan. 1953; a Governor of the School 1951; m. July 14, 1934, Monica Mary Miller, elder daughter of Frank W. Jones, of Headingley, Leeds; d. 1970.