RANDOLPH, THOMAS, second son of William Randolph, Hamsey, near Lewes, Sussex, Steward to Edward, 11th Baron Zouch, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Smith, Newnham-cum-Badby, Northants; b. 15 Jun 1605; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1623, adm. scholar 1624, matr. Easter 1624; BA Jan 1627/8; MA 1631 (incorp. Oxford 1631); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 22 Sep 1629, Major Fellow 23 Mar 1631/2; showed early talent as a writer; became acquainted with Ben Jonson (qv), who is said to have always called him his son after their first meeting; became famous at Cambridge as a writer of English and Latin verse, and as an organiser of dramatic performances by the students of pieces of his own composition; went to London in 1632; “accounted one of the most pregnant witts of his age” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, 565); author, Aristippus or the Jovial Philosopher, and The Jealous Lovers, 1630; his Poems with the Muses’ Looking Glass and Amyntas were published posthumously in 1638; the loss of one of his little fingers in a duel is the subject of an elegy by William Hemming (qv); buried Blatherwycke, Notrthants 17 Mar 1634/5, aged 29. DNB.
RANDOLPH, ROBERT, brother of Thomas Randolph (elected to Cambridge 1623); bapt. 26 May 1611; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1629, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1642; BA 1633; MA 1636; ordained priest (Peterborough) 5 Jun 1642; Vicar of Barnetby, Lincs.; Vicar of Donington, Lincs.; Wood describes him as “a most ingenious poet” (Fasti Oxonienses, i, 430); edited a collection of his brother’s works, 1638; m. 1st, --- Whitestone, Whittlesey, Cambs.; m. 2nd, Joyce Weston, widow; buried Donington, Lincs. 7 Jul 1671.
RANDOLPH, PERCY JOHN CHARLES, son of John Randolph (adm. 1833, qv); b. 11 Sep 1858; adm. 30 May 1872 (James'); left Aug 1876; steam coal agent, Upper Penn, Staffs. (1901 Census); m. 16 Nov 1897 Constance, dau. of Richard Shaw.
RANDOLPH, MATTHEW, son of Francis Randolph, London; b.; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 21, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1725; BA 1709; MA 1712; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1712, priest 20 Dec 1713 (both Oxford); Curate, Tring, Herts., 1725; living Feb 1725/6.
RANDOLPH, LEVESON CYRIL, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 28 May 1824; adm. 4 Oct 1837 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1838; Capt. of the School 1841; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1842, matr. 12 May 1842, Westminster Student; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1845; BA 1846; MA 1848; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Oxford); Curate, Buckland, Surrey; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., 1853-70; Vicar of St. Luke’s, Lower Norwood, Surrey, from 1870; m. 13 Jul 1854 Hon. Anne Boscawen, dau. of Hon. and Rev. John Evelyn Boscawen, Prebendary of Canterbury, and sister of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth; d. 1 Mar 1876.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, eldest son of John Honywood Randolph (qv); b. 15 May 1821; adm. 10 Apr 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1835; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1839, adm. pens. 24 May 1839, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1839; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1843; BA 1843; MA 1847; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846 (both Chichester); Curate, Bradwell, Bucks., 1850-66; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey, from 1866; played cricket for Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and MCC, and Auditor, MCC 1875-81; m. 29 Apr 1851 Harriet, youngest dau. of John Thomas Bell, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, London; d. 11 Jul 1881.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, brother of Thomas Randolph (KS 1755, qv); b. 6 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1763; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 – void 9 Sep 1783, Tutor 1773-83, Junior Censor 1775-8, Senior Censor 1779-82, Catechist 1781-2; BA 1771; MA 1774; BD 1782; DD 1783; Proctor 1781; Professor of Poetry, Oxford Univ. 1776-83, Regius Professor of Greek 1782-3, Prof. of Moral Philosophy 1782-6, Regius Professor of Divinity (and Rector of Ewelme, Oxford) Aug 1783 – Jan 1807; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 30 May 1779 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1780; Prebendary of Salisbury 16 Oct 1782 – Oct 1783; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 30 Aug 1783 – Jan 1807; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1 Sep 1799; translated to Bangor 6 Jan 1807; Dean of Chapel Royal from 8 Jul 1809; translated to London 9 Aug 1809; Privy Councillor 27 Sep 1809; FRS 19 Dec 1811; Busby Trustee 3 May 1804; author, Enchiridion Theologicum, 1792, and numerous charges, sermons and lectures; m. 13 Sep 1785 Jane, dau. of Thomas Lambarde (KS 1719, qv); d. 28 Jul 1813. DNB.
RANDOLPH, JOHN JAMES, son of Thomass Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 8 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Jan 1828 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1829; Capt. of the School 1832; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1837; 1st cl. Classics and 2nd cl. Mathematics 1837; BA 1838; MA 1841; Fellow, Merton Coll. 1840, Tutor and Dean 1841, Bursar 1842, Sub-Warden 1846; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Apr 1838, called to bar 7 Jun 1844; d. 6 Jul 1899.
RANDOLPH, JOHN HONYWOOD, son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv); b. 8 Mar 1791; adm. 26 Apr 1802; in school list 1803; KS 1805; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1809, Westminster Student; BA 1813; MA 1815; ordained deacon 1814, priest (Lichfield, lit. dim. from Winchester) May 1815; Preacher, Gray’s Inn 13 Jun 1815 - Nov 1817; Rector of Wainfleet All Saints, Lincs., 13 Dec 1815; Rector of Burton Coggles, Lincs., 27 Nov 1816; Chaplain to British Embassy, St. Petersburg 1818; Rector of Fobbing, Essex 22 Mar 1822; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 8 Nov 1822; Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex 22 Nov 1822-34 (disp. to hold with Fobbing); Vicar of St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex 20 Oct 1834-7; Rector of Mistley cum Bradfield and Manningtree, Essex 1 Nov 1839; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey 1845-66; m. 30 Aug 1814 Sarah, eldest dau. of Richard Wilson, Bildestone, Suffolk, and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, attorney; d. 31 May 1868.
RANDOLPH, HERBERT, only son of Rev. Herbert Randolph, Vicar of Wimbledon, Surrey, and Diana, dau. of John Knapp, St. Luke’s, Chelsea; nephew of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv); bapt. 3 Nov 1789; adm. 26 Apr 1802; in school lists May and Oct 1803; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1804; left 1806; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Dec 1806, Canoneer Student; BA 1810; MA 1813; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 1817-9; Vicar of Marcham, Berks., from 25 Jun 1819; d. 13 Mar 1875.