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Rae, Alan Burnett, son of James Burnett Rae MD and Alice Catherine, d. of Joseph Williams of Waterloo, Lancs; b. 26 Dec. 1910; adm. Jan. 1924 (A); left July 1928; Oriel Coll. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1934; PO RAF Oct. 1935; Roy. Fusiliers 1941-6 (Capt.), GHQ Cairo 1946; a school­ master, later private tutor; m. 27 Aug. 1949 Dorothea, d. of Alexander C. Ralli of Liverpool; d. 26 Sept. 1972.

RADLEY, HENRY, son of Henry Radley, Middlesex; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 14 Apr 1639 (IGI); adm.; in school lists 1656; KS 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, aged 18, adm. sizar 4 Jun 1658, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1661/2; signed for priest’s orders (London) 10 Mar 1665/6; Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs., from 3 May 1676; d. 1679.

RADFORD, ROBERT; b.; adm.; BB 1670-1 (Chapter Muniments 33703-4).

Radford, Miles Colbeck, brother of Herbert D. H. Radford (q.v.); b. Nov. 23, 1897; adm. May 4, 1911 (G); left July 1915; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; managing director of Colbeck Radford and Co. Ltd., dealers in MSS.; Flying Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 13, 1940; Flight Lieut. March 1, 1942; m. Aug. 11, 1930, Phyllis Isabel, second daughter of Sydney E. Preston, of Hampstead.

Radford, James; son of Joseph Radford, Red Bank Foundry, Salford, iron founder, and Elizabeth Caroline Harvey ; b. Salford, Lancs., c.1810 ; landscape painter (already described as such in 1851 Census) ; Drawing Master Jan 1866 – Aug 1884 ; described by Sir Charles Fortescue-Brickdale (qv) as “a fine old fellow named Radford – over 6ft. high and broad in proportion – with one of the immense beards that those who could grow them delighted to display … a competent artist in water-colour .. also a quarter-master sergeant in the Artists Rifles” (Elizabethan, July 1939, 378) ; also taught at a school in Kensington and at Hyde Park College for Ladies ; living at 16 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, Kensington, Middlesex, by 1851 (still there, widower, aged 61, 1871 Census, aged 70, 1881 Census, and aged 81, 1891 Census) ; m. 15 Jun 1844 Charlotte Ella, dau. of Robert Rickards MP, EICS Bombay, later East India merchant in London ; d. 24 Dec 1894.

Radford, Herbert Daniel Hardcastle, son of Herbert George Radford, by Dora, daughter of Nicholas Hardcastle, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, surgeon; b. Jan. 10, 1894; adm. May 2, 1907 (G); left July 1911; a chartered ship-broker; served in Great War I; enlisted in the Queen's Westminster Rifles; Lieut. 3rd Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Feb. 17, 1916; wounded; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. June 19, 1940; Flying Officer June 19, 1931; Flight Lieut.; m. Sept. 12, 1936, Nancy Archbold, eldest daughter of Alan Neill, of Prestwick, Lancs.