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RAYNER, WILLIAM, son of Michael Rayner, St. Matthew Fiday Street, London; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, aged 18, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1697; BA 1686; MA 1690; ordained; Head Master, Barnstaple GS 1690-8; Master of Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Somerset, from 1698; “remarkable for an exact knowledge of the classicks and a peculiar felicity in explaining them” (see Hearne’s Collections, x, 264); Rector of West Monckton, Somerset, 5 Apr 1710-9; Vicar of Collaton Raleigh, Devon 1716-21; Rector of Wyke Regis, Dorset, from 1719; m.; d. 19 Mar 1729/30.

Rayne, John Perham, son of Maj. Henry Rayne OBE MC, Colonial Civil Service, and Ethel Kate Rayne; b. 1 Mar. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; BNC Oxf., matric. 1935; RAF in WW2; tsetse control in East Africa; m. 1st 12 June 1943 Iris Smart; 2nd Patricia Brown; d. Oct. 1994.

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.

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.

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.

RAWLINSON, THOMAS, youngest son of John Rawlinson, Wimpole Street, London, barrister; b. 2 May 1823; adm. 15 Jun 1835 (Scott's); QS 1837; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841, scholar 1842; BA 1845; MA 1848; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Feb 1845, called to bar 23 Nov 1848; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; m. 1st, 5 Aug 1862 Charlotte, youngest dau. of Rev. William Herbert Chapman, Vicar of Balsham, Cambs.; m. 2nd, --- [check]; d. 26 May 1894.

RAWLINSON (or ROWLINSON), CHARLES, son of Richard Rawlinson (or Rowlinson), Warrington, Lancs., and Betty Fearnhead (IGI); bapt. Warrington, Lancs. 19 Nov 1779 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1795; in school list 1797.

RAWLINS, WILLIAM, son of William Rawlins, London; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1749 (as Rawlin) (Guthry's); KS 1755. [Perhaps Ensign, 67th Foot 23 Mar 1762; Lieut., 1 Sep 1771; half pay 19 Jan 1784]

RAWLINS, EDWARD, son of Robert Rawlins, London; b.; adm.; KS 1669; Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1672, matr. 1673; migr. to Peterhouse, adm. pens. 3 Apr 1675, Ramsey Scholar 4 Jun 1675; BA 1675/6; MA 1680.

Rawlings, Percy Townley, brother of Reginald Price Rawlings (q.v.); b. Sept. 22, 1887; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; elected to Trin Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; 2nd Lieut. R.E. (Spec. Res.) Jan. 21, 1911; employed under the Sudan Govt. Dec. 19, 1912; Capt. R.A.F. April 1, 1918, Technical Officer; served in Great War I; mentioned in despatches; D.S.C. Aug. 29, 1917; killed while flying at Farnborough, Hants, in the Tarrant Triplane, of which he was part-designer, on its first trial May 26, 1919.