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RANDOLPH, CHARLES WILSON, son of John Honywood Randolph (qv); b. 28 Feb 1824; adm. 24 Jan 1837 (Benthall's); QS 1838; left 1839; Ensign, 34th Foot 10 Feb 1843; Lieut., 23 Mar 1845; Capt., 15 Feb 1850; half-pay, 5th Foot 23 Aug 1850; exchanged into 1st Foot Guards 8 Nov 1850; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 17 Jul 1857; Col., 14 Jun 1869; Major-Gen., 30 Nov 1879; retd. with rank Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jul 1881; m. 1st, 5 Dec 1849 Caroline Mary Victoria, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. Sir Robert Gardiner KCB KCH, Governor of Gibraltar; m. 2nd, 10 Jul 1862 Catherine Emily Blanche, dau. of Lloyd Bamford Hesketh, Gwyrch Castle, Denbighshire; d. 5 Nov 1905.

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.

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.

RAMSEY, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1618 (Chapter Muniments 33673).

RAMSEY, HENRY, brother of John Ramsey (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1635, matr. 26 Jun 1635, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1642; BA 1639.

RAMSAY, JAMES, son of Edward Ramsay, South Shoebury, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1698; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1699, matr. 1699/1700; BA 1702/3; MA 1707; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1703, priest 19 May 1706 (both London); Rector of Sutton, Surrey, from 10 Mar 1717/8; m. 25 Feb 1722/3 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Stephens, Rector of Sutton, Surrey; buried Sutton, Surrey 23 Dec 1745. [Evidently kin to Rev. James Ramsay, Rector of South Shoebury and of Great Wakering, Essex, in 1703, graduate of St. Andrews Univ. and Cambridge].

Rambaut, Hugh Calder, brother of Gerrard Marlande Rambaut (q.v.); b. Dec. 12, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left July 1913; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; Lieut. Beds Yeomanry (T.F.), attached 8th Hussars, July 1, 1917; served in France June 1915 - March 1919; m. Sept. 12, 1934, Stephanie Margaret, younger daughter of Major Bertrand Romney Robinson Rambaut, of Baythorne Park, Essex.

Rambaut, Gerrard Marlande, son of Arthur Alcock Rambaut, F.R.S., Radcliffe Observer, Oxford, by Emily Longford; b. March 1, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1910; asst. master at Shrewsbury School 1910; served in France 1915-7; wounded; employed at Ministry of Munitions; acting Major R.F.A. (T.F.) Nov. 17, 1916; mentioned in despatches twice; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; technical officer, Grade I, Air Ministry, 1933; a senior principal scientific officer, Air Ministry; retired; served in Great War II as Hon. Group Capt. (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R.; U.S. Bronze Star Medal May 3, 1946; m. Oct. 3, 1918, Gladys E., daughter of Alfred Vansittart Frere, of Eastbourne, Sussex.

RAM, STOPFORD, brother of Abel Ram (qv); bapt. 24 Jul 1784; in school list 1795; KS 1798; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1802, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1802, but did not matr. ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 3 Apr 1806; served in Peninsular War; killed at battle of Talavera 28 Jul 1809.

RAM, STEPHEN GEORGE, brother of Abel Ram (qv); b. 28 Apr 1783; adm.; in school list 1795; KS (aged 13) 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1800, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1800, scholar 17 Apr 1801; BA 1804; MA 1807; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1806, priest 31 May 1807 (both Winchester); Curate, Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1806; Rector of Ringmore, Devon, from 1 May 1812; d. at Rome 1822.