RAPHSON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1701; left 1704.
RAVIS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Ravis, Malden, Surrey, and Mary, widow of Robert Benson, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, and Knaresborough, Yorks., and dau. of Thomas De Lisle, Reigate, Surrey; b. c. 1560; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 6 Jul 1575, Westminster Student to 1591; Ravis and Edward Carew (qv) were at first refused admittance to their Studentships, but were ultimately admitted after an appeal to Lord Burghley; BA 1578; MA 3 Mar 1581/2; BD 1589; DD 1595; Proctor 1588; ordained 1582; Vicar of All Hallows, Barking, London 27 Dec 1591 – May 1598; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Feb 1592/3-1607; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1596 – 1604/5 (the first OW to hold that preferment); Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1596-8; Vicar of Islip, Oxfordshire 7 Jul 1598; Vicar of Wittenham Abbas, Berks., Oct 1598; attended Hampton Court Conference 1604; one of Oxford Committee deputed to translate part of New Testament; consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 17 Mar 1604/5; translated to London 18 May 1607; a determined opponent of nonconformity; m. Alice, sister of Rev. Robert Tinley DD (subsequently wife of Sir John Borlase, Kt, Master of the Ordnance); d. 14 Dec 1609. DNB.
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]
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.
REED, JOHN, fourth son of John Reed, Chipchase, Northumberland, and Mary, dau. of Henry Nevil, Kingston on Hull, Yorks.; b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 3 Feb 1815 (Du Brieux's); QS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821, scholar 1822; BA 1825; ordained deacon 1826, priest 1827 (both Durham); Curate, Ryton, Durham 1826-32; Vicar of Newburn, Northumberland, from 29 Feb 1832; Lecturer, St. Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne 1832; d. unm. 4 Sep 1884.
REEVE, JAMES, son of James Reeve, Lambeth, Surrey, and Elizabeth Cutler; b.; adm. 20 Apr 1775; KS (Capt. ) (aged 14) 1778; in school list Jul 1779; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1782, Bishop Williams Scholar 5 Nov 1782; BA 1786; MA 1789; ordained priest (Canterbury) 8 Jul 1787; Curate, Maidstone, Kent 1787; Perpetual Curate of Maidstone, Kent, from 1787; Six Preacher, Canterbury Cathedral, from 21 Sep 1816; d. 22 Mar 1842, aged 78.
REMINGTON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, adm. scholar 1629, matr. Easter 1629; BA 1632/3.
Reynolds, John Hardwick, only son of John James Reynolds, of London, solicitor, by Marian, elder daughter of Daniel Willlshen Soames, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex; b. Aug. 10, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1896, matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1905; joined the special war staff of the Royal Geographical Society 1914 and became secretary to the Permanent Committee on geographical names for British official use; awarded the Murchison grant of the R. G. Soc. 1924; joint author with Major Gen. Lord Edward Gleichen of Alphabets of Foreign Languages transcribed into English (1921); m. July 25, 1908, Alice Isabel, youngest daughter of John Lewin Bacon, of Wellington, New Zealand; d. Jan. 9, 1937.
REYNOLDS, JOHN, son of Henry Revell Reynolds MD FRCP, Bedford Square, London, Physician in Ordinary to George III, and Elizabeth Wilson; b. 18 Jun 1782; in school list 1795 (previously at Felsted Sch.); Min. Can. 1795; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1796; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; Clerk, Home Office Oct 1803 – Dec 1805; on staff of Sir Francis Jackson, British Minister at Washington, USA, for five years; became a Congregational minister; Pastor, New Windsor Congregational Church, Salford, Lancs.; Head Master, Protestant Dissenters GS, Pendleton, Lancs., 1812- c. 1814 [check]; Congregational minister at Romsey, Hampshire 1824-50, subsequently at Halstead, Essex; an anecdote of his being flogged by Vincent appeared in The Times 23 Jul 1928; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 1 Jul 1819 Sarah, dau. of Robert Fletcher, Chester; d. 15 Feb 1862.
RHODES, RICHARD, son of Benjamin Rhodes, St. James, Clerkenwell, London, and Maulden, Beds., Steward to Earls of Elgin, and Anne Glover, St. James, Clerkenwell, gentlewoman to Countess of Elgin; bapt. St. James Clerkenwell 27 Dec 1640 (IGI); adm. 17 Sep 1655; a boarder; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 31 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 22 Mar 1661/2; Montpelier Univ. (degree in medicine); travelled in Spain; described by Wood as “a confident Westmonasterian, a violinist to hold between his knees” (Ath. Oxon., i, xxxv); his play, Flora’s Vagaries, published in 1670, was acted by the Students of Christ Church 8 Jan 1663/4 (Thompson, Christ Church, 95-6), and afterwards in London, where the part of Flora was taken by Nell Gwyn; m.; d. at Madrid 1668. DNB.