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.
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.
RATFORD (or RADFORD), JOSEPH, son of Robert Ratford (or Radford), Stepney, Middlesex, and Anne ---; bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 3 Jun 1655 (IGI); adm.; KS 1671; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1674 (as Radford), aged 17.
RASHLEIGH, NATHANIEL; b.; adm.; KS 1663; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1667, scholar 1668; BA 1670/1; MA 1674; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674-1706, Senior Fellow from 1706, Tutor 1680, Junior Dean 1700-1, Junior Bursar 1704-6; ordained; Rector of Papworth St. Andrew, Cambs., 1693; one of petitioners to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley in 1709; d. 6 May 1713.
RAPHSON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1701; left 1704.
RANSOM, ROBERT JOHN, only son of Robert Ransom, Hastings, Sussex; b. 27 Aug 1857; adm. 31 Jul 1871; QS 1872; left Dec 1874; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 Nov 1878; BA 1883; Wycliffe Hall 1883; ordained deacon 1883 (Truro), priest 1884 (Winchester); Curate, St. Stephen’s in Brannell, Cornwall 1883-4, St. Michael’s, Bournemouth, Hampshire 1884-5, Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey 1885-90; m. 9 Feb 1886 Edith, dau. of Robert Chatfield Hankinson, North Stoneham, Hampshire, banker; d. 30 Oct 1902.
RANKEN, CHARLES, second son of Capt. Charles Ranken, EICS Bengal, subsequently of Richmond Lodge, near Holywood, Belfast, Ireland, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Moses Grant, Rector of Nolton, Pembrokeshire, and Prebendary of St. Davids; b. 14 Mar 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student; BA 1817; MA 1820 (incorp. Cambridge 1860); ordained deacon 1820, priest 1821 (both Oxford); Curate, Brislington, Somerset, Lecturer there 1826; Chaplain, Hickey’s Almshouses, Richmond, Surrey 1867-77; m. Isabella, dau. of Edward Long Fox MD, Brislington House, Somerset; d. 31 Oct 1883.