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.

RANDOLPH, THOMAS, eldest son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv); b. 9 Nov 1788; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1806, matr. 17 May 1806, Westminster Student; BA 1809; MA 1812; ordained deacon and priest 1812; Rector of Much and Little Hadham, Herts., from 16 Nov 1812; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 16 Nov 1812; Chaplain in Ordinary to George IV (and successive monarchs) 24 Oct 1825 (occurs 1831); m. 28 May 1813 Caroline Diana, youngest dau. of Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart. (qv); d. 2 May 1875.

RANDOLPH, THOMAS, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Randolph DD, President of Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, and Thomazine, dau. of William Honywood, and sister of Sir John Honywood, Bart.; b. 4 May 1741 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1755; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 – res 22 Dec 1770 (expiry year of grace as R. Saltwood from 9 Jan 1770); BA 1763; MA 1766; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1765, priest 22 Jun 1766 (both Oxford); Rector of Saltwood with Hythe, Kent, from 1770; Vicar of Waltham with Petham, Kent, from 1783; m. 1770 Judith, sister of William Isaac Rutton (qv); d. 18 Jul 1808.

RANDOLPH, THOMAS, second son of William Randolph, Hamsey, near Lewes, Sussex, Steward to Edward, 11th Baron Zouch, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Smith, Newnham-cum-Badby, Northants; b. 15 Jun 1605; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1623, adm. scholar 1624, matr. Easter 1624; BA Jan 1627/8; MA 1631 (incorp. Oxford 1631); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 22 Sep 1629, Major Fellow 23 Mar 1631/2; showed early talent as a writer; became acquainted with Ben Jonson (qv), who is said to have always called him his son after their first meeting; became famous at Cambridge as a writer of English and Latin verse, and as an organiser of dramatic performances by the students of pieces of his own composition; went to London in 1632; “accounted one of the most pregnant witts of his age” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, 565); author, Aristippus or the Jovial Philosopher, and The Jealous Lovers, 1630; his Poems with the Muses’ Looking Glass and Amyntas were published posthumously in 1638; the loss of one of his little fingers in a duel is the subject of an elegy by William Hemming (qv); buried Blatherwycke, Notrthants 17 Mar 1634/5, aged 29. DNB.

RANDOLPH, ROBERT, brother of Thomas Randolph (elected to Cambridge 1623); bapt. 26 May 1611; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1629, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1642; BA 1633; MA 1636; ordained priest (Peterborough) 5 Jun 1642; Vicar of Barnetby, Lincs.; Vicar of Donington, Lincs.; Wood describes him as “a most ingenious poet” (Fasti Oxonienses, i, 430); edited a collection of his brother’s works, 1638; m. 1st, --- Whitestone, Whittlesey, Cambs.; m. 2nd, Joyce Weston, widow; buried Donington, Lincs. 7 Jul 1671.

RANDOLPH, MATTHEW, son of Francis Randolph, London; b.; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 21, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1725; BA 1709; MA 1712; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1712, priest 20 Dec 1713 (both Oxford); Curate, Tring, Herts., 1725; living Feb 1725/6.

RANDOLPH, LEVESON CYRIL, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 28 May 1824; adm. 4 Oct 1837 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1838; Capt. of the School 1841; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1842, matr. 12 May 1842, Westminster Student; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1845; BA 1846; MA 1848; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Oxford); Curate, Buckland, Surrey; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., 1853-70; Vicar of St. Luke’s, Lower Norwood, Surrey, from 1870; m. 13 Jul 1854 Hon. Anne Boscawen, dau. of Hon. and Rev. John Evelyn Boscawen, Prebendary of Canterbury, and sister of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth; d. 1 Mar 1876.

RANDOLPH, JOHN, eldest son of John Honywood Randolph (qv); b. 15 May 1821; adm. 10 Apr 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1835; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1839, adm. pens. 24 May 1839, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1839; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1843; BA 1843; MA 1847; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846 (both Chichester); Curate, Bradwell, Bucks., 1850-66; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey, from 1866; played cricket for Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and MCC, and Auditor, MCC 1875-81; m. 29 Apr 1851 Harriet, youngest dau. of John Thomas Bell, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, London; d. 11 Jul 1881.