RAPHSON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1701; left 1704.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.