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.
RANDOLPH, GEORGE, son of John Randolph (KS 1763, qv); b. 16 Feb 1797; adm. 16 Sep 1806; KS 1810; Capt. of the School 1814; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student; BA 1818; MA 1821; ordained deacon 1820, priest 1821 (both Oxford); Vicar of Eastry and Worth, Kent 24 Aug 1821-41; Perpetual Curate of Weald, Kent 1821-3; Rector of Stanton on the Wolds, Notts., 9 May 1827-36; Rector of Coulsdon, Surrey 28 Apr 1841-63; m. 20 Aug 1822 Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Henry Roger Drummond, Rector of Fawley, Hampshire; d. 10 Jun 1880.
RANDOLPH, GOWER WILLIAM, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 23 Jan 1827; adm. 13 Jan 1841 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1841; Capt. of the School 1844; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student; BA 1849; BCL 1852; DCL 1857; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1851-63; Clerk, Privy Council Office 1851-6; d. at Madeira 29 Dec 1863.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, brother of Thomas Randolph (KS 1755, qv); b. 6 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1763; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 – void 9 Sep 1783, Tutor 1773-83, Junior Censor 1775-8, Senior Censor 1779-82, Catechist 1781-2; BA 1771; MA 1774; BD 1782; DD 1783; Proctor 1781; Professor of Poetry, Oxford Univ. 1776-83, Regius Professor of Greek 1782-3, Prof. of Moral Philosophy 1782-6, Regius Professor of Divinity (and Rector of Ewelme, Oxford) Aug 1783 – Jan 1807; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 30 May 1779 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1780; Prebendary of Salisbury 16 Oct 1782 – Oct 1783; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 30 Aug 1783 – Jan 1807; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1 Sep 1799; translated to Bangor 6 Jan 1807; Dean of Chapel Royal from 8 Jul 1809; translated to London 9 Aug 1809; Privy Councillor 27 Sep 1809; FRS 19 Dec 1811; Busby Trustee 3 May 1804; author, Enchiridion Theologicum, 1792, and numerous charges, sermons and lectures; m. 13 Sep 1785 Jane, dau. of Thomas Lambarde (KS 1719, qv); d. 28 Jul 1813. DNB.
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.
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.
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.
Rayne, John Perham, son of Maj. Henry Rayne OBE MC, Colonial Civil Service, and Ethel Kate Rayne; b. 1 Mar. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; BNC Oxf., matric. 1935; RAF in WW2; tsetse control in East Africa; m. 1st 12 June 1943 Iris Smart; 2nd Patricia Brown; d. Oct. 1994.
RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Edward Raynes, Besthorpe, Notts.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732; BA 1734/5; MA 1742; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 22 Dec 1734; Rector of Hangleton, Sussex, from 31 Jan 1740/1; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 16 Feb 1741/2; m. 28 May 1745 Anne, third dau. of James Chambers, Seaford, Sussex; d. 16 Apr 1755.