People mentioned in correspondence beginning with the letter "R"

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• Marie de Rabutin-Chantal  (b. Feb. 5, 1626 - d. April 17, 1696)
  Also known as:

  • Marquise de Sévigné
• Ann Radcliffe  (b. July 9, 1764 - d. Feb. 7, 1823)
• Allan Ramsay  (b. Oct. 2, 1713 - d. Aug. 10, 1784)
• James Ramsay  (b. July 25, 1733 - d. 1789)
• Margaret Ravaud  (b. Unknown - d. 1800)
• Helena Rawdon  (b. 1717 - d. June 12, 1746)
  Also known as:

  • Helena Perceval
  • Lady Rawdon
• Lady Rawdon  (b. 1717 - d. June 12, 1746)
  Also known as:

  • Helena Perceval
  • Helena Rawdon
• Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal  (b. April 12, 1713 - d. March 6, 1796)
  Also known as:

  • L'Abbe Raynal
• L'Abbe Raynal  (b. April 12, 1713 - d. March 6, 1796)
  Also known as:

  • Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal
• Katherine Read  (b. Feb. 3, 1723 - d. Dec. 15, 1778)
• Thomas Reid  (b. May 7, 1710 - d. Oct. 7, 1796)
• Humphry Repton  (b. April 21, 1752 - d. March 24, 1818)
• Cardinal de Retz  (b. Sept. 20, 1613 - d. Aug. 24, 1679)
• Count de Reybourg  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Nassau de Reybourg
• Nassau de Reybourg  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Count de Reybourg
• Frances Reynolds  (b. May 10, 1729 - d. Nov. 1, 1807)
• Joshua Reynolds  (b. July 16, 1723 - d. Feb. 23, 1792)
• Cecil Rice (née Talbot) (b. 1735 - d. March 14, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Cecil de Cardonnel
  • Countess Dynevor
• Elizabeth Rich (née Lyttelton) (b. 1716 - d. Sept. 17, 1795)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Lyttelton
• Samuel Richardson  (b. 1689 - d. July 4, 1761)
• William Richardson  (b. Oct. 1, 1743 - d. Nov. 3, 1814)
• William Richardson  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Marshall Richelieu  (b. March 13, 1696 - d. Aug. 8, 1788)
• 3rd Duke of Richmond  (b. Feb. 22, 1735 - d. Dec. 29, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • Charles Lennox
• Duchess of Richmond  (b. Sept. 18, 1705 - d. Aug. 25, 1751)
  Also known as:

  • Sarah Lennox (née  Cadogan)
• Glocester Ridley  (b. 1702 - d. Nov. 3, 1774)
• Richard Rigby  (b. 1722 - d. 1788)
• Anna Riggs  (b. 1741 - d. June 24, 1781)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Riggs-Miller
• Margaret Piggott Riggs  (b. 1714 - d. Sept. 19, 1788)
• Lady Riggs-Miller  (b. 1741 - d. June 24, 1781)
  Also known as:

  • Anna Riggs
• Jan Michiel Rijsbrack  (b. June 24, 1694 - d. Jan. 8, 1770)
  Also known as:

  • Johannes Michel Rysbrack
  • Michael Rysbrack
• John Rivington  (b. March 23, 1720 - d. Jan. 16, 1792)
• Mrs Robartes  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Anne-Jean Robert  (b. 1758 - d. 1820)
• Louis-Nicolas Robert  (b. 1760 - d. 1820)
• William Robertson  (b. Sept. 8, 1721 - d. June 11, 1793)
• Mistress of the Robes  (b. Unknown - d. Oct. 19, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Bertie (née  Panton)
• 1st Baronet Robinson  (b. Feb. 15, 1754 - d. April 16, 1832)
  Also known as:

  • Archdeacon of Armagh
  • John Freind
  • John Freind Robinson
• 1st Baronet Robinson  (b. 1703 - d. March 3, 1777)
  Also known as:

  • Thomas Robinson
• 2nd Baronet Robinson  (b. 1704 - d. Sept. 18, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • William Robinson
• Charles Robinson  (b. March 9, 1731 - d. March 31, 1807)
• Elizabeth Robinson (née Drake) (b. April 25, 1693 - d. May 1, 1746)
  Also known as:

  • Mamma
  • Speaker
• Jack Robinson  (b. 1729 - d. 1800)
  Also known as:

  • John Robinson
• Jane Robinson (née Greenland) (b. April 28, 1727 - d. 1810)
• John Robinson  (b. Jan. 12, 1727 - d. 1802)
• John Freind Robinson  (b. Feb. 15, 1754 - d. April 16, 1832)
  Also known as:

  • Archdeacon of Armagh
  • John Freind
  • 1st Baronet Robinson
• John Robinson  (b. 1729 - d. 1800)
  Also known as:

  • Jack Robinson
• Lieutenant-Colonel Septimus Robinson  (b. Jan. 30, 1710 - d. Sept. 6, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Sir Septimus Robinson
• Mary Robinson (née Richardson) (b. 1726 - d. April 8, 1789)
• Mathew Rev Robinson  (b. Dec. 14, 1628 - d. Nov. 27, 1694)
  Also known as:

  • Vicar of Burneston
• Matthew William Robinson 
• Matthew Robinson  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Matthew Robinson  (b. 1694 - d. Oct. 2, 1778)
  Also known as:

  • Pappa
• Matthew Robinson  (b. May 20, 1767 - d. Aug. 10, 1827)
  Also known as:

  • Reverend Robinson
• Morris Robinson  (b. July 14, 1757 - d. May 10, 1829)
• Morris Robinson  (b. 1715 - d. Oct. 17, 1777)
• Reverend Robinson  (b. 1727 - d. Dec. 8, 1803)
  Also known as:

  • William Robinson
• Reverend Robinson  (b. May 20, 1767 - d. Aug. 10, 1827)
  Also known as:

  • Matthew Robinson
• Richard Rt Revd. Robinson  (b. 1709 - d. Oct. 10, 1794)
  Also known as:

  • Archbishop of Armagh
  • Primate of All Ireland
  • Richard Robinson
  • 1st Baron Rokeby
• Richard Robinson  (b. 1709 - d. Oct. 10, 1794)
  Also known as:

  • Archbishop of Armagh
  • Primate of All Ireland
  • Richard Rt Revd. Robinson
  • 1st Baron Rokeby
• Robert Robinson  (b. 1717 - d. 1756)
• Sir Septimus Robinson  (b. Jan. 30, 1710 - d. Sept. 6, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Septimus Robinson
• Thomas Robinson  (b. 1714 - d. 1747)
• Thomas Robinson  (b. Nov. 30, 1738 - d. July 20, 1786)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Baron Grantham
• Thomas Robinson  (b. 1703 - d. March 3, 1777)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baronet Robinson
• William Robinson  (b. 1727 - d. Dec. 8, 1803)
  Also known as:

  • Reverend Robinson
• William Robinson  (b. 1704 - d. Sept. 18, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Baronet Robinson
• Duc de la Rochefoucauld  (b. Sept. 15, 1613 - d. March 17, 1680)
  Also known as:

  • Francois Rochefoucauld
• Francois Rochefoucauld  (b. Sept. 15, 1613 - d. March 17, 1680)
  Also known as:

  • Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Francoise Pauline Rochefoucauld  (b. March 7, 1723 - d. 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Mademoiselle de Roye Rochefoucauld
• Mademoiselle de Roye Rochefoucauld  (b. March 7, 1723 - d. 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Francoise Pauline Rochefoucauld
• Bishop of Rochester  (b. Oct. 14, 1712 - d. Aug. 22, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • John Thomas
• MP for Rochester  (b. 1717 - d. May 19, 1780)
  Also known as:

  • Admiral Hardy
  • Governor of the of New York (née  Colony)
  • MP for Plymouth
• Earl of Rochford  (b. Sept. 17, 1717 - d. Sept. 28, 1781)
  Also known as:

  • William Henry Nassau du Zuylestein
• 2nd Marquess of Rockingham  (b. May 13, 1730 - d. July 1, 1782)
  Also known as:

  • Charles Watson-Wentworth
• Countess of Rockingham  (b. 1710 - d. Dec. 17, 1776)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Guildford
  • Catherine North (née  Furnese)
  • Catherine Watson (née  Furnese)
• Countess of Rockingham  (b. 1691 - d. 1761)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Finch
• 1st Baron Rodney  (b. 1719 - d. May 24, 1792)
  Also known as:

  • George Bridges Rodney
• George Bridges Rodney  (b. 1719 - d. May 24, 1792)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baron Rodney
• John Rogers  (b. 1685 - d. June 24, 1758)
• Mary Rogers  (b. 1688 - d. 1732)
• Thomas Rogers  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Duke of Rohan  (b. Nov. 3, 1652 - d. Aug. 17, 1727)
  Also known as:

  • Louis de Rohan Chabot
• Charles-Rosalie de Rohan-Cabot  (b. July 9, 1740 - d. 1813)
  Also known as:

  • Comte de Jarnac
• 1st Baron Rokeby  (b. 1709 - d. Oct. 10, 1794)
  Also known as:

  • Archbishop of Armagh
  • Primate of All Ireland
  • Richard Robinson
  • Richard Rt Revd. Robinson
• 5th Baron Rokeby  (b. July 6, 1787 - d. April 7, 1847)
  Also known as:

  • Edward Montagu
• 2nd Baron Romney  (b. Aug. 22, 1712 - d. Nov. 16, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Robert Marsham
• Major Hayman Rooke  (b. Feb. 20, 1723 - d. Sept. 18, 1806)
• Samuel Rose  (b. June 20, 1767 - d. Dec. 20, 1804)
• John Lockhart Ross  (b. Nov. 11, 1721 - d. June 9, 1790)
• John Ross  (b. 1719 - d. Unknown)
• John Ross  (b. 1719 - d. Aug. 14, 1792)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Exeter
• 1st Earl of Rosslyn  (b. Feb. 13, 1733 - d. Jan. 2, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Baron Loughborough
  • Alexander Wedderburn
• 10th Earl of Rothes  (b. 1698 - d. Dec. 10, 1767)
  Also known as:

  • John Leslie
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau  (b. June 28, 1712 - d. July 8, 1778)
• Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer) (b. Sept. 11, 1674 - d. Feb. 20, 1737)
• Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley  (b. May 1, 1734 - d. Feb. 26, 1790)
• Jean-Francois de Rozier  (b. March 30, 1754 - d. June 15, 1785)
• Margaret Caroline Rudd  (b. 1745 - d. 1798)
• Sir Thomas Rumbold  (b. Jan. 15, 1736 - d. Nov. 11, 1791)
  Also known as:

  • Thomas Rumbold
• Thomas Rumbold  (b. Jan. 15, 1736 - d. Nov. 11, 1791)
  Also known as:

  • Sir Thomas Rumbold
• Francis Russell  (b. July 23, 1765 - d. March 2, 1802)
  Also known as:

  • 5th Duke of Bedford
• Francis Russell  (b. Sept. 27, 1739 - d. March 22, 1767)
  Also known as:

  • Marquess of Tavistock
• John Russell  (b. Sept. 30, 1710 - d. Jan. 5, 1771)
  Also known as:

  • 4th Duke of Bedford
• Lady Rachel Russell  (b. 1705 - d. 1777)
  Also known as:

  • Rachel Lyttelton
• Empress of All Russia  (b. May 2, 1729 - d. Nov. 17, 1796)
  Also known as:

  • Catherine 2
  • Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
  • Catherine
  • Catherine the Great
• 4th Duke of Rutland  (b. March 15, 1754 - d. Oct. 24, 1787)
  Also known as:

  • Charles Manners
• Duchess of Rutland  (b. Aug. 1, 1756 - d. Sept. 2, 1831)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Isabella Somerset
• Anne Ryder (née Newnham) (b. 1710 - d. May 9, 1774)
  Also known as:

  • Anne Newnham
• Dudley Ryder  (b. Nov. 4, 1691 - d. May 25, 1756)
• Dudley Ryder  (b. Dec. 22, 1762 - d. Dec. 26, 1847)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Earl of Harrowby
• Elizabeth Ryder (née Terrick) (b. 1739 - d. 1804)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Harrowby
• Nathaniel Ryder  (b. July 3, 1735 - d. June 20, 1803)
  Also known as:

  • Baron Harrowby
• Johannes Michel Rysbrack  (b. June 24, 1694 - d. Jan. 8, 1770)
  Also known as:

  • Jan Michiel Rijsbrack
  • Michael Rysbrack
• Michael Rysbrack  (b. June 24, 1694 - d. Jan. 8, 1770)
  Also known as:

  • Jan Michiel Rijsbrack
  • Johannes Michel Rysbrack

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