Primitive Methodist Ministers - Surnames R
| Name | Date & Place Born | Entered Ministry | Date & Place Died |
| Race, Anthony | 1823 | 1828 | |
| Rack, Henry T. B.A. B.D. | 1926 | 1940 | |
| Rackham, John | 1847 | 1894 | |
| Radnor, William | 1873 | 1910 | |
| Raistrick, William | 1877 | 1925 | |
| Ramsay, Joseph | 1901 | 1945 | |
| Ramsden, Levi | 1837 | 1887 | |
| Randall, Thomas | 1862 | 1927 | |
| Randell, Charles Henry | 16-Feb-1890 Hartlepool | 1915 | 15-Aug-1974 Gosport, Hampshire |
| Ransome, Cyril Rowntree
| 08-Jul-1899 Scagglethorpe, North Riding | 1925 | 06-Jul-1982 Leeds |
| Ratcliffe, Christopher Hughes | 24-Dec-1882 Liverpool | 1910 | 21-May-1976 Middleton, Manchester |
| Ratcliffe, Thomas | 1834 | 1880 | |
| Rawlings, Edmund | 1835 | 1894 | |
| Raybould, Thomas J. | 1872 | 1904 | |
| Rayner, John B. | 1861 | 1886 | |
| Read, George Sutton | 1878 Little Downham, Cambs | 1907 | 21-Nov-1971 Clapham |
| Read, J. Phillips | 1892 | 1927 | |
| Read, William Henry
| 07-May-1908 Poole, Dorset | 1931 | 26-Apr-1981 Portland, Dorset |
| Reavley, Alfred E. | 1899 | 1957 | |
| Reavley, Edgar | 1906 | 1940 | |
| Reavley, Joseph | 1877 | 1945 | |
| Redhead, B. William J. | 1902 | 1946 | |
| Redhead, John | 1875 | 1926 | |
| Reed, J. Gardham | 1899 | 1940 | |
| Reed, John | 1869 | 1912 | |
| Reed, John F. | 1865 | 1918 | |
| Reed, William Robert | 1881 Whitehaven | 1910 | 26-Feb-1964 |
| Reeve, Robert | 1875 | 1918 | |
| Reeve, Thomas | 1862 | 1926 | |
| Reeves, John J. | 1900 | 1937 | |
| Rennison, George | 1887 | 1937 | |
| Renshaw, Norman | 28-Jun-1909 Sale Moor, Cheshire | 1935 | 27-Feb-2006 Salisbury |
| Reynolds, Ernest R. B. | 1922 | 1938 | |
| Reynolds, Samuel B. | 1850 | 1910 | |
| Rhead, Harry | 1919 | 1939 | |
| Rich, John | 1831 | 1887 | |
| Richards, James | 1865 | 1909 | |
| Richards, Thomas | 1872 | 1921 | |
| Richards, Thomas H. | 1865 | 1901 | |
| Richardson, A. Humphrey | 1913 | 1950 | |
| Richardson, Edwin | 1874 | 1912 | |
| Richardson, Eric P. | 1927 | 1963 | |
| Richardson, George B. | 1902 | 1946 | |
| Richardson, Harley O. H. | 1888 | 1908 | |
| Richardson, Jacob William | 07-Jun-1882 Castle Eden, Co. Durham | 1907 | 06-May-1975 North Shields |
| Richardson, James W. | 1905 | 1953 | |
| Richardson, John | 1872 | 1917 | |
| Richardson, Philip M. | 1907 | 1939 | |
| Richardson, W. Henry | 1907 | 1956 | |
| Richmond, Joseph Henry
| 06-Sep-1893 Wilford, Nottingham | 1917 | 21-Jul1974 Lytham St Annes |
| Ride, John | 1821 | 1862 | |
| Ridge, F. Morgan | 1896 | 1952 | |
| Ridge, James M. | 1903 | 1947 | |
| Ridley, John R. B.A. B.D. | 1925 | 1959 | |
| Ridley, John T. | 1901 | 1948 | |
| Rigby, Joseph | 1905 | 1934 | |
| Rigg, T. Crossfield | 1887 | 1921 | |
| Risley, Kidman | 1858 | 1864 | |
| Ritson, Joseph | 1874 | 1932 | |
| Rivers, Friend | 1867 | 1871 | |
| Robbins, Charles | 1835 | 1886 | |
| Roberts, Christopher | 1888 | 1940 | |
| Roberts, John | 1897 | 1928 | |
| Roberts, Thomas | 1845 | 1885 | |
| Roberts, William | 1892 | 1946 | |
| Robertshaw, Arnold | 1897 Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire | 1921 | 13-Aug-1967 Cullompton, Devon |
| Robertshaw, John H. | 1903 | 1957 | |
| Robinson, Benjamin | 1878 | 1889 | |
| Robinson, Edward | 21-Apr-1909 Brotton, North Yorkshire | 1933 | 26-Jul-2004 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Robinson, J. Colin | 1908 | 1944 | |
| Robinson, James | 1846 | 1886 | |
| Robinson, Lawrence | 21-Apr-1888 Hull | 1913 | 02-Jan-1987 Wolverhampton |
| Robinson, Marmaduke | 1900 | 1949 | |
| Robinson, Richard | 1876 | 1899 | |
| Robinson, Robert | 1838 | 1899 | |
| Robinson, Robert | 1895 | 1959 | |
| Robinson, William | 1858 | 1918 | |
| Robson, Robert | 1915 | 1949 | |
| Robson, Tom | 1894 | 1953 | |
| Robson, William | 1864 | 1930 | |
| Robson, William | 1901 | 1950 | |
| Robson, William E. | 1902 | 1947 | |
| Robson, William Joseph | 06-Jun-1910 Waskerley, Co. Durham | 1935 | 29-Sep-1989 Bournemouth |
| Roe, Harvey | 1878 | 1934 | |
| Roe, Henry | 1865 | 1920 | |
| Roebuck, Owen
| 21-Mar-1899 Penistone, Yorkshire | 1924 | 23-Jun-1981 Farnborough, Kent |
| Rogers, David | 1891 | 1926 | |
| Rogers, Edward | 04-Jan-1909 Fleetwood, Lancashire | 1932 | 27-Oct-1997 Croydon, Surrey |
| Rogers, John Harold Charter | 05-Jul-1894 Hull | 1921 | 15-Mar-1976 Redditch, Worcestershire |
| Rollason, James H. | 1896 | 1950 | |
| Rolley, James Gregory
| 03-Jun-1901 Nottingham | 1923 | 28-Dec-1975 Frilford, Oxfordshire |
| Rooke, William | 1833 | 1877 | |
| Rose, Albert E. | 1898 | 1957 | |
| Rose, James H. | 1893 | 1962 | |
| Rose, John Ashley | 08-Feb-1911 Knighton, Radnorshire | 1933 | 29-Oct-1989 Cardiff |
| Rose, Richard | 1876 Abercan, Monmouthshire | 1904 | 27-Nov-1968 Bromsgrove |
| Rose, William | 1848 | 1890 | |
| Rose, William | 09-Jun-1893 Andover | 1919 | 19-Aug-1975 Southampton |
| Rose, William C. | 1891 | 1950 | |
| Ross, Castle | 1871 | 1928 | |
| Ross, E. H. Walmsley B.A. B.D. | 1925 | 1960 | |
| Ross, Harry | 1893 | 1947 | |
| Rous, Thomas W. | 1841 | 1910 | |
| Rowe, Arthur Edwin | 13-Mar-1903 Newton, Derbyshire | 1927 | 27-Jan-1989 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire |
| Rowe, Herbert Ramsey | 1895 Egremont, Cumberland | 1921 | 17-Mar-1971 Crewe |
| Rowe, William | 1877 | 1914 | |
| Rowe, William | 1828 | 1888 | |
| Rowlands, Edwin | 1888 Abergavenny | 1918 | 14-May-1965 Cradley Heath |
| Rowley, Samuel | 1910 | 1961 | |
| Roxby, Joseph | 1898 | 1935 | |
| Rudd, Francis | 1856 | 1912 | |
| Rudd, William | 1835 | 1888 | |
| Rudderham, William | 1857 | 1871 | |
| Rudram, George | 1866 | 1924 | |
| Rudram, George E. | 1894 | 1947 | |
| Rumfitt, John | 1852 | 1895 | |
| Rushworth, Thomas | 1862 | 1929 | |
| Russell, G. Roy | 1909 | 1956 | |
| Russell, John | 1875 | 1889 | |
| Russell, Robert W. | 1889 | 1955 | |
| Russell, Thomas | 1829 | 1888 | |
| Russell, William C. | 1916 | 1961 | |
| Rust, Edward | 1836 | 1888 | |
| Ruston, James E. | 1920 | 1960 | |
| Rutherford, Joseph | 1903 | 1935 | |
| Rutherford, William G. | 1903 | 1949 | |
| Rutter, Richard M. | 1909 | 1952 | |
| Ryder, Amos | 1899 | 1937 |
References
Based on ‘ Ministers and Probationers of the Methodist Church’ , revised to September 1st 1963 by J. Henry Martin and J. Bernard Sheldon. London: Methodist Publishing House, 1964
Additional information from ‘Minutes and Yearbook of the Methodist Conference’
For more information see:
Leary, William. Ministers & Circuits in the Primitive Methodist Church, a directory. Loughborough: Teamprint, 1990

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