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	[[General]] '''Robert Napier Raikes''' (13 October 1813 – 23 March 1909) ~~was a~~ [[British Indian Army]] ~~officer who~~ became General of the Remount, responsible for the provision of horses throughout the British Indian Army, ~~in 1889.~~		[[General]] '''Robert Napier [[Raikes]]''' (13 October 1813 – 23 March 1909) joined the [[British Indian Army]] aged 16 in 1829. He first returned home to England "on furlough" 35 years later. Aged 76 in 1889, he became General of the Remount, responsible for the provision of horses throughout the British Indian Army.<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	[[Image:Cigarette case of General R N Raikes.jpg\|thumb\|right\|280px\|His tobacco case, well-worn from hard riding in India. Engraved ''Col. R N Raikes — Honestum præferre utili.'' Silver hallmark London 1875.]]		[[Image:Cigarette case of General R N Raikes.jpg\|thumb\|right\|280px\|His tobacco case, well-worn from hard riding in India. Engraved ''Col. R N Raikes — Honestum præferre utili.'' Silver hallmark London 1875.]]
	He was born 13 October 1813 in [[Drayton, Norfolk\|Drayton]] the son of Robert Napier Raikes the vicar of [[Gayton, Norfolk\|Gayton]] and rector of [[Hellesdon]] all in [[Norfolk, England]]; and the grandson of [[Robert Raikes]], the promoter of Sunday schools. He was at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] in 1828 ~~as a cadet~~. Aged 16, he entered the [[Indian Army]] as a cadet in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]], sailing on 19 November 1829 from [[Portsmouth]], arriving [[Calcutta]] 14 May 1829. He then travelled across country, only reaching his regiment at [[Cawnpore]] on 7 November. Apparently ''his men carried the old flint-lock musket, of which [[Duke of Wellington\|Wellington]]'s maxim was'' "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." ~~He first returned home to England "on furlough" 35 years later.~~<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>		Robert [[Raikes]] was born 13 October 1813 in [[Drayton, Norfolk\|Drayton]] the son of Robert Napier Raikes the vicar of [[Gayton, Norfolk\|Gayton]] and rector of [[Hellesdon]] all in [[Norfolk, England]]; and the grandson of [[Robert [[Raikes]], the promoter of Sunday schools. Aged 15, he was a cadet at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] in 1828. Aged 16, he entered the [[Indian Army]] as a cadet in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]], sailing on 19 November 1829 from [[Portsmouth]], arriving [[Calcutta]] 14 May 1829. He then travelled across country, only reaching his regiment at [[Cawnpore]] on 7 November. Apparently ''his men carried the old flint-lock musket, of which [[Duke of Wellington\|Wellington]]'s maxim was'' "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>.

	He was promoted to [[Major]] in 1854 with the [[Bengal Army\|67th Bengal Native Infantry]]. He became adjutant to the native Grenadiers, and later became adjutant to the [[Bengal Army\|First Gwalior Cavalry]].		He was promoted to [[Major]] in 1854 with the [[Bengal Army\|67th Bengal Native Infantry]]. He became adjutant to the native Grenadiers, and later became adjutant to the [[Bengal Army\|First Gwalior Cavalry]].
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	''"Being a good linguist, having picked up all the dialects, able to speak one at one place and another ten miles away, while he was Major, he managed to gather the whole of the treasury at [[Mainpuri\|Mynpoorie]] [Mainpuri], 20,000 [[rupee]]s in all, and sent it into Agra with two loyal [[Sikh]]s, marching his men to within ten miles of that city. They quoted a native proverb that "an ill-wind was blowing", and refused to go any further. There was no mutiny; they just disbanded themselves and went home. Being devoted to him, as he rode away they formed up on each side of the road, with tears pouring down their faces, and bade him farewell." ''<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>		''"Being a good linguist, having picked up all the dialects, able to speak one at one place and another ten miles away, while he was Major, he managed to gather the whole of the treasury at [[Mainpuri\|Mynpoorie]] [Mainpuri], 20,000 [[rupee]]s in all, and sent it into Agra with two loyal [[Sikh]]s, marching his men to within ten miles of that city. They quoted a native proverb that "an ill-wind was blowing", and refused to go any further. There was no mutiny; they just disbanded themselves and went home. Being devoted to him, as he rode away they formed up on each side of the road, with tears pouring down their faces, and bade him farewell." ''<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>

	Raikes was promoted to [[~~colonel~~]] in 1866, [[~~lieutenant general~~]] in 1881 and [[~~general~~]] in 1889. He was reputed to have shot a hundred tigers. He returned to England in 1870 and later retired to [[Watford]] and [[Malvern, Worcestershire\|Malvern]]. He died aged 95 on 23 March 1909.		[[Raikes]] was promoted to [[Colonel]] in 1866, [[Lieutenant General]] in 1881 and [[General]] in 1889. He was reputed to have shot a hundred tigers. He returned to England in 1870 and later retired to [[Watford]] and [[Malvern, Worcestershire\|Malvern]]. He died aged 95 on 23 March 1909.

	Raikes was awarded [[medals]] for the [[Gwalior]] campaign in 1843, the [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1852/3 and the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]].		[[Raikes]] was awarded [[medals]] for the [[Gwalior]] campaign in 1843, the [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1852/3 and the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]].

	==Family==		==Family==
	Raikes married Harriet Beckett in 1854; they had three infant daughters who died in [[Agra#History\|Agra]] during the Indian Rebellion. Additionally, they had two daughters ~~and four sons~~.<ref>''Pedigree of Raikes'' compiled by [[Duncan Raikes]], published 1980, {{ISBN\|0-900592-73-7}} that is an updated version of ''Pedigree of Raikes'' privately published 1930 by [[Phillimore & Co]], 120 Chancery Lane, London</ref>		[[Raikes]] married Harriet Beckett in 1854; they had three infant daughters who died in [[Agra#History\|Agra]] during the Indian Rebellion. Additionally, they had four sons- one of whom the soldier [[Cyril Raikes]]- and two daughters.<ref>''Pedigree of Raikes'' compiled by [[Duncan Raikes]], published 1980, {{ISBN\|0-900592-73-7}} that is an updated version of ''Pedigree of Raikes'' privately published 1930 by [[Phillimore & Co]], 120 Chancery Lane, London</ref>

	~~Their daughters were:~~
	* Mabel born 25 September 1863
	* Ethel Florence Raikes born 5 August 1872 in [[Swanmore]], [[Hampshire]], England. She married Alexander Duncan Turnbull, tea planter in [[Assam]], India (son of [[George Turnbull (civil engineer)]]) on 1 December 1897 and had one daughter [[Lawrence Ogilvie\|Doris Katherine Raikes Turnbull]] born November 1898 in [[Nagaon\|Nowgong]], [[Assam]], India. Ethel and Alexander divorced. Ethel then had the surname Doryn. Then she married 11 April 1911 in the Register Office, Strand, London the artist Leopold Braun (born in Vienna and later(?) a French citizen, died 21 January 1943 [[Saint-Cloud]], near [[Versailles]]) and lived in France. During World War II in penury she lived in [[Menton]], France, breaking her hip. After WWII, known familiarly as Ottie Braun, she lived with her daughter in [[East Dundry]] and then in a nursing home in [[Long Ashton]] both just south of [[Bristol]]. She died 27 February 1952 in the Hospital Provincial [[Palma de Mallorca]] in Spain.

	~~Their four sons were:~~		Raikes's sister Julia Maria (1815–1887), whose husband was Major-General Sir [[Henry Gee Roberts]] (1800–1860), was the mother of [[Alice Elgar\|Caroline Alice Roberts]] (1848–1920), a fiction writer who married the composer Sir [[Edward Elgar]].
	* Robert Haig Napier Raikes ~~born 2 April 1861~~, ~~probably in India~~
	* Herbert William Napier Raikes born 1 June 1865 in [[~~Cheltenham, England~~]]~~, married in USA~~
	* Reginald Durie Napier Raikes born 28 January 1874; first married Fanny Katherine Skene and had two sons and one daughter; second marriage Edna Featherstonehaugh; died 1962. Colonial Service (~~Southern Nigeria~~)~~; District Commissioner; Nigeria medal; retired about 1920; later in Hollywood films; then Fountainstown House, [[Myrtlewick]]~~, ~~County~~ [[~~County Cork~~\|~~Cork~~]], ~~Ireland, dying there July 1962.~~
	* Major [[~~Cyril Raikes\|Cyril Probyn Napier Raikes~~]] ~~born 12 November 1875~~.

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[[General]] '''Robert Napier Raikes''' (13 October 1813 – 23 March 1909) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer who became General of the Remount, responsible for the provision of horses throughout the British Indian Army, in 1889.

==Military career==
[[Image:Cigarette case of General R N Raikes.jpg|thumb|right|280px|His tobacco case, well-worn from hard riding in India. Engraved ''Col. R N Raikes — Honestum præferre utili.'' Silver hallmark London 1875.]]
He was born 13 October 1813 in [[Drayton, Norfolk|Drayton]] the son of Robert Napier Raikes the vicar of [[Gayton, Norfolk|Gayton]] and rector of [[Hellesdon]] all in [[Norfolk, England]]; and the grandson of [[Robert Raikes]], the promoter of Sunday schools. He was at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] in 1828 as a cadet. Aged 16, he entered the [[Indian Army]] as a cadet in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]], sailing on 19 November 1829 from [[Portsmouth]], arriving [[Calcutta]] 14 May 1829. He then travelled across country, only reaching his regiment at [[Cawnpore]] on 7 November. Apparently ''his men carried the old flint-lock musket, of which [[Duke of Wellington|Wellington]]'s maxim was'' "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." He first returned home to England "on furlough" 35 years later.<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>

He was promoted to [[Major]] in 1854 with the [[Bengal Army|67th Bengal Native Infantry]]. He became adjutant to the native Grenadiers, and later became adjutant to the [[Bengal Army|First Gwalior Cavalry]].

==Indian Rebellion==
''"Being a good linguist, having picked up all the dialects, able to speak one at one place and another ten miles away, while he was Major, he managed to gather the whole of the treasury at [[Mainpuri|Mynpoorie]] [Mainpuri], 20,000 [[rupee]]s in all, and sent it into Agra with two loyal [[Sikh]]s, marching his men to within ten miles of that city. They quoted a native proverb that "an ill-wind was blowing", and refused to go any further. There was no mutiny; they just disbanded themselves and went home. Being devoted to him, as he rode away they formed up on each side of the road, with tears pouring down their faces, and bade him farewell." ''<ref>''The Newberys in Six Generations'' page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911</ref>

Raikes was promoted to [[colonel]] in 1866, [[lieutenant general]] in 1881 and [[general]] in 1889. He was reputed to have shot a hundred tigers. He returned to England in 1870 and later retired to [[Watford]] and [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]]. He died aged 95 on 23 March 1909.

Raikes was awarded [[medals]] for the [[Gwalior]] campaign in 1843, the [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1852/3 and the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].

==Family==
Raikes married Harriet Beckett in 1854; they had three infant daughters who died in [[Agra#History|Agra]] during the Indian Rebellion. Additionally, they had two daughters and four sons.<ref>''Pedigree of Raikes'' compiled by [[Duncan Raikes]], published 1980, {{ISBN|0-900592-73-7}} that is an updated version of ''Pedigree of Raikes'' privately published 1930 by [[Phillimore & Co]], 120 Chancery Lane, London</ref>

Their daughters were:
* Mabel born 25 September 1863
* Ethel Florence Raikes born 5 August 1872 in [[Swanmore]], [[Hampshire]], England. She married Alexander Duncan Turnbull, tea planter in [[Assam]], India (son of [[George Turnbull (civil engineer)]]) on 1 December 1897 and had one daughter [[Lawrence Ogilvie|Doris Katherine Raikes Turnbull]] born November 1898 in [[Nagaon|Nowgong]], [[Assam]], India. Ethel and Alexander divorced. Ethel then had the surname Doryn. Then she married 11 April 1911 in the Register Office, Strand, London the artist Leopold Braun (born in Vienna and later(?) a French citizen, died 21 January 1943 [[Saint-Cloud]], near [[Versailles]]) and lived in France. During World War II in penury she lived in [[Menton]], France, breaking her hip. After WWII, known familiarly as Ottie Braun, she lived with her daughter in [[East Dundry]] and then in a nursing home in [[Long Ashton]] both just south of [[Bristol]]. She died 27 February 1952 in the Hospital Provincial [[Palma de Mallorca]] in Spain.

Their four sons were:
* Robert Haig Napier Raikes born 2 April 1861, probably in India
* Herbert William Napier Raikes born 1 June 1865 in [[Cheltenham, England]], married in USA
* Reginald Durie Napier Raikes born 28 January 1874; first married Fanny Katherine Skene and had two sons and one daughter; second marriage Edna Featherstonehaugh; died 1962. Colonial Service (Southern Nigeria); District Commissioner; Nigeria medal; retired about 1920; later in Hollywood films; then Fountainstown House, [[Myrtlewick]], County [[County Cork|Cork]], Ireland, dying there July 1962.
* Major [[Cyril Raikes|Cyril Probyn Napier Raikes]] born 12 November 1875.

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