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The story behind Robert Raikes' Sunday school. Robert was a pioneer of the Sunday school movement, although he did not start the first Sunday School.Some already existed such as that founded by Hannah Ball in High Wycombe, or the one founded in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham which is the first documented known case.
His tobacco case, well-worn from hard riding in India. Engraved Col. R N Raikes – Honestum præferre utili. Silver hallmark London 1875. Robert Raikes was born 13 October 1813 in Drayton the son of Robert Napier Raikes the vicar of Gayton and rector of Hellesdon all in Norfolk, England; and the grandson of Robert Raikes, the promoter of Sunday schools.
Robert Raikes Esq. (1765 – 1837), was an English banker, originally from London, that later established a bank in Kingston upon Hull. After 1805 he lived at Welton House in Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire , where in 1818 he had built a family mausoleum in park land to the north.
Raikes' business thrived, despite a change in newspaper duties in 1725, and a number of brushes with the law over articles published under his authority. In 1743, the Gloucester Journal was moved for a second time into larger premises in the Blackfriars area of Gloucester. In 1757, the paper was taken over by Robert Raikes junior.
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"Lovesick" is the second single performed by Emily Osment from her debut studio album, Fight or Flight (2010). It was released on October 9, 2010. [ 1 ] The music video premiered on January 14, 2011, exclusively on Myspace .
Robert Raikes later known as Robert Raikes Fulthorpe (1683–1753), of Northallerton, Yorkshire, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Northallerton 1710 to 1713.