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Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1735 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School in Gloucester . He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools .
Robert Raikes, the Younger moved his printing business into the house in 1758 where he continued to publish the Gloucester Journal. In 1772, he moved into the house to live with his family. [ 5 ] Robert Raikes was a promoter of the Sunday school movement, he held Sunday school sessions in the house's garden and Robert's wife used to serve plum ...
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Thomas Raikes ("the Elder") (1741-1813), British banker, Governor of the Bank of England, third son of Robert Raikes the Elder Thomas Raikes (dandy) ("the Younger") (1777-1848), British merchant banker, dandy and diarist, eldest son of the above
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.
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.
A statue of Robert Raikes, often regarded as being the founder of Sunday schools, executed by the sculptor Thomas Brock, stands in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, United Kingdom. It was unveiled by the Earl of Shaftesbury on 3 July 1880 and marked the centenary of the opening of the first Sunday school.
Robert Raikes (1736–1811) was an English pioneer of Sunday schools, Gloucester newspaper publisher, and philanthropist. Robert Raikes may also refer to: Robert Raikes (1683–1753) , British Member of Parliament for Northallerton