Matthew Raine (1760–1811) was an English schoolmaster and cleric.

Life

He was born on 20 May 1760 at

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in the

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; his father Matthew Raine was vicar of St. John's, Stanwick and rector of

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, and also master of a school at

Hartforth Hartforth is a small village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. ...

, while his mother Esther was from

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. After education under his father, with

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for a schoolfellow, he was admitted a scholar of

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, in June 1772, on the king's nomination (obtained, according to Beloe, through the interest of Lord Percy, a patron of his father). In 1778 he went as an

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, where he graduated B.A. in 1782 (M.A. 1785, B.D. 1794, D.D. 1799). In 1783 and 1784 he gained the members' university prize, and in the latter year was also made Fellow of Trinity. After some time spent in tutoring, Raine was appointed headmaster of Charterhouse School on 7 June 1791, in succession to

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was one of his competitors. Here he remained till his death. In 1803 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1809 was chosen preacher of

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. In July 1810 he was presented to the rectory of

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, Essex, in the gift of the governors of the Charterhouse. Raine died unmarried on 17 September 1811. He was buried in the chapel of the Charterhouse, where there was a gravestone in the south aisle inscribed M. R., and a mural tablet on the adjoining wall by

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, with an epitaph by

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—Parr and

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were close friends. His collection of classical books, including rare editions, went by bequest, after the death of his brother

Jonathan Raine Jonathan Raine (1763–1831) was an English barrister, judge and politician. Early life He was the son of Matthew Raine, a cleric and schoolmaster, and younger brother of Matthew Raine FRS. He was educated at Eton College, where he was a friend ...

, to the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a benefactor of the Society of Schoolmasters. His only published works were two sermons.

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Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Raine, Matthew 1760 births 1811 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Headmasters of Charterhouse School People from Richmondshire (district)