Name
- Purcell, Family1
- Purley, Family1
- Rames, Family1
- Ramsay, Alexander, miscellaneous writer1
- Renger, Family1
- Reynett, James Henry, Major-General KCB1
- Richardson, James, African traveller1
- Ridel, Family1
- Ridware, Family1
- Rigaud, Stephen Peter, mathematical historian and astronomer1
- Rogers, Samuel, poet, 1763-18551
- Rohan-Chabot, Philippe Ferdinand Auguste de, Comte de Jarnac1
- Roscelyn, Family1
- Ross, John, Rear-Admiral arctic explorer1
- Roumare, Family1
- Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister, 1792-18781
- Salzman, Louis Francis, formerly Salzmann; antiquary and historian, 1878-19711
- Say, Family1
- Scales, Family1
- Scharf, George, KCB, Director National Portrait Gallery1