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  • Last name begins with: R
  • Ripert-Monclar, see Monclar, Ripert-.
  • Ristori, Adelaide (1822–1906), Marchessa Capranica del Grillo, Italian actress. In AB-5.
  • Ritchie, Lady, see Thackeray, Anne Isabella.
  • Roberts, Anne Elizabeth (née Gordon, formerly Moulton-Barrett, 1812–83), widow of Samuel Moulton-Barrett, EBB’s uncle.
  • Robertson, John (1811–75), editor of The London and Westminster Review (1837–40).
  • Robinson, Henry Crabb (1775–1867), diarist and journalist. In AB-1, AB-3, AB-4.
  • Robinson, Mary (1785–1864), housekeeper for Moulton-Barretts at Hope End and Wimpole Street.
  • Rogers, Samuel (1763–1855), poet.
  • Romagnoli, Elizabeth (née Wilson, 1817–1902), EBB’s maid. In AB-3, AB-5, AB-6.
  • Romagnoli, Ferdinando (1819–93), the Brownings’ servant.
  • Romagnoli, Orestes Wilson (1855–1936), son of Ferdinando Romagnoli and his wife, Elizabeth (née Wilson).
  • Romagnoli, Pylades (“Pilade”) Francesco (1857–78), second son of Ferdinando Romagnoli and his wife, Elizabeth (née Wilson).
  • Ronti, Regina (1837–56), dau. of Seymour Kirkup’s Italian housekeeper.
  • Roper-Curzon, see Curzon, Roper-.
  • Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830–94), poet.
  • Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828–82), painter and poet. In AB-3, AB-4, AB-5, AB-6.
  • Rossetti, Elizabeth Eleanor, see Siddal, Elizabeth Eleanor
  • Rossetti, William Michael (1829–1919), art critic and literary editor. In AB-3, AB-4, AB-5, AB-6.
  • Rossi, Pellegrino (1787–1848), Italian economist, politician and jurist.
  • Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio (1792–1868), Italian composer.
  • Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712–78), Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer.
  • Rowden, Edward Wetherell (1814–1870), registrar of the University of Oxford.
  • Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640), Flemish Baroque painter.
  • Ruskin, Euphemia (“Effie”) Chalmers (née Gray, afterwards Millais, 1827–97), wife of John Ruskin.
  • Ruskin, John (1819–1900), art critic and social critic. In AB-3, AB-4, AB-5.

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