Robert Raikes and seven daughters. Their younger son William Henley Raikes became colonel of the Coldstream Guards, having fought for the British in the Napoleonic Wars. Their oldest son Reverend Robert Napier Raikes had a son General Robert Napier Raikes of the Indian Army. 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 which is the first documented known case. He inherited a publishing business from his father, becoming proprietor of the "Gloucester Journal" in 1757. He then moved the
Kenneth Raikes Kenneth Raikes Kenneth Cochrane Raikes (9 May 1889 – 20 November 1973) was a Welsh cricketer active from 1908 to 1934, making six appearances in first-class cricket. Born at Malpas, Monmouthshire, Raikes was a right-handed batsman and bowler of unknown style, who played most of his cricket at minor counties level for Monmouthshire. Having played cricket for Shrewsbury School, Raikes made his debut in minor counties cricket for Monmouthshire against Carmarthenshire in the 1908 Minor Counties Championship, with him playing a further match in that season against Glamorgan. Following three matches in 1909, Raikes established himself as a regular in