Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, Diwan (Prime Minister) of Travancore, 1936–1947, who died "suddenly and peacefully, sitting in an armchair" in the club in 1966 Adam Rolland Rainy, Liberal MP 1906–11. Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan, Liberal MP, 1892–1916. Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, Indian civil servant and diplomat, best known for co-drafting the Constitution of India. Edmund Charles Rawlings, solicitor and Liberal parliamentary candidate Lord Razzall, Liberal parliamentary candidate and Lib Dem peer. Walter Rea, 1st Baron Rea, Liberal MP 1906–18, 1923–24 & 1931–35; Liberal Chief Whip 1931–35. Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea, Chairman of the Liberal Party, 1950–52; President of the Liberal Party, 1955, Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords, 1955–67. Russell Rea, ship-owner and Liberal MP 1900–16. H. J. Reckitt, Liberal MP 1893, 1895–1907 Sir James Reckitt, founder of household products company Reckitt and Sons. Thomas Wemyss Reid, Editor of the Leeds Mercury 1870–87, Manager of Cassell & Co. 1887–1905, novelist and writer. Leifchild Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, Liberal MP 1905–10, 1910–18, 1923–24 & 1929–31 David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, Liberal MP, 1888–1910; Minister of Food Control, 1917–18. Sir John Rigby, Liberal MP 1885–86 & 1892–94; Solicitor General 1892–94; Attorney General 1894. Karin Riis-Jørgensen Danish MEP. Oliver Robbins, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union, 2016–present Charles Henry Roberts, Liberal MP 1906–18 & 1922–23 Sir George Scott Robertson, soldier, author, colonial administrator, and Liberal MP 1906–16 J. M. Robertson, journalist, secularist and Liberal MP 1906–18 Sydney Walter Robinson, farmer, building contractor and Liberal MP 1923–24. Sir Thomas Robinson, corn merchant and Liberal MP 1880–81 & 1885–95. Thomas Atholl Robertson, fine arts printer, publisher, Liberal MP 1923–24; and Chairman of the NLC political committee Inga-Stina Robson, Anglo-Swedish political activist, Liberal/Lib Dem peer Sir Lawrence Robson, accountant and President of the Liberal Party, 1953–54. Ernest Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester, Liberal MP 1910–18; Paymaster-General, 1931–35. Foster Charles Lowry Lamb, 2nd Baron Rochester, Lib Dem peer Thorold Rogers, economist, historian and Liberal MP 1880–86; founder member Henry Enfield Roscoe, chemist and Liberal MP 1885–95 Rev Sir David Rocyn-Jones, health officer. Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe, businessman and Liberal MP, 1883–95 & 1900–16. James Guinness Rogers, nonconformist clergyman. Edward Rose, playwright. Paul Rowen, Lib Dem MP 2005–10 James Rowlands, Liberal MP, 1886–95 & 1906–20. Arnold Stephenson Rowntree, Liberal MP 1910–18. Philip Foale Rowsell, pharmacist, insurer and Liberal parliamentary candidate. Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman, Liberal