Background
He was born on 20 May 1760 at Gilling in the North Riding of Yorkshire. His father Matthew Raine was vicar of Saint John"s, Stanwick and rector of Kirkby Wiske, and also master of a school at Hartforth, while his mother Esther was from Cumberland. After education under his father, with William Beloe for a schoolfellow, he was admitted a scholar of Charterhouse School, in June 1772, on the king"s nomination (obtained, according to Beloe, through the interest of Lord Percy, a patron of his father).
Career
In 1778 he went as an exhibitioner to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1782 (Master of Arts 1785, Bachelor's Degree 1794, Doctor of Divinity 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 Samuel Berdmore: Charles Burney 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 Gray"s Inn. In July 1810 he was presented to the rectory of Hallingbury, Essex, in the gift of the governors of the Charterhouse.
Raine died unmarried on 17 September 1811. He was a benefactor of the Society of Schoolmasters.
His only published works were two sermons.
