R. | Rex or Regina (Latin), King or Queen. |
R.A. | Referees' Association; Road Association; Royal Academician; Royal Academy (A., P.). |
R.A.C. | Royal Agricultural College (M.); Royal Automobile Club. |
R.A.C.S. | Royal Arsenal Cooperative Society. |
R.A.D. | Royal Academy of Dancing (A.). |
R.A.D.A. | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. |
R.Ae.S. | Royal Aeronautical Society (A., F., M.). |
R.A.G.C. | Royal and Ancient Gulf Club. |
R.A.I. | Royal Anthropological Institute (F.). |
R.A.M. | Royal Academy of Music (A., F., L.). |
R.A.O.B. | Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. |
R.A.S. | Royal Agricultural Society; Royal Asiatic Society (F., M.); Royal Astronomical Society (F.). |
R.B.A. | Royal Society of British Artists (A.). |
R.B.S. | Royal Botanic Society (F.); Royal Society of British Sculptors (A., F.). |
R.C.A. | Railway Clerks' Association; Reformed Church of America; Royal Cambrian Academy (A.); Royal Canadian Academy (A.); Royal College of Art (A.). |
R.C.B. | Rubber Control Board. |
R.C.I. | Royal Colonial Institute (A., F.) |
R.C.J. | Royal Courts of Justice. |
R.C.M. | Royal College of Music (A., F., L.). |
R.C.N. | Royal College of Nursing. |
R.C.O. | Royal College of Organists (A., F., M.). |
R.C.O.G. | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (F., M.). |
R.C.P.(E. or I.) | Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh or Ireland) (F., L., M.). |
R.C.S. | Royal College of Science (A.). |
R.C.S. | (E. or I.) Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh or Ireland) (F., L., M.). |
R.C.V.S. | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (F., L., M,). |
R.D.C. | Rural District Council. |
R.D.I. | Royal Designer for Industry. |
R.D.S. | Royal Drawing Society; Royal Dublin Society. |
R.E. | Right Excellent; Royal Exchange; Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (A.). |
R.Econ.S. | Royal Economic Society (F.). |
Reg. Prof. | Regius Professor. |
Res. | Residentiary. |
R.E.S. | Royal Empire Society (F., M.); Royal Entomological Society (F.). |
Rev. | Reverend. |
R.F.C. | Rugby Football Club. |
R.F.P.S. | Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (F., L.). |
R.F.U. | Rugby Football Union. |
R.G.S. | Royal Geographical Society (F., M.). |
R.H. | Royal Household (M.). |
R.H.A. | Royal Hibernian Academy (A.). |
R.Hist.S. | Royal Historical Society (P.). |
R.H.O. | Regional Hospital Officer. |
R.Hort.S. | Royal Horticultural Society (F.). |
R.H.S. | Royal Humane Society. |
R.I. | Rex Imperator or Regina Imperatrix (Latin), King-Emperor or Queen-Empress; Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; Royal Institution (F., M.). |
R.I.A. | Royal Irish Academy (M.). |
R.I.B.A. | Royal Institute of British Architects (A., F., L.). |
R.I.C. | Royal Institute of Chemistry (A., F.). |
R.I.I.A. | Royal Institute of International Affairs. |
R.I.P.H.H. | Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (F.). |
R.L. | Rugby League. |
R.M.A. | Royal Military Academy. |
R.M.C. | Royal Military College. |
R.Met.S. | Royal Meteorological Society (F.). |
R.M.I.(B. or G.) | Royal Masonic Institution (for boys or girls). |
R.M.O. | Royal Marine Office. |
R.M.P.A. | Royal Medico-Psychological Association. |
R.M.S. | Royal Microscopical Society (F.); Royal Society of Miniature Painters (A.). |
R.N.C. | Royal Naval College. |
R.N.L.I. | Royal.National Lifeboat Institution. |
R.N.S. | Royal Numismatic Society (F.). |
R.N.S.A. | Royal Naval School of Architects (F.). |
R.O. | Royal Observatory. |
R.O.I. | Royal Institute of Oil Painters. |
R.P. | Regius Professor; Royal Society of Portrait Painters. |
R.P.A. | Rationalist Press Association. |
R.P.E. | Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. |
R.P.S. | Royal Photographic Society (A., F.). |
R.P.S.L. | Royal Philatelic Society, London (F.). |
R.R.C. | Lady of the Royal Red Cross. |
R.S. | Royal Society (F., P.). |
R.S.A. | Royal Scottish Academy; Royal Society of Antiquaries; Royal Society of Arts (A., F., M.). |
R.S.A.F. | Royal Small Arms Factories. |
R.San.I. | Royal Sanitary Institute (A., F., M.). |
R.S.C. | Royal Society of Canada (F.). |
R.S.D. | Royal Society of Dublin. |
R.S.E. | Royal Society of Edinburgh (F.). |
R.S.G.S. | Royal Scottish Geographical Society (F.). |
R.S.L. | Royal Society, London; Royal Society of Literature (A., F., M.). |
R.S.M. | Royal School of Medicine (F.); Royal School of Mines (A.). |
R.S.P.B. | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. |
R.S.P.C.A. | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
R.S.P.P. | Royal Society of Portrait Painters. |
R.S.S. | Regalis Societatis Sodalis (Latin). Fellow of the Royal Society. |
R.S.S.A. | Royal Scottish Society of Arts (F.). |
R.S.T. | Royal Society of Teachers (F., M.). |
R.S.T.M.H. | Royal School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (F.). |
R.S.W.S. | Royal Scottish Water-Colour Society (A.). |
R.T.C. | Royal Technical College, Glasgow (A.). |
R.T.S. | Religious Tract Society; Royal Toxophilite Society. |
R.T.Y.C. | Royal Thames Yacht Club. |
R.U. | Rugby Union. |
R.U.I. | Royal University of Ireland (F.). |
R.U.S.I. | Royal United Service Institution (M.). |
R.U.S.Mus. | Royal United Service Museum. |
R.V.C. | Royal Victorian Chain. |
R.V.C.I. | Royal Veterinary College of Ireland. R.V.I.A. Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (A., E.). |
R.W. | Right Worshipful; Right Worthy. |
R.W.A. | Royal West of England Academy (A.). |
R.W.S. | Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (A.). |
R.Y.S. | Royal Yacht Squadron. |