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ROE, WILLIAM DERING ADAIR, son of William Thomas Roe (qv); b. 1 Feb 1816; adm. 19 Nov 1827 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1834; Ensign, 15th Foot 21 Oct 1836; d. from injuries received during a fire which destroyed the barracks at Chambly, Canada 19 Oct 1838.

ROE, THOMAS; b.; adm. 4 May 1657.

ROE, SIR FREDERICK ADAIR, BART., son of William Roe (qv); b. 19 Mar 1789; adm. 6 Nov 1800; KS 1802; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1806, matr. 17 May 1806, Westminster Student; BA 1810; MA 1812; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Feb 1810, called to bar 27 Nov 1816; KC Duchy of Lancaster Feb 1819 – Dec 1837; Police Magistrate, Marlborough Street, London 1822-32; Chief Magistrate, Bow Street 1832-9; knighted 5 Sep 1832; created baronet 22 Feb 1836; JP Middlesex, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire; m. Jun 1831 Mary, dau. of George Knowles, Emsal, Yorks.; d. 20 Apr 1866.

Roe, Frederic Gordon, son of Fred Roe, R. I., of Kensington, painter of 'Afternoon Prayers at Westminster School in War Time', by Letitia Mabel, daughter of Sydney Williams Lee, F.R.I.B.A., of Putney Hill, Surrey; b. Sept. 24, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left Easter 1912; joined the staff of The Connoisseur 1913, modern art critic of the same 1919, asst. editor Nov. 1921; served in Great War I; Gunner 1212th Battery R.F.A.; editor of The Connoisseur 1933; F.R. Hist. S. 1933; Hon. S.P.C. 1933; F.S.A. 1943; at various times art critic on the staff of the Daily Mail and The Artist; author of Sea Painters of Britain (1947 and 48); English Cottage Furniture (1949) and many other works on art and furniture; m. March 31, 1921, Eleanor Beatrice, only daughter of Cecil Reginald Grundy, of London, editor of The Connoisseur; d. 6 Jan. 1985.

RODON, ---; b.; in school lists 1801, 1803.

Rodocanachi, Theodore Emmanuel, son of Michel Michel Rodocanachi (q.v.); b. Jan. 6, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (R) having previously been at Eton; K.S. (non-resident) 1903; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; a director of shipping companies 1911-6; Capt. yd (Res.) Batt. Rants Regt. Oct. 1, 1916, attached 5th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; served in France; wounded at the Battle of Arras April 9, 1917; mentioned three times in despatches; M.C. Nov. 18, 1915; D.S.O. June 18, 1917; . J.P. Warwichsire 1935; County Councillor, Warwickshire, 1946; County Alderman 1957; d. 8 Feb. 1983.