ROBINSON, ---; b.; at school 1661-4 (Busby’s Account Book).
ROBINS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1725; in school list 1729.
Silversmith active between 1765-1810. Apprenticed to Richard Wade October 1764.
Robie, Edward Adams, son of Edward Hodges Robie of Riverdale, NY, USA, and Agnes Purcell, d. of Joseph Parks, of Elk Rapids, MI, USA; b. 4 July 1919; adm. from Phillips Academy, USA Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1938; Princeton Univ., NJ, USA, BA 1941; USN Air Corps in WW2, DFC (three stars); Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of USA 1953, sen. vice-pres. 1970-9; pres. and COO, Merrill Lynch Relocation Management 1982-5; member exec. board, CARE 1979-96, chair 1986-9; m. 11 Dec. 1948 Jacqueline Mae, d. of John W. Ingram of Richmond, VA, USA; d. 11 July 2005.
Robey, Edward George Haydon, son of Sir George Robey, C.B.E., of St. Jolms Wood, actor, by his first wife Ethel Haydon; b. March 26, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (G); left July 1918; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric.; B.A. 1924; LL.B. 1924; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 24, 1925; senior legal asst., Director of Public Prosecutions; apptd. to Attorney-General's Executive for prosecution of the Major War Criminals at Nuremburg, 1945; Metropolitan Magistrate 1954; now Judge, City Court Bench; m. Sept. 9, 1942, Denise, daughter of Denis Williams, of Virginia Water, Surrey; d. 5 Mar. 1983.
ROBERTYSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
Robertson-Scott, Charles Arthur, son of Major-Gen. Sir Charles Henry Scott, K.C.B., of Wadhurst, Sussex, by Frances Catherine, daughter of Gen. John Gustavus Halliday, Madras Infantry; b. Sept. 14, 1880; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); left July 1894; H.M.S. Britannia; Naval Cadet July 15, 1894; Midshipman July 15, 1896; Sub-Lieut. Jan. 15, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 31, 1901; Commander June 30, 1914; Capt. June 30, 1920; served in the North Sea and with the Dover Patrol in Great War I; Rear-Admiral and placed on the retired list Oct. 12, 1932; assumed the additional surname of Robertson; m. March 12, 1910, Olive Eleanor, daughter of Walter Edward Archer, C.B., of Chelsea; d. Feb., 1942.
Robertson, William Strowan Amherst, son of William Robertson, of Ealing, by Lucy Anne, daughter of Charles Thomas Amherst, of Ealing; b. Oct. 16, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (H); left July 1913; Queen's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1916; Winchester Reading Prize 1916; Lecturer, St. Paul's Coll., Calcutta, 1916-9; ordained deacon 1921, priest 1922 (Newcastle); Curate of St. George's, Cullercoats, Northumberland, 1921-4; assist. secretary, Student Christian Movement, 1924; mission priest at Poona 1928-30 Vicar of St. Ives, Hunts 1931-7; examining chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester 1941; Chaplain of the Friary of St. Francis, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, 1945-51; Warden of the Brotherhood of Holy Cross, Peckham, 1951-55; Guardian of the Society of St. Francis; d. Nov. 23, 1955.
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM HENRY; b.; in school list 1801; left Easter 1803. [Apparently = SEWELL, SIR WILLIAM HENRY; said to have been educated at Westminster and Eton (in Eton school lists 1805, as Robertson), and to have changed his surname to Sewell from Robertson when he entered the army; Ensign, 60th Foot 27 Mar 1806; 16th Light Dragoons 1806; Lieut., 20 Feb 1807; Capt., 12 Mar 1812; Capt., 60th Foot 1813; brevet Maj., 3 Mar 1814; Lieut. -Col., 21 Jun 1817; half-pay 25 Oct 1821; served in Peninsular War; ADC and Staff Officer to Lord Beresford; re-employed as Deputy Quartermaster-General, Madras 24 Feb 1828 – 18 Jun 1841; Capt., 49th Foot 29 May 1828; Maj., 31st Foot 11 Aug 1829; Col. in Army 10 Jan 1837; CB 19 Jul 1838; Lieut. -Col., 6th Foot 17 Sep 1839; 94th Foot 30 Mar 1841; commanding British troops, Bangalore 1841-6; Major-Gen., 9 Mar 1846; commanding Central Division, Madras Presidency 1849-51, Mysore Division 1851-4; Col., 26th Foot 24 Mar 1852; Col., 79th Foot, from 24 Mar 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 20 Nov 1854; acting Commander in Chief, Madras 1855; retd. 1856; KCB 28 Jun 1861; Gen., 10 Nov 1861; m. at Madras 1831 Georgina Hacking, dau. of Major-Gen. Sir John Dalrymple, Bart.; d. at Florence, Italy 13 Mar 1862, aged 72]