Roberts, Peter John Jagoe, son of John Henry Roberts, actor, of Hampstead, and Beatrice, d. of H. F. Smith of Hove; b. 24 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left Dec. 1936; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), p.o.w.; d. 1977.
ROBERTS, JOSHUA; b.; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1718; in under school list 1720.
ROBERTS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1751.
ROBERTS, JOHN, son of Edward Roberts, Chester, Deputy Registrar, Diocese of Chester, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1723; in school list 1727/8; took part of Mark Antony in play of Julius Caesar, acted by the boys “at the theatre over against the Opera House” in Jan 1727/8 (Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 1st Series, i, 158); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Canoneer Student 19 Dec 1728 – void 26 Jun 1742; BA 1732; MA 18 Mar 1734/5; tutor to son of Henry Pelham (qv); employed by Pelham as his secretary during Pelham’s tenure of posts of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer Aug 1743 – Mar 1754; managed for Pelham the payment of secret service money; Deputy Paymaster, Gibraltar 1743-61; Inspector of Outports, Customs 1746-62; MP Harwich from 1761; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 23 Oct 1761 – Dec 1762, and from 20 Jul 1765; m.; d. 13 Jul 1772. Monument in South Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
ROBERTS, JOHN, son of Rev. John Roberts, Rector of Witley, Surrey, and Eleonora Green (IGI); bapt. Witley, Surrey 8 Jan 1683 (so IGI, but evidently 1683/4); adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1704, Tutor 1711-3; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; ordained; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1713; d. 16 Sep 1713. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Roberts, John Wood, son of Thomas William Wood Roberts, of Croydon, by Mabel Maud, daughter of Henry John Dore, of Mayfair; b. Jan. 29, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left Dec. 1914; served in Great War I; Lieut. Royal Marines Nov. 21, 1915; Capt. Jan. 6, 1921 retired but was re-employed in Great War II; acting Major July 16, 1940 to Feb. 20, 1942. m. May 2, 1923, Joan Elspeth, daughter of Harold Macfarlane (q.v.).
Roberts, John Malcolm, son of Albert Roberts, of Blackheath, Kent, by Maud Mary, daughter of John Harris, of Lewisham; b. March 4, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left April 1919; a chartered surveyor; a past Master of the Worshipful Co. of Bakers; m. Marian Laura, daughter of William Watson Stocker, of Worthing, Sussex; d. 13 July 1986.
Roberts, John Anthony Storm, son of Alexander Storm Roberts, chartered accountant, and Ernestine Bickford Pearce, documentary film producer, d. of Ernest Vivian Pearce, mining engineer, of Penryn, Cornwall; b. 24 Feb. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1955, BA 1959, MA; editorial work on East African Standard 1963-6; BBC Swahili section 1967-9; editor Africa Report (USA) 1970-3; authority on traditional African and Caribbean music; founded Original Music (mail order co. ) 1982; author, Black Music of Two Worlds 1972, and The Latin Tinge 1979; m. 1st, 10 Oct. 1959 Jane Lloyd; m. 2nd, Anne Needham; d. 29 Nov. 2009.
ROBERTS, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1738 (Hawkins').