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Ritchie, Charles John, brother of James William Ritchie (q.v.); b. Jan. 12, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (R); left April 1887; Master of the Merchant Taylors Company 1925; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; O.B.E. June 3, 1925; one of H.M.'s Lieutenants for the City of London; m. June 1, 1897, Ethel Beatrice, daughter of David Bruce; d. July 6, 1950.

Rivaz, Francis Clifton, brother of Claude Farnworth Rivaz (q.v.); b. May 6, 1876; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (R); left April 1894; was on the staff of the Commercial Union Insurance Co.; retired 1933; d. 1959.

Rivers, George Claude, only son of George Charles Rivers, of Kensington, by Elizabeth Mary Moore; b. July 30, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left Dec. 1903; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; 2nd Lieut. 9th (Service) Batt. the East Surrey Regt. Dec. 23, 1914; Grenade Officer; went out to the western front Aug. 30, 1915; m. Nov. 1, 1913, Elsie Margaret, only daughter of William Pickthall; killed in action near Trones Wood, on the Somme, France, Aug. 21, 1916.

Robinson, Charles Snelling, son of Snelling Salter Robinson of Libertyville, IL, USA, and Evelyn Hope, d. of Ralph Lindsey Flanders of Belfast, ME, USA; b. 4 July 1922; adm. from Milton Acad., MA, USA, May 1939 (R); left June 1939; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, BA 1943; USNR 1943-6 (Lieut. ), US Pacific Fleet; Lieut. -Cdr USNR July 1953; partner Sudler & Co. Chicago, IL, USA 1954-78, pres. 1978-85; m. 1st, 22 Nov. 1951 Sylvia, d. of John Adams Prosser of Lake Forest, IL, USA; 2nd, 26 Mar. 1983 Carolyn J. Carlisle; d. 14 Sept. 2006.

Robinson, James William; b. March 26, 1899; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (R); left July 1916; 2nd Lieut. Pioneer Corps June 17, 1941; Capt. No. 7 Salvage Unit.

Robson, John Harvey, son of John George Robson, schoolmaster, of Kentish Town, and Lilian Mary, d. of John Harvey of Cambridge; b. Feb. 1906; adm. Jan. 1919 (R); left July 1925; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) June 1928; north-eastern circuit; a Recorder of the Crown Court; rn. 26 Aug. 1930 Helen Mary, d. of John Tysoe Osborne of King's Langley, Herts; d. 30 Nov. 1989.

Rodd, Hugh Lyster, son of Richard G. L. Rodd, of Thorpe Bay, Essex; b. Feb. 12, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); left April 1919.

Rodger, Ian Graham, son of George Launcelot Graham Rodger (qv); b. June 1926; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left Dec. 1943; Univ. of Durham, BA 1952; RAFVR and Intell. Corps 1944-7; a journalist, author, translator, playwright and critic; reporter Newcastle Journal 1952-4, Scottish Daily Mail 1954-5; drama critic The Listener 1958-61; radio critic The Guardian 1962; author, The Sun is Dead 1959, Nine Flowers 1960; plays include Cromwell at Drogheda 1961, The Trial of William Blake 1962; m. 1960 Mary Dorothy Anne, d. of Michael Russell of Ballycorus, Co. Dublin, Ireland; d. 30 Aug. 1984.

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.

Rogers, Maurice Arthur Thorold, brother of Patrick Heron Thorold Rogers (qv); b. 8 June 1911; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left July 1929; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc 1932 (1st class hons Chemistry), PhD 1934; FRIC; res. chemist ICI Ltd 1934-43; RA 1943-5 (Lieut.); head of Academic Relations ICI 1946-58, head of Head Office R & D Dept. 1958-68, retd 1972; Sec. Royal Institution 1968-72; m. 26 June 1948 Margaret Joan, d. of Charles Samuel Craven, engineer, of East Grinstead, Sus­sex; d. Jan. 2004.