ROE, WILLIAM THOMAS, eldest son of William Roe (qv); b. 30 Oct 1776; adm. 13 Jun 1786; KS (aged 13) 1790; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void 28 Jun 1805; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Oct 1794, called to bar 23 May 1800; Commissioner of Bankrupts 10 Nov 1804 (occurs in annual lists 1805-20); KC Duchy of Lancaster 1804; Surrey Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1809; Serjeant-at-Law, Duchy of Lancaster May 1813 – Feb 1819; a Commissioner of Customs 22 Feb 1819; m. Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of Daniel Byam Mathew, Felix Hall, Essex; d. 25 Apr 1834.

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, 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.

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.

RODOCANACHI, MICHEL MICHEL, brother of Emmanuel Michel Rodocanachi (qv); b. 8 Nov 1856; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (James'); left May 1875; general merchant (1881 Census); m. 26 Jan 1884 Despina, eldest dau. of George Emmanuel Scaramanga, Worth, Sussex, general merchant; d. 16 Dec 1911.

RODNEY-HARLEY, THOMAS JAMES, 4TH BARON RODNEY, second son of George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney, and Anne, second dau. of Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); b. 12 Apr 1784; adm. 24 Oct 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Midsummer 1801; assumed additional surname and arms of Harley by royal licence 4 Nov 1805; succ. brother as 4th Baron Rodney 21 Jun 1842; d. unm. 30 Oct 1843. [Whitmore thus, but check order of surnames].

RODNEY, SPENCER, 5TH BARON RODNEY, brother of Thomas James Rodney-Harley, 4th Baron Rodney (qv); b. 30 Apr 1785; at school about Lady Day 1799; entered up Clapham’s 14 Jun 1799; in school lists 1801, May 1803; left 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Dec 1803; BA 1807; MA 1811; Fellow of All Souls Coll. Oxford 1807-44; ordained; Rector of Wonastow, Monmouthshire 18 Mar 1812; Rector of Luddenham, Kent 21 Mar 1812-3; Rector of Kenchester, Herefs., 7 Apr 1813-33; Rector of Elmley, Kent 1805 [check]-18, and from 1843; Vicar of New Romney, Kent 22 Mar 1821-33; Rector of Chelsfield, Kent 17 May 1833; succ. brother as 5th Baron Rodney 30 Oct 1843; d. unm. 15 May 1846.

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.

Rodger, George Launcelot Graham, son of William Frederick Graham Rodger, of Acton, Middlesex; b. Oct. 29, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1915, a broker at Lloyds; m. Inez Howard, daughter of Herbert Augustus Budden, of Uxbridge Road, London.