ROBERTS, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1738 (Hawkins').
ROBERTS, HUGH; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1753 (Morel's).
Roberts, Hugh Aleth, son of Francis Roberts, of Farnham, Surrey, by Ellen, daughter of Edward Whistler, of Clapham Park, Surrey; b. June 1, 1882; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1901, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1905; in the timber trade, Burma, 1906-24; m. July 7, 1921, Vyda Beatrix, daughter of Arthur Cay, of Clifton, Bristol; d. April 27, 1954·
ROBERTS, HENRY JOHN, son of William Roberts, Rose Hill, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. 20 Dec 1854; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1873, adm. pens. 8 Oct 1873, matr. Mich. 1873; BA 1877.
Roberts, Gilbert Howland, brother of Sir Thomas Langdon Howland Roberts (q.v.); b. Oct. 11, 1900; adm. April 26, 1912 (G); left July 1913; Midshipman R.N. Jan. 1, 1917; Lieut. Oct. 15, 1920; Lieut.-Cdr. Oct. 12, 1928; Cdr. June 30, 1935; served on staff of H.M. Tactical School 1935-6; commanded H.M.S. Fearless 1937-8; retired for ill-health 1938; rejoined R.N. 1940; Capt.; served in Great War II in H.M.S. Excellent and on staff of C.-in-C. Western Approaches as Director of Tactical School; C.B.E. 1944; Orders of Polonia Restituta and St. Olaf; m. 1st Oct. 15, 1930, Marjorie, younger daughter of John Boultbee Brooks, of Blackwell Court, Bromsgrove, Wores; 2nd Jean Winifred Warren; d. 22 Jan. 1986.
ROBERTS, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Nov 1610 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 326).
ROBERTS, CLARENCE ARMSTRONG, son of Charles Roberts EICS [perhaps Madras : check Presidency], Baker Street, London, and his second wife Emma Champion, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Richard Armstrong KCB; b. 18 May 1825; adm. 28 Jan 1839 (Benthall's); QS 1839; left May 1841; at Haileybury Coll. 1842-4; Writer, EICS Madras 1844; Assistant to Collector, Southern Divn. of Arcot 1848; Head Assistant 1850; Secretary and Assistant to Accountant-Gen. 1852; Secretary to Mint Committee 1859; Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Coimbatore 1861; Civil and Sessions Judge, Chittoor 1864; retd. 1872; m. 15 Aug 1861 Mary Agnes Eldridge, eldest dau. of Thomas Morgan Gepp, Chelmsford, Essex, solicitor; d. 13 Aug 1904.
Roberts, Arthur Evan Tudor, son of Harry T. Roberts, of Tooting; b. Aug. 28, 1896; adm. May 4, 1911 (H); left July 1911; served in Great War I; Capt. Labour Corps June 3, 1918; d. 28 Oct. 1980.
Roberts, Alfred Harold, son of Gustav Arthur Albert Roberts of Cressington Park, Liverpool; b. 23 Apr. 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (G); left Dec. 1928; Univ. of Liverpool, Dip. Arch. 1934; a quantity surveyor; m. 23 Sept. 1941 Marjorie Kathleen, d. of Charles Grogan of Waterloo, Liverpool; d. 8 Feb. 1991.
Robbins, Richard Michael, son of Alfred Gordon Robbins, publisher, and Josephine, d. of Richard Lovat Capell, ironmonger, of Northampton; b. 7 Sept. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); Capt. of the school 1933-4; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, Dixon Schol. 1937; joined LPTB 1939; RE (Transportation) 1939-46 (Maj.), served Persia and Iraq 1941-3, GHQ MEF 1943-4, AML Greece 1944-5; rejoined LPTB 1946, sec. to Chairman 1947-50, sec. LT Executive 1950-5, sec. and chief PRO 1955-60, chief commercial and PR officer 1960-5, member LT Executive 1965-80 (man. dir. Railways 1971-8); BA (Oxon.) 1952, MA 1964; FCIT 1955; FSA 1957, treas. 1971-87, Pres. 1987-91; CBE 1976; Pres. Inst. of Transport 1975-6; a governor Museum of London 1969-, chairman of governors 1979-; hon. DLitt City Univ. 1987; author of The Railway Age 1962, George and Robert Stephenson 1966, A Public Transport Century 1985; m. 21 Oct. 1939 Rose Margaret Elspeth, d. of Sir Robert Reid Bannatyne CB, Asst Under Sec. of State Home Office; d. 21 Dec. 2002.