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Rutherford, Sir Ernest Victor Buckley, elder son of James Buckley Rutherford, of Bays­water, by Jemima, daughter of Alexander Sword, of Glasgow; b. Jan. 16, 1871; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (H); left July 1888; agent for shippers of wine and brandy; served on the Advisory Committees, Ministry of Food, Board of Trade (Transport), and the Controller of Imports, in Great War I; O.B.E. March 30, 1920; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; knighted July 13, 1926; m. April 29, 1897, Alice Maud Julia, daughter of William Oliver, of Hove, Sussex; d. Jan. 22, 1929.

RUSSELL, HUBERT JAMES, son of Charles Barrett Russell, Cheriton, Hampshire, barrister, Recorder of South Molton, and Caroline, youngest dau. of Rev. Henry Hubbard, Rector of Cheriton, Hampshire; b. 4 Oct 1869; adm. 31 May 1883 (H); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1887; BA 1890; d. 5 Sep 1898.

Rough, Andrew Clarke, son of Solomon McColl Rough of South Kensington; b. 30 May 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left July 1930; 2nd Lieut. Lincoln Regt June 1940; d. Mar 1995.

Rossiter, Derrick Lyle, son of Arthur Wellesley Rossiter, of South Norwood, by Violet Adelaide Mabel, daughter of Alfred Hill, of Coulsdon, Surrey; b. Oct. 3, 1901?; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left Easter 1920; a tea buyer in Ceylon 1926; m. Nov. 15, 1930, Helen, daughter of George E. Woods, of Astoria, Long Island, New York; d. July 1972.

Rosser-James, William, son of Frederick William James MRCS, of Ealing, and Lucy James; b. 20 June 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (H); left July 1924; added the name of Rosser to his surname 1931; a chartered accountant, ACA 1930, FCA 1945; practised in London; m. 15 July 1939 Mary Joyce of Epsom, Surrey; d. 4 Nov. 1972.

Ross, Gerald Whitehill, son of Col. George Whitehill Ross CIE DSO, of Clifton, Bristol, and Clare Josephine, d. of Lieut.-Col. George Welman IA, of Folkestone; b. 19 Sept. 1904; adm. Sept. 1918 (H); left Aug. 1922; Lieut. RM Sept. 1925, Capt. Sept. 1934, Lieut.-Col. June 1947, retd Feb. 1952; organising sec. RNLI (Ireland) 1952-67; m. 21 Oct. 1938 Margaret Dorothy, d. of Guy Ross-Bell of Galle, Ceylon; d. 26 Aug. 1988.

Ross, George Walter, younger son of George Edward Aubert Ross, K.C., of Earls Court, by Mary Lomax, second daughter of William Sampson Hodgkinson, of Wookey Hole, Somerset; b. March 26, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left April 1901; a paper-maker in the service of the Laurentide Paper Co. of Canada from 1906; m. Dec. 17, 1912, Louise Anne, third daughter of Alexander McCulloch, of Alexandria, Ontario, Canada; d. at Montreal Jan. 7, 1915.

Rose, Thomas Whateley, seventh son of Frederick Rose, of Hampstead, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John Black, of Earls Court; b. May 10, 1877; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (H); left April 1894; London Univ.; Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt. March 30, 1908; retired Feb. 10, 1910; adm. a solicitor March 1903, and practised as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia; returned home in Dec. 1914 and rejoined his Regt. as 2nd Lieut. Feb. 18, 1915; temp. Lieut. June 11, 1915; temp. Capt. March 2, 1916; served in France, Belgium, and Italy; wounded Oct. 11, 1916, and twice afterwards; mentioned in despatches L.G. Feb. 20, 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; Italian Silver Medal for Valour; resumed his profession in Australia; m. Feb. 2, 1910, Isabel Emma, daughter of Frederick Savage, of Marden, Kent; d. Dec. 20, 1927.

Roose, Henry Edward Robson, eldest son of Edward Charles Robson Roose, M.D., of Mayfair, by Edith, daughter of Henry Huggins; b. Oct. 6, 1871; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left July 1887; engaged in the electrical industry; m. Nov. 27, 1895, Mary Amy Florence, third daughter of M. T. Hood, of Ramsgate, Kent; d. Aug. 11, 1937.