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ROUS, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF STRADBROKE, only son of Sir John Rous, Bart., MP, and Judith, dau. of John Bedingfield, Beeston, Norfolk; b. 30 May 1750; in school lists 1764; lerft 1767; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1768; MA 1771; succ. father as 6th baronet 31 Oct 1771; Grand Tour (Italy) 1772-3; MP Suffolk 1780-96; created Baron Rous 14 Jun 1796 and Earl of Stradbroke 18 Jul 1821; DL Suffolk 1787; m. 1st, Jan 1788 Frances Juliana, dau. of Edward Warter Wilson, Bilboa, co. Limerick; m. 2nd, 23 Feb 1792 Charlotte Maria, dau. of Abraham Whittaker, Stratford, Essex; d. 17 Aug 1827.

ROUS, JOHN EDWARD CORNWALLIS, 2ND EARL OF STRADBROKE, eldest son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stadbroke (qv), and his second wife; b. 13 Feb 1794; adm.; left 1808; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 28 Jun 1810; Lieut. and Capt., 4 May 1814; Capt., 93rd Foot 6 Nov 1817; half-pay, Nova Scotia Fencibles 15 Jan 1818; retd. 1821; served in Peninsular War; styled Viscount Dunwich 1821-7; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Stradbroke 17 Aug 1827; took Conservative whip, House of Lords; Lord Lieut., Suffolk, from 19 Jan 1844; Vice-Adm., Coast of Suffolk, from 1846; m. 26 May 1857 Augusta, widow of Col. Henry Frederick Bonham, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars), and second dau. of Rev. Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bart.; d. 27 Jan 1886.

ROUS, HON. HUGH ANTHONY, son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv), and his second wife; b. 15 Jul 1800; adm. Mich. 1812; KS 1814; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1818, adm. pens. 14 May 1818, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1818; BA 1821; MA 1824; ordained; Vicar of Reydon, Suffolk, 10 Oct 1826; Perpetual Curate of Southwold, Suffolk, from 1826; d. at Geneva 29 Sep 1828.

ROUS, HON. HENRY JOHN, second son of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (qv), and his second wife; b. 23 Jan 1795; adm.; left 1807; 1st cl. Volunteer, Royal Navy 28 Jan 1808; Lieut., 18 May 1814; Cdr., 26 Nov 1817; Post Capt., 25 Apr 1823; Rear-Adm. 17 Dec 1852; Vice-Adm., 5 Jan 1858; Adm., 25 Jun 1863; served in Flushing expedition and in Mediterranean; during his last cruise, his frigate HMS Pique ran ashore on the coast of Labrador Sep 1835, but Rous brought her into St. Helen’s [check], after a run of 1500 miles without a rudder and leaking badly; MP (Conservative) Westminster 1841 – Feb 1846; a Lord of the Admiralty 17 Feb – 13 Jul 1846; member, Jockey Club, from 1821, Steward 1838 and subsequently; public handicapper from 1855; present at every great race meeting held in the last forty years of his life, and universally respected and regarded as the “dictator of the turf”; m. 2 Jan 1836 Sophia, dau. of James Ramsay Cuthbert MP; d. 19 Jun 1877. DNB.

ROUS, ANTHONY; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1726/7; in school list 1731.

Roura, Joseph Esteban, son of Jose Edwards Roura y Vilaret, of Brockley, Kent, by Maria del Carmen Ferrer y Llosas, of Barcelona; b. Dec. 22, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1913.

Rountree, Gilbert Harry, son of Harry Rountree, artist, of Southall, Middx, and Estella Stewart of Auckland, NZ; b. 27 Aug. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (G); left July 1925; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1931; practised in Swindon; RAFVR 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr A & SD), despatches Jan. 1945; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) July 1946; western circuit; appointed a County Court Judge (Plymouth and Cornwall) Jan. 1962; m. 25 June 1932 Catherine Mary, d. of Capt. Robert Douglas Mackie of Darjeeling; d. 20 Sept. 1962.

ROUGH, SIR WILLIAM, only son of William Rough, St. James’s, Westminster; b. 21 Aug 1773; adm. 23 Jan 1786; KS 1789; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1792, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1792, scholar 12 Apr 1793; BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Gray’s Inn 9 Feb 1796; migr. to Inner Temple, called to bar 18 Jun 1801; Midland Circuit; Serjeant-at-Law 30 May 1808; President of Court of Justice, Demerara and Essequibo 1816-21; suspended by acting Governor for having usurped “the privileges and functions of the Executive”, but the Privy Council decided in Rough’s favour on appeal, Apr 1825; Puisne Judge, Ceylon, 1833-6, Chief Justice from 13 Mar 1836; knighted 7 Aug 1837; said to have contributed to Southey’s Flagellant when at school, and to have been one of the projectors of the University Magazine of 1795 when at Cambridge; author, Lorenzino de Medici, 1797, and other works; m. 26 Jun 1802 Harriet, natural daughter of John Wilkes MP; d. at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon 19 May 1838. DNB.

ROUGH, WILLIAM HENRY, only son of Sir William Rough (qv); b. 1 Oct 1808; adm. 9 Jun 1823 (G); left Sep 1826; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Sep 1827, matr. 1827; BA 1832; MA 1840; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jul 1839, called to bar 4 Nov 1842; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; d. 5 Nov 1869.

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.