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ROUBEL, WILLIAM, son of Paul Roubel, London (IGI); b.; at school Christmas 1791; adm. attorney, King’s Bench Nov 1801; emigrated to Prince Edward Island Jun 1808; member House of Assembly, Prince Edward Island 1810-2; returned to England winter 1812; again practising as an attorney in London by 1817; still in practice mid 1830s; d. 22 Sep 1846 (IGI). [See Dictionary of Canadian Biography]

ROTTON, JOHN STUART, son of Capt. John Rotton, EICS Bengal, and Sarah, dau. of John Harriott, Magistrate, Thames Police Court; stepson of Walter Hawkes (qv); b. 17 Jul 1795; adm. Christmas 1807; left 1810; EI Coll. Addiscombe 1811-4; Cadet, Bengal Artillery 1813; 2nd Lieut., 1 Aug 1814; Lieut., 1 Sep 1818; m. 1st, at Kanpur, India 23 Mar 1821 Harriet, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Gabriel Martindell KCB, EICS Bengal; m. 2nd, at Dinapur, India 16 Feb 1828 Ann Matilda Edwards; d. in New South Wales, Australia 7 Jul 1829.

ROTHMAN, RICHARD WELLESLEY, son of Charles Rothman, Secretary to Council, Fort William College, Calcutta, India, and his second wife Sarah Anne Woodhouse; b. 21 Jul 1800; adm. 10 Jun 1811; KS (Capt. ) 1813; left 1815; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Nov 1817, scholar 1820; BA 1823; MA 1826; LM 1835; MD 1840; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1825, Junior Bursar 1834-6; Registrar, University of London, from 1838; d. 28 Mar 1856.

ROTHERY, WILLIAM; son of Ven. Joseph Rothery, Archdeacon of Derry; bapt. 5 Jul 1722; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1735; left 1735; went to Charterhouse Sch., adm. exhibitioner 19 Sep 1735; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 24 May 1738, exhibitioner 27 Jun 1738, matr. 1738; BA 1741; migr. to Emmanuel Coll.; MA 1745; Fellow, Emmanuel Coll. 1745; ordained deacon (Norwich) 19 Feb 1743/4, priest (Gloucester) 22 Feb 1746/7; Curate, Barsham with Woodton, Norfolk 1744; Rector of Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset, from 1746; m. 1st, 30 Oct 1749 Jane, dau. of Edmund Parham, Bristol; m. 2nd, ---; buried Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset 15 May 1797.

ROTHERY, WILLIAM, son of Robert Rothery, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, and Letitia --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 18 Feb 1704 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1719/20; BB in 1721; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1721, matr. 1721; BA 1724/5; MA 1737; ordained deacon (Norwich) 17 Mar 1727/8; Curate, Mildenhall, Suffolk; Lecturer, Chelsea Old Church, from 1735; kept a private school at Turret House, Paradise Row, Chelsea; d. 1759 (will proved PCC 20 Jun 1759).

ROTHERHAM, JOHN, son of Thomas Rotherham, Luton, Beds.; b.; adm.; KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 17, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1674 – void 1677; BA 1668; MA 1671; licensed for deacon’s orders extra tempore 1672; Rector of Springfield Richards, Essex 1679-84.

ROTH, GEORGE; b.; adm. 8 Sep 1777.

ROSTON, JAMES, son of Thomas Roston, Draycot, Wilts.; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1751 (Jones'); Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1754. [Perhaps James Roston, son of Thomas Roston, bapt. Duffield, Derbs., 9 Feb 1735 (IGI)].

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.