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ROE, WILLIAM TURNER, son of Rev. Thomas Turner Roe, Rector of Swerford, Oxfordshire, and Susannah Caroline, dau. of Robert Howard (IGI); b. 2 Aug 1835; adm. 3 Feb 1848; QS (Capt. ) 1850; Capt. of the School 1853; left 1854; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1854; Clerk, Audit Office; d. 1859.

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, THOMAS; b.; adm. 4 May 1657.

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.

RODON, ---; b.; in school lists 1801, 1803.