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Roberts, Thomas, ca. 1735-?
GB-2014-WSA-14797 · Person · ca. 1735-?

ROBERTS, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1745/6.

GB-2014-WSA-14796 · Person · ca. 1688-1740

ROBERTS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Roberts, Crowell, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; QS 1703; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 17 Jun 1707, aged 19, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1707 – void 1726, Tutor 1714; BA 1711; MA 17 Mar 1713/4; ordained deacon 29 Jun 1712, priest 20 Sep 1713; Rector of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 14 Aug 1725; buried Frodsham, Cheshire 17 Mar 1739/40.

GB-2014-WSA-14795 · Person · 1898-1979

Roberts, Sir Thomas Langdon Howland, Bart., eldest son of Col. Sir Howland Roberts, Bart., by Elizabeth Marie, second daughter of William Tell La Roche, M.D., of Harrington Park, New Jersey, U.S.A.; b. June 18, 1898; adm. April 26, 1912 (G); K.S. 1913; left April 1916; R.M.A. Woolwich 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.H. and R.F.A. Feb. 28, 1917; Lieut. Aug. 28, 1918; served in France and Belgium 1917-8; succ. as 6th baronet Dec. 19, 1917; Major R.A. Aug. 1, 1938; Lieut.-Col. Sept. 23, 1941; mentioned in despatches (Italy) L.G. July 19 and Nov. 19, 1945; retired Jan. 12, 1949; Hon. Col. 499 (M) H.A.A. Regt., R.A., T.A. June 6, 1949; County Commandant, London Army Cadet Force 1956; appointed Deputy Lieutenant, County of London Mar. 27, 1962; assigned D.L. of Wandsworth Nov. 1962; m. 1930, Evelyn Margaret, only daughter of H. Fielding-Hall, of Maymyo, Burma; d. 12 June 1979.

GB-2014-WSA-14794 · Person · 1875-1897

Roberts, Stuart Kenyon, son of T. A. Roberts, of Bloomsbury; b. March 2, 1875; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (H); left March 1893; d. Aug. 28, 1897.

Roberts, Robert, fl. 1681
GB-2014-WSA-14793 · Person · fl. 1681

ROBERTS, ROBERT; b.; adm.; BB 1681 (Chapter Muniments 33716).

Roberts, Richard, ca. 1671-?
GB-2014-WSA-14792 · Person · ca. 1671-?

ROBERTS, RICHARD, son of Edmund Roberts, London; b.; adm.; BB 1681; KS 1684; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1689 – void 1705; BA 1693; MA (Christ Church Act Book) 1696.

GB-2014-WSA-14791 · Person · 1919-1977

Roberts, Peter John Jagoe, son of John Henry Roberts, actor, of Hampstead, and Beatrice, d. of H. F. Smith of Hove; b. 24 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left Dec. 1936; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), p.o.w.; d. 1977.

Roberts, Joshua, ca. 1704-?
GB-2014-WSA-14790 · Person · ca. 1704-?

ROBERTS, JOSHUA; b.; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1718; in under school list 1720.

Roberts, John, ca. 1743-?
GB-2014-WSA-14789 · Person · ca. 1743-?

ROBERTS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1751.

Roberts, John, ca. 1712-1772
GB-2014-WSA-14788 · Person · ca. 1712-1772

ROBERTS, JOHN, son of Edward Roberts, Chester, Deputy Registrar, Diocese of Chester, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1723; in school list 1727/8; took part of Mark Antony in play of Julius Caesar, acted by the boys “at the theatre over against the Opera House” in Jan 1727/8 (Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 1st Series, i, 158); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Canoneer Student 19 Dec 1728 – void 26 Jun 1742; BA 1732; MA 18 Mar 1734/5; tutor to son of Henry Pelham (qv); employed by Pelham as his secretary during Pelham’s tenure of posts of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer Aug 1743 – Mar 1754; managed for Pelham the payment of secret service money; Deputy Paymaster, Gibraltar 1743-61; Inspector of Outports, Customs 1746-62; MP Harwich from 1761; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 23 Oct 1761 – Dec 1762, and from 20 Jul 1765; m.; d. 13 Jul 1772. Monument in South Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.