ROBERTSON, ABRAHAM, son of Abraham Robertson, Duns, Berwickshire; b. 4 Nov 1751; at school under Markham (DNB); kept a school at Ryle, Northumberland, and afterwards at Duns; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1775; BA 1779; MA 1782; BD and DD 1807; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1782; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 10 Jun 1781 (both Oxford); Chaplain, Christ Church; Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Northants, 13 Feb 1789-97; FRS 21 May 1795; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford Univ. 1797-1810, Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Radcliffe Observer from 1810; made calculations for Lord Grenville’s system of finance 1807; drew up the tables for Spencer Perceval’s system of increasing the sinking fund by granting life annuities on government security 1808; author, Sectionum Conicarum Libri VII, 1792, and other works; m. c. 1790 --- Bacon, Drayton, Berks.; d. 4 Dec 1826. DNB.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY; b.; at school 1793.
ROBERTS, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1745/6.
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.
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.
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; b.; adm.; BB 1681 (Chapter Muniments 33716).
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.
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; b.; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1718; in under school list 1720.