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Rudd, George Boyd Franklin, son of George Edward Rudd, of Leicester, by Mary Ellen, daughter of George Benjamin Franklin, of Knighton, Leics; b. July 3, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1914, and cricket for Leicester 1919-26; served in France 1915-8; temp. Capt. 6th Batt. Leics Regt. Nov. 8, 1917; wounded and taken prisoner April 1918; asst. master and subsequently Head Master of Stoneygate School, Leicester; m. Sept. 14, 1922, Georgina Isabel, only daughter of Frederick Thomas Kearns, of Addington, Surrey; d. 1957·

ROYSTON, ROGER; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1677; BA 1677/8; MA 1698; ordained priest 2 May 1681; had warrant to succeed Arthur Squibb (qv) as Vicar of Netherbury, Dorset 29 Mar 1692; Rector of Cheadle, Cheshire, from 13 Sep 1694; m.; buried Cheadle 9 Dec 1722, aged 67.

ROWLAND, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5.

ROWLAND, DAVY; b.; adm.; QS 6 Apr 1554 (Acts of Chapter I, 281b).

ROWE, NICHOLAS, son of John Rowe, Lanerton, Devon, Serjeant at Law, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jasper Edwards (qv); bapt. 30 Jun 1674; adm.; KS 1688; left 1691; adm. Middle Temple 4 Aug 1691, called to bar 22 May 1696; abandoned law for writing for the stage; his play Ambitious Stepmother was performed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1700, Tamerlane in 1702 and The Fair Penitent in 1703; edited Shakespeare’s works, 1709; Under-Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland Feb 1709 – Jul 1711; Poet Laureate from 1 Aug 1715; Secretary of Presentations, Chancery, from 5 May 1718; his verse translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia was published just after his death; a collected edition of his plays and occasional poems appeared in 1727; m. 1st, Antonia, dau. of Anthony Parsons, Auditor of the Revenue; m. 2nd, 1717 Anne, dau. of Joseph Devenish, Buckham, Dorset; d. 6 Dec 1718. Buried Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

ROWE, JACOB, son of Isaac Rowe, Fowey, Cornwall; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1741/2; KS 1746; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Apr 1748, scholar 14 Apr 1749; BA 1752; MA 1755; ordained deacon (Ely) 9 Jun 1753, priest (London) 23 Dec 1754; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1756; Curate, Norton and Luddenham, Kent 1762-4, when dismissed as being “drunken and mad”. [Rev. Jacob Rowe, Topsham, Devon, will PCC 28 Jun 1765, 235]

ROW, CHEYNEY; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1641; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114); m. 28 Jul 1664 Elizabeth Stone (IGI); d. 1699 (will proved PCC 12 Dec 1699, he of Higham Hill, Essex, name spelled Cheyney Rowe).

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.

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.

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.