ROSSE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).
ROSSE, GABRIEL; [presumably bapt. Waddesdon, Bucks. 1 Sep 1571 (IGI)]; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1592, adm. scholar 1593; BA 1596/7; MA 1600 (incorp. Oxford 1600); ordained deacon 7 Dec 1600, priest 14 Dec 1600 (both Colchester [sic, in error for what ?]; Rector of Packington, Leics., 1603; Rector of Norton juxta Twycross, Leics., 1609; m. 20 Apr 1607, he aged 34, Elizabeth Sparrowe, Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge; d. 19 Nov 1658.
ROSSE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1567; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1569, adm. scholar 1570, matr. Easter 1570; BA 1573/4; MA 1577; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1576.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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]
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.