RICHARDS, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS 1666; drowned in river Thames with Henry Underhill (qv) Jun 1667, and buried with him in same grave in West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 26 Jun 1667.
RICHARDS, WILLIAM, son of Rev. John Richards, Rector of Kentisbury, Devon, and his second wife Barbara, only child of Philip Pyne, East Down, Devon; b.; adm.; KS 1669; m.; buried Kentisbury, Devon 19 Nov 1690. [Supplement suggests that he may alternatively have been William Richards, younger son of William Richards (at school under Wilson, qv), who under his father’s will inherited landed property at Kentisbury and Eastdowne, Devon].
RICKETTS, CHARLES MILNER, second son of George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia, dau. of William Watts, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; b. 21 Apr 1776; adm. 3 Apr 1788; KS 1790; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791; arrived in India 25 Jul 1792; Assistant to Resident, Rangpur 2 Nov 1792; Sub-Export Warehouse Keeper 1799; Secretary, Board of Trade, Salt and Opium Dept., 1804; Director, Bank of Bengal 18 Jan 1811; Private Secretary to Governor-Gen. 1813, 1817; Chief Secretary to Government 13 Oct 1815; Member, Supreme Council, and President, Board of Trade, 12 Dec 1817 – 23 Jan 1819, res.; MP Dartmouth 4 Jan 1820 – Mar 1822; FRS 23 Mar 1820; Consul-General, Lima 1827-9; m. 8 Mar 1800 Ellen Theresa, widow of Sackville Marcus Taylor, EICS Bengal, and dau. of Miles Prendergast, co. Galway; d. 7 Sep 1867.
ROBINSON, GEORGE CROKE, second son of John Ellil Robinson (qv); b. 24 Jun 1838; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); QS 1853; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student 1857-70; BA 1861; MA 1864; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Ripon); Curate, St. Peter, Leeds, Yorks., 1863-6, West Bromwich, Staffs., 1866-7; Vicar of Benson, Oxfordshire 1867-79; subsequently held various curacies; Vicar of Radway, Warwickshire 1911-3; m. 6 Oct 1870 Maria Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Edwin E. Durrant, King’s Lynn, Norfolk [land agent ?].
ROBINSON, HUGH, son of John Robinson, Appleby, Westmorland, Alderman of Appleby, and Anne Atkinson (IGI); b. 28 Aug 1701 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Nov 1717; KS 1718; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1722, adm. pens. 25 May 1722, scholar 3 May 1723, matr. 1723; BA 1725/6; MA 1729; DD 1762; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1728, Major Fellow 24 Jun 1729; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1729, priest 19 Sep 1731 (Lincoln); Rector of Lowther, Westmorland, from 1738; Rector of Great Ashby, Leics., 1745-7; Rector of Bowness, Cumberland, from 1753; d. 29 Dec 1762.
Robinson, Roger Tattersall, son of Sir Montague Arnet Robinson (qv); b. 9 Apr. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (KS); left July 1950; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1950, played golf against Cambridge 1952-3, BA 1953, MA 1958; dir. Coast Lines Ltd. 1955-72; man. American Service Kuwait and United Arab Shipping Cos 1972-80; m. 5 May 1962 Caroline Wendy, d. of Thomas Ashworth Hoyle, landowner, of Cropton, Pickering, Yorks; d. 19 Sept. 2016.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM TOOKE, eldest son of William R. Robinson, Portman Square, London, and Jane Maltby (IGI); b. 24 Apr 1820; adm. 3 Jun 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1834; left 3 Aug 1837; practised as an attorney, firm Maltby and Robinson, Bank Buildings, London; m. 25 Aug 1846 Alethea Sarah Henrietta, second dau. of Walpole Eyre, Bryanston Square, London; d. 26 Mar 1884.
ROBSON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS 30 Jul 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
RODERICK, RICHARD, son of Rev. Richard Roderick, Head Master Wem School, Shropshire, and Anne ---; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1665, matr. 14 Jul 1665, aged 17, Westminster Student 15 Feb 1666 – void 1683, Tutor 1672-9, Junior Censor 1675-7; BA 1669; MA 1672; BD 12 Mar 1682/3; DD 1690; ordained (by 1676); Vicar of Blandford Forum, Dorset 1682-1702; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Bristol 1693; Rector of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, from 29 Nov 1701; d. 17 Oct 1730.
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.