ROBSON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS 30 Jul 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
ROCHE, HALLETT LYTTLETON, brother of Henry Philip Roche (qv); b. 17 Jun 1855; adm. 3 Oct 1867 (G); QS 1870; left May 1874; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1874; LRCP Edinburgh 1882; LFPS Glasgow 1882; d. 17 Nov 1894.
ROCKE, JOHN, son of Rev. John Rocke, Vicar of Butleigh, Somerset, and Rector of Tenby, Pembrokeshire; b.; adm. Christmas quarter 1656; KS 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student 4 Jul 1661 – void 1668; BA 23 Feb 1665/6; MA 1669; ordained; Rector of Tenby, Pembrokeshire 1670; Rector of West Bagborough, Somerset, from 17 Jan 1671; m.; will proved PCC 18 Nov 1682.
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.
ROE, WILLIAM THOMAS, eldest son of William Roe (qv); b. 30 Oct 1776; adm. 13 Jun 1786; KS (aged 13) 1790; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void 28 Jun 1805; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Oct 1794, called to bar 23 May 1800; Commissioner of Bankrupts 10 Nov 1804 (occurs in annual lists 1805-20); KC Duchy of Lancaster 1804; Surrey Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1809; Serjeant-at-Law, Duchy of Lancaster May 1813 – Feb 1819; a Commissioner of Customs 22 Feb 1819; m. Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of Daniel Byam Mathew, Felix Hall, Essex; d. 25 Apr 1834.
ROE, WILLIAM TURNER, son of Rev. Thomas Turner Roe, Rector of Swerford, Oxfordshire, and Susannah Caroline, dau. of Robert Howard (IGI); b. 2 Aug 1835; adm. 3 Feb 1848; QS (Capt. ) 1850; Capt. of the School 1853; left 1854; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1854; Clerk, Audit Office; d. 1859.
ROGERS, ---; b.; adm.; QS 9 Oct 1553 (Chapter Muniments 43047); perhaps “Rogers”, “a childe of his wife by her other husbande”, who was recommended by Archbishop Cranmer, on the petition of the boy’s father, for a scholarship in “the Kinge Majesties Grammer Scole at Westmynster”. [Perhaps = COTTON, alias ROGERS, THOMAS (qv)].
ROGERS, ARTHUR GEORGE LIDDON, brother of Henry Reynolds Knatchbull Rogers (qv); b. 18 Dec 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (J); QS 1879; left May 1883; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1884; BA 1887; MA 1892; adm. Middle Temple 28 Jan 1888; Assistant Inspector, Board of Agriculture 1894, Head of Intelligence branch 1902, Horticultural branch 1907, Farm Workers branch 1918, retd. 1925; author, The Business Side of Agriculture, 1904, and ed., Sir F. M. Eden, State of the Poor, 1928; m. 6 Jan 1909 Emily Norah, elder dau. of Alexander Miller-Hallett, Orpington, Kent; d. Mar 1944.
ROGERS, CLEMENT FRANCIS, brother of Henry Reynolds Knatchbull Rogers (qv); b. 25 Oct 1866; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (J), exhibitioner; QS 1881; left Whitsun 1884; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1885, mathematical exhibitioner; BA 1889; MA 1892; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Ripon); Curate, St. Paul’s, Pudsey, Yorks. 1890; held several other curacies; Lecturer on Pastoral Theology, King’s Coll. London 1907-19, Professor of Pastoral Theology 1919-32, Professor Emeritus from 1932; Fellow, King’s Coll. London, from 1920; lectured on Sunday afternoons in Hyde Park on Christian evidences; author, Principles of Parish Work, 1905, and other works; d. unm. 23 Jun 1949.