RICHARDSON, HERBERT, son of Very Rev. John Richardson DD, Dean of Hereford, and his first wife; b. c. 1615 (aged 19 in 1634); adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I written by the KSS on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 10 Jun 1635, aged 18, matr. Easter 1635; MA [check] 1635/6; lic. to m. 6 Nov 1634 Catherine, dau. of John Mitchell, St. Margaret, Westminster.
Scholars
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ROBBINS, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).
Robbins, Richard Michael, son of Alfred Gordon Robbins, publisher, and Josephine, d. of Richard Lovat Capell, ironmonger, of Northampton; b. 7 Sept. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); Capt. of the school 1933-4; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, Dixon Schol. 1937; joined LPTB 1939; RE (Transportation) 1939-46 (Maj.), served Persia and Iraq 1941-3, GHQ MEF 1943-4, AML Greece 1944-5; rejoined LPTB 1946, sec. to Chairman 1947-50, sec. LT Executive 1950-5, sec. and chief PRO 1955-60, chief commercial and PR officer 1960-5, member LT Executive 1965-80 (man. dir. Railways 1971-8); BA (Oxon.) 1952, MA 1964; FCIT 1955; FSA 1957, treas. 1971-87, Pres. 1987-91; CBE 1976; Pres. Inst. of Transport 1975-6; a governor Museum of London 1969-, chairman of governors 1979-; hon. DLitt City Univ. 1987; author of The Railway Age 1962, George and Robert Stephenson 1966, A Public Transport Century 1985; m. 21 Oct. 1939 Rose Margaret Elspeth, d. of Sir Robert Reid Bannatyne CB, Asst Under Sec. of State Home Office; d. 21 Dec. 2002.
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.
ROBINSON, EDMUND ARTHUR, brother of Charles Edmund Newton-Robinson (qv); b. 19 Oct 1856; adm. 23 Sep 1869; QS 1872; left Easter 1872; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1875; “an architect” (1901 Census, then living at Crofton, Hampshire) (but 1881 Census describes him as “agent”); d. 14 Apr 1916.
ROBINSON, SIR HARRY PERRY, third son of Rev. Julian Robinson, Chaplain EICS, editor Pioneer newspaper [check], and Harriet Woodcock, dau. of Rev. John Sharpe DD, Vicar of Doncaster, Yorks.; b. 30 Nov 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873 (James'), exhibitioner; QS (Capt. ) 1874; Capt. of the School 1877; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1878, matr. 11 Oct 1878; lived in USA 1883-1900; owner and editor, The Railway Age 1887-1900; Chief of Department, McKinley’s National Campaign Committee 1896; Managing Director, Isbister & Co., 1901-4; Special Correspondent of The Times newspaper in many parts of the world; War Correspondent, The Times 1914-8; Chevalier, Légion d’Honneur 1919; KBE 1 Jan 1920; author, Of Distinguished Animals, 1911, and other works; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1891 Mary, dau. of Thomas Lowry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; m. 2nd, 1 Aug 1905 Florence Anne, dau. of Joseph Tester, Surbiton, Surrey; d. 20 Dec 1930.
Robinson, Montague Arnet, son of Francis Edward Robinson, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Amy, daughter of James Hargreaves, of Heywood, Lancs; b. April 24, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; left July 1915; served in Great War I; Lieut. 6th Batt. K. R. R. Corps July 1, 1917; vice-chairman and managing director of Coast Lines Ltd. and Associated Cos.; chair man of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, The Reliance Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., and the Hoylake Life-Boat Station; chairman of the Coasting and Short Sea Shipping Control Committee, Liverpool area, 1939-47; vice-chairman, General Council of British Shipping, 1946; chairman, Coasting Liner Section, chamber of shipping 1948-50; president of the Dock and Harbour Authorities' Assoc.; vice-president and member of the Committee of Management, Royal Nat. Life-Boat Inst.; vice-president. the Indefatigable & Nat. Sea Training School for Boys and of the Brit. Empire Cancer Campaign (Liverpool); director of Martins Bank Ltd. and Grayson, Rollo & Clover Docks Ltd; m. April 12, 1928, Beatrice Esperance, daughter of Frederick William Baber, of Clifton, Bristol; d. 1975.
ROBINSON, RICHARD, 1ST BARON ROKEBY (I), sixth son of William Robinson, Rokeby, Yorks., and Merton Abbey, Surrey, and Anne, dau. of Robert Walters, Cundall, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1720; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1726 – void 18 Apr 1740 (expiry year of grace as R. Etton from 16 Apr 1739); BA 1730; MA 1733; BD and DD 1748 (incorp. BD Dublin 1751); ordained deacon (Winchester) 2 Mar 1734, priest (Oxford) 23 Dec 1735; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1737; Chaplain to Most Rev. Lancelot Blackburne (qv), Archbishop of York, 1738; Prebendary of York 4 May 1738 – Nov 1751; Rector of Etton, Yorks., 20 Apr 1739-52; Rector of Hutton Bushel, Yorks. 22 Apr 1742; Chaplain to Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv), Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1751; consecrated Bishop of Killala 19 Jan 1751/2; translated to Ferns and Leighlin 19 Apr 1759 and to Kildare 13 Apr 1761; installed Dean of Christ Church, Dublin 16 Apr 1761; Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland from 8 Feb 1765; Privy Councillor (I) 22 Feb 1765; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ., 1765-91; created Baron Rokeby (I) 26 Feb 1777; first Prelate, Order of St. Patrick, from the Order’s foundation in 1783; succ. brother as 3rd baronet 1785; financed the building of Canterbury Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford 1773-83; FSA 6 Jun 1776; spent large sums of money on improvement of his diocese, and left a bequest for the establishment of an university in Ulster; d. unm. 10 Oct 1794, aged 86. DNB.
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.
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.