ROGERS, HENRY REYNOLDS KNATCHBULL, son of James Edwin Thorold Rogers MP, Professor of Political Economy, Oxford Univ., and his second wife Ann Susannah Charlotte, second dau. of Henry Revell Reynolds, Harley Street, London, Solicitor to HM Treasury; b. 18 May 1858; adm. 30 May 1872 (James'), exhibitioner; QS (Capt. ) 1873; Capt. of the School 1876; committed suicide 11 Sep 1876.

ROGERS, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1600, adm. scholar 1601; 2nd in “ordo” 1604/5; BA 1604/5.

ROGERS, SAMUEL, son of William Rogers, Gloucester, and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. St. Michael. Gloucester 31 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3 (Preston's); KS 1748; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1753, matr. 27 Jun 1753, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1753 – void 5 Dec 1800 (expiry year of grace as R. Batsford from 18 Dec 1799), Librarian 1779; ordained; Rector of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 13 May 1763 – 27 Mar 1778; Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1778; Prebendary of St. David’s from 29 Dec 1783; Rector of Batsford, Gloucestershire, from 1799; d. 22 Nov 1806.

ROGERS, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1699; left 1701.

ROGERSON, CHARLES, son of Rev. Roger Rogerson, Vicar of Hanwell, Middlesex, and his first wife Anne ---; b. 9 Mar 1679/80; adm.; KS 1694; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1699, adfm. pens. 20 Jun 1699, aged 18, scholar 12 Apr 1700, matr. 1699/1700; BA 1702/3; MA 1718; ordained deacon 6 Jan 1705/6, priest 9 Sep 1708 (both London); Vicar of Marks Tey, Essex, from 1713; d. 1721.

ROKEBY, ALEXANDER, second son of Alexander Rokeby, Sandal, Yorks., and Susan, dau. of Gervase Boswell, Edlington, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1650, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1650, scholar 1651, matr. Easter 1650; the Miscellanea Poetica of Nicholas Hookes (qv), published 1653, contains some verses “on the immature death of his hopeful friend Mr. Alexander Rokeby”; d. at Trinity Coll., Cambridge, c. 1652.

ROOKE, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Rooke, Carlisle, Cumberland, attorney; b. 3 Aug 1702; in under school list 1715; Min. Can. 1716; KS 1717; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Sep 1720, scholar 6 Apr 1722, matr. 1720; 7th in “ordo” 1724/5; BA 1724/5; MA 1728; DD 1745; migrated to Christ’s Coll. 13 Jan 1726/7; Fellow, Christ’s Coll. 3 Jun 1727 – Mar 1744/5, Junior Dean 1731, Senior Dean 1739, Master from 12 Mar 1744/5; Proctor 1741-2; Vice-Chancellor 1745-6; ordained priest (Lincoln) 28 May 1727; Vicar of Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge 1727; Vicar of Great Eversden, Cambs. , 18 Sep 1732; Vicar of Little Abington, Cambs. , 6 Apr 1736-7; Vicar of Foxton, Cambs. , 7 Mar 1737/8; Rector of Hadstock, Essex, from 1740; Rector of Great Horkesley, Essex, from 30 Apr 1747; Prebendary of Lincoln from 31 Aug 1749; Prebendary of Bristol from 20 Nov 1751; d. unm. 7 Feb 1754.

ROSE, SIR GEORGE, eldest son of James Rose, Tooley Street, Southwark, Surrey, lighterman, and Elizabeth Ferns, Tarlogie, Ross-shire; b. 1 May 1782; adm. Sep 1793; KS 1797; played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1801, adm. pens. 14 May 1801, scholar 30 Apr 1802, but left university through want of means and did not graduate; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 5 May 1809, Bencher 1827, Treasurer 1835; Northern Circuit; specialised in bankruptcy cases; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Feb 1824; KC Trinity 1827; a Judge of Court of Review 5 Dec 1831 – Dec 1840; knighted 7 Dec 1831; Master in Chancery 7 Dec 1840 – 1 Feb 1858; chairman, Law Fire Insurance Co., 1845-69, director to death; FRS 5 Jun 1834; hon. MA Cambridge 1835; a well-known wit and epigrammatist; author, Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy decided by Lord Eldon, 1812-6, An Enquiry into the Nature of Trading as a Scrivener, 1813; m. 24 Apr 1821 Mary Anne, dau. of Capt. Robert Pouncy, EI Maritime Service; d. 3 Dec 1873. DNB.

ROSS, WILLIAM HUNTER, son of Edward Dalhousie Ross, Caversham, Oxfordshire, and Euphemia Louisa, dau. of David Fell (IGI); b. 21 Sep 1807; adm. 6 Jun 1815; KS 1821; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826; BA 1829; MA 1832; ordained; Curate, All Souls, Langham Place, London; Assistant Chaplain, EICS Bengal 1843; arrived in India Dec 1843; Minister of St. James’s, Calcutta 1844; m. 16 May 1843 Frances Louisa, dau. of Henry Peterson, Wakefield, Yorks.; d. at Calcutta 7 Aug 1844.