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ROGERS] Hampstead, by Maria, dau. of Joseph Robinson, of London. B. 25 Feb. 1864 : m. 29 July, 1885, Lydia Watton (d. 6 Feb. 1908), dau. of late Thomas Smith, of Edgbaston : cd. privately ; is a manufacturer ; chrmn. of B.S.A. Co., Ltd., and dir. of United Counties' Bank, and other public companies ; alderman and J. P., Birmingham, and Lord Mayor 1902-4 ; lion. col. 3rd South Midland R.F.A. ; rep. memb. Warwick Terr. Force Assocn. Residence — Greville Lodge, Edgbaston. Clubs — Royal Automobile ; Union (Birmingham).

ROGERS, K.C.M.G. Great. 1898 ; C.M.G. 1896 ; D.S.O. 1887. — Lt.-Col. Sib John Godfrey Rogers, s. of G. F. H. Rogers. B. 11 April, 1850 ; m. 1883, Edith Louisa Julie, dau. of Maj. W. H. F. Sykes, Bombay Cavalry ; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dub. ; B.A. 1870, M.B., M.Ch. 1871 ; ent. Army Medical Depart. 1871, surg. 1873, surg.-maj. 1882, surg. -Lt. -col. 1891, ret. 1892 ; Lt. -col. R.A.M.C. 1898 ; served in Afghan war 1878-81 (medal), Egyptian expedn. 1882 (mention in despatches, medal, clasp, bronze star, and pro- moted surg. -maj.), in Nile exjjedn. 1882-5 (men- tion in despatches, clasp, 3rd class Osmanieh), with Soudan Frontier Field Force as P.M.0. 1885-6 (mention in despatches, D.S.O. ), and with Suakin Field Force 1888-9, as principal med. officer of entire expedn. (mention in des]iatehes, 2nd class Medjidie) : principal medical officer of Egyptian Army 1883-92 ; director-gen. of Sanitary De- part, of Ministry of Interior, Egypt, 1892-9 ; 2nd class Osmanieh, Grand Cordon Medjidie. Residence — Cairo. Clubs — Junior United Ser- vice ; Turf (Cairo). ROGERS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1914 ; CLE. 1911. — Lt.-Col. Sir Leonard Rogers, s. of Capt. Henry Rogers, R.N. (ret.), by his 1st wife, Jant- :Mary, dan. of John Samuel Envs, of Enys. B. 18 Jan. 1868; m. 19 Sept. 1914,"^LTna Elsie, dau. of Charles Niven Mclntyi-e North ; ed. at Plymouth Coll. ; St. Mary's Hospital ; London Univ. ; M.D. and B.S. Lond. ; F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. : ent. I. M.S. 1893 : professor of pathology Medical Coil. Calcutta from 1906 ; bacteriologist to Govt. of Calcutta; It.-col. I.M.S. 1913. Residence — 11, Elysium Row, Calcutta. Clubs — E. India United Service ; Bengal United Service (Calcutta). ROGERS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1897.— Sir Robert Hargreaves Rogers, s. of Thomas Rogers, of Vine Lodge, Sevenoaks, by Priscilla, dau. of Robert Hargreaves Self, of Lombard Street. B. 20 Jan. 1850 ; m. 7 Nov. 1877, Jane, dau. of William Stark, of Croydon ; ed. privately • chrmn. of the firm of Robert Hargreaves aiid Samuel Rogers, manufacturers, of London ; Common Councillor 1886 ; deputy Gov. Irish Society 1894 ; Sheriff of London 1896-7 ; has 1897 Jubilee medal, and is officer of the Order of Leopold ; Gov. of Christ's Hospital. Residence —Marl House, Bexley, Kent. Clubs— City Carl- ton-, Dartford Conservative. ROLLESTON, Knt. Bach. Great. 1897.— Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston, s. of the Rev. William Lancelot Rolleston, Vic. of Scrap- toft and Great Dalby, Leicestershire, and Mary Sojjhui, dau. of Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke 1st Bt. 26 March, 1848; m. 1st, 23 Sept. 1874, Katherine (d. 1891), dau. of Charles Ads- head, of Brighton ; m. 2nd, 30 June, 1892, Eliza, dau. of George Morant, of Farnborough Park, Hants, and late of the Gren. Gds. ; ed. at Repton and King s Coll. London ; pres. Surveyor's institution 1901 ; director Law Union and Rock Assurance Co.; deputy -chrmn. Investment Registry, Ltd. ; M.P. for Leicester (C.) 1900-6 when he was defeated; contested the seat 1894 and 1895, and again at a bye-election 1906 ; M P for Hertford Div. of Herts since 1910 ; D.L, J P Leics ; is Knt. of Grace of Order of St. John of Jerusalein. Residences — Glen Parva Grange, Leicester ; 54, Curzon Street, Mayfair, W. Clubs — Carlton; Junior Carlton; Royal Automobile.

ROLLESTON, K.C.B. (civ.). Great. 1911^ D.S.O. 1900. — Col. Sir Lancelot Rolleston, elder s. of late Col. Lancelot Rolleston, of Watnall, : Notts, D.L., J.P., M.P., and Eleanor Charlotte, dau. of Robert Eraser, of Torbreck, Inverness. B. at Watnall, Notts, 19 Aug. 1847 ; m. 25 Feb. ' 1882, Lady Charlotte Emma Maud (raised to the j rank. of an Earl's dau. 1889), sister of 12th Earl j of Garnwath ; ed. at Wellington and Oxford ; brigade commdr. Notts and Derby Mounted Brigade, since April, 1908, with tlie rank of col. (TD.); served in S. Africa 1899-1900 with Imp. Yeom. (severely wounded, D.S.O.) ; lion, col. in the Army 1901 ; J.P., and chrmn. Quarter Sess., Notts (High Sheriff 1877). Residence— Watnall Hall, Nottingham. Clubs — St. James's Carlton ; R.Y.S. ROLLIT, Knt. Bach. Great. 1885.— Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, s. of John Rollit, of Hull, and Eliza, dau. of Joseph Kave, of Huddersfield. B. at Hull, 1842 ; m. 1st, 1872, Eleanor Anne (d. 1885), dau. of William Bailey, J. P., of Wine- stead Hall, Holderness ; m. 2nd, 12 Nov. 1896, Mary Caroline (d. 25 May, 1912), dau. of Rev. Richard Mitchell, of Hertford Coll., Oxford, and widow of Arthur Kindersley Blair, 71st H.L.I., and of George, 3rd Duke of Sutherland ; ed. at King's Coll. and Univ. of London, B.A. 1863 (first class honours), LL.D. (univ. gold medal) 1866 ; Fell, late memb. of the Council of King's Coll., and Fell, and memb. of the Senate London Univ. ; prizeman of the Incorporated Law Society 1863, when he was admitted a solicitor ; steam- ship owner at London, Hull, and Newcastle, and Eld. Bro. of the Trinity House; late It.-col. Engnr. Mihtia (Humber Division submarine miners), R.E.; was Sheriff of Hull 1876, and Mayor 1883-5 ; chrmn. of the Executive Committee for the Celebration of the Jubilee of Municipal Corpora- tions 1885, and memb. of committee of the British Assocn. ; pres. of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom ; pres. London Chamber of Commerce ; pres. Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping and of the Municipal Corporations Assocn. ; memb. of Council Incor- porated Law Soc. and Imperial Institute ; M.P. (C.) for Islington (south) 1886-1906, when he was defeated ; contested Epsom Div. of Surrey in the Liberal interest 1910 ; Consul-Gen. for Roumania, London ; one of H.M. lieuts. for the City; D.L., Yorks (W.R.) ; D.L., J.P.. for the Tower and London ; hon. D.C.L. Durham, 1891 ; Knight Commdr. of the Dannebrog and of the Order of Christ ; of Villa Vicosa of Portugal, of Crown of Italy, and commander of tlie Order of Leopold of Belgium, and Francis Joseph of Austria ; Cross of the Legion of Honour ; Knight of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem ; grand officer of Order of Crown of Italy ; Knight Commdr. of St. Stanislaus (Russia) ; of St. Olaf (Norway) ; and has Grand Cordon of the Roy. Order of St. Sava (Servia). Residences — Cogan House, Hull ; The Willows, Windsor ; St. Anne's Hall, Chert- sey; 12, Hyde Park Place, W. ; 3, Mincing Lane, and 39, Fenchurch Street, E.G. Clubs— Carlton ; Constitutional ; Savage ; Citv Carlton ; Rane- lagh. ROMER, Privy Counsellor. Apptd. 1899 ; G.C.B. (civ.) 1901; Knt. Bach. 1890. — Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Romer, s. of Francis Romer, musical composer and publisher, and Mary Lydia, dau. of Benjamin Cudworth. B. 23 Dec. 1840 ; m. 25 Aug. 1864, Betty, dau. of Mark Lemon^ editor of "Punch " ; ed. at Trin. Hall, Camb. , of which he was scholar, and subsequently Fell. (1867-77), senior wrangler and Smith's prizeman 1863 ; prof, of mathematics, Queen's Coll., Cork,