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 ROXBURGH] KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 848 Amelia, dau. of Sidney Terry. B. at Cairo, 20 July, 1862 ; m. 10 April, 1890, Elizabeth, dau. of James Hemingway, of Macclesfield ; ed. at Fettes Coll. and Canib. (scholar and fellow King's Coll. : Person prizeman and Browne's medallist) ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 188G ; junior counsel to Inland Revenue 1900-5, and to Treasury 1905-12 ; recorder of Windsor 1904— 12 ; judge of liigh court of justice from 1912. Residences — 1, Gloucester Square, Hyde Park, W. ; Nansidwell, Mawnan, Falmouth. Clubs — Athena'um ; Oxford and Cambridge. ROXBURGH, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Eleanor M. A., dau. of Sir T. Chambers, Q.C. M. 1888, as his second wife, Sir Francis Roxburgh, Q.C late judge of county courts, who was knighted on the occasion of the opening of Royal Courts of Justice, and who d. 1891. Residence — 12, Devonshire Place, W. ROYDS, Knt. Bach. Crcat. 1906; C.B. (civ.) 1902 ; TD. 1909. — Col. Sir Clement Moly- NEUX RoYDS, e. s. of William Edward Royds, of Greenhill, Rochdale, and Daneliill Park, Sussex, by Mary Anne, dau. of Anthony Moly- neux, of Newsham House, West Derbv, Lanes. B. 3 April. 1842 ; m. 21 Feb. 1882, Annette Nora Jane, dau. of late Thomas Littledale, of Highfield House, Lanes ( Lady of Grace of St. John of Jeru- salem) ; ed. abroad ; F.S.A., M.P. for Rochdale 1895-1906 ; late col. commdg. Duke of Lancaster's Own I.Y. ; hon. col. 6th Batt. Lancashire Fus. (TD.); Knt. of Justice of St. John of Jerusalem ; D.L., J.P., Lanes. ; High Sheriff 1889. Resi- dences — Greenhill, Rochdale ; 71, Eaton Place, S.W. Clubs — Carlton ; United Service. ROYSE, Knt. Bach. Great. 1913. — Sir Samuel Walter Royse, s. of I. Royse of Penistone, Yorks. B. 1849 ; m. 1875, Elizabeth, dau. of M. Westmoreland, of Askham Bryan, Yorks ; J. P., Lanes and Manchester ; Lord Mayor of Manchester 1913 ; director of Manchr. Ship Canal and of Trafford Park Estates, Ltd. Resi- dence — Tamworth House, Burnage, Manchester. Club — Constitutional. RtJCKER, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1902. — Sir Arthur William Rucker, s. of D. H. Riicker, of Clapham, and ^Mary A., dau. of J. D. Williams, of London. B. 23 Oct. 1848 ; m. 1st, 5 July. 1876, Marian (d. 12 Aug. 1878), dau. of J. D. Heaton, F.R.C.P., of Leeds ; m. 2nd, 7 Sept. 1892, Thereza, dau. of M. N. Story-Maskelyne, M.P., F.R.S., of Basset Down, Wilts ; ed. at Clajaham Grammar Sch. and Brasenose Coll. Oxon, 1st class Mods. (Math.) ; B.A. (1st class Math, and Nat. Science) 1870 ; fellow of Brasenose Coll. (now hon, fellow) ; fellow of London Univ. ; hon. D.Sc. Oxon, Camb., Victoria, Leeds and Belfast ;'hon. LL.D. Glasgow and Edin. : Prof, of physics Yorkshire Coll. Leeds, 1874-85, Roy. Coll. of Science Lond. 1886-1901 ; Principal of London Univ. 1901-08; F.R.S. (royal medal 1891) ; sec. R.S. 1896-1901 ; visitor of Greenwich Observatory : treas. British Assoc. 1891-8, trustee since 1898, pies. 1901 ; memb. roy. commn. on Irish univ. education 1906 ; memb. of advisory comm. to Board of Educ. on Univ. Grants in England and Wales ; on Belfast Univ. Commn. 1908 ; Carnegie Trustee for Univs. of Scotland 1908 ; memb. Board of Trade Committee on Sight Tests 1910 ; a commr. of the 1851 Exhib. 1909-14 ; con- tested Leeds, N. div. (L.) 1886, and Yorks, Pudsey div. (L.U.) 1886; author of many papers in the " Proceedings and Transactions of Roy. Soc." and other scientific journals. Resi- dence — Everington, nr. Newbury, Berks. Club — Athenseum. Issue by 1st m. — Olive Marian, m. 16 Feb. 1911, Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (see Hooker, Lady, Knt.'s widow). Issue by 2nd m. — Arthur Kevil Rucker, b. 20 June, 1895. RUNDLE, G.C.M.G. Great. 1914: G.C.B. 1911: G.C.V.O. 1912; K.C.B. (mil.) 1898; K.C.M.G. 1901; C.M.G. 1896: D.S.O. 1887.— Lt. -Gen. Sir (Henry Macloed) Leslie Rundle, s. of Capt. Joseph Sparkhall Rundle, R.N. B. 6 Jan. 1856 ; m. 1887, Eleanor Georgina, dau. of Capt. H. J. Montgomery Camj)bell, R.A., of Thurmaston Hall, Leicestershire ; ed. at R.M.A., Woolwich : ent. R.A. 1876 ; capt. and brev.-maj. 1885, It.-col. 1889, col. 1894, maj.-gen. 1896, It.- gen. 1905, gen. 1909 ; served in Zulu war 1879-80, battle of Ulundi (medal, clasp, and mention in despatches), in Transvaal war 1880-1, siege of Potchefstroom (wounded, mention in despatches), in Egyptian exped. 1882, battle of Tel-el-Kebir (medal, clasp, and bronze star), in Nile exped. 1884—5 (mention in despatches, clasp, Medjidie, brev.-maj.) ; with Egyptian frontier force 1886-9, and battle of Sarras 1886-7 (mention in des- patches, Osmanieh, D.S.O.) ; commanded artil- lery at battle of Toski (mention in despatches, clasp, brev.-lieut.-col.) ; in E. Soudan, and at battle of Tokar 1891 (clasp) ; and as chief of staff with Dongola exped. 1896, battles of Firket and Hafir (mention in despatches, maj.-gen., medal and two clasps), and Soudan campaign 1897-8 (twice mentioned in despatches, two clasps) ; chief of staff Khartoum exped. ; present at battle of Khartoum (horse shot, mentioned in despatches, K.C.B.) ; commanded force at relief of Gedaref ; commanded Egyptian artillery 1888-92 ; A.G. of Egyptian army 1892-8 ; commanded S.E. district 1898-9 ; D.A.G. 1899 ; commanded 8th division with rank of It.- gen. in S. African war 1900-2 (several times mentioned in despatches, wounded, two horses shot. Queen's medal and 3 clasps. King's medal and 2 clasps, K.C.M.G.); commanded S.E. dis- trict and division 2nd army corps 1902-3 ; commanded N.E. district November, 1903 ; gen. officer C.-in-C. Northern command 1905-7 ; Gov. and C.-in-C. at Malta since 1909 ; col. commdt. R.A. since 1907 ; Knt. of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England since 1910 : late hon. col. 3rd Bviffs (M.) ; is a Pasha in Egypt. Residence — The Palace, Malta. Club — Army and Navy. RUNTZ, Knt. Bach. Great. 1903.— Sir John Johnson Runtz, s. of late John Runtz, of Stoke Newington. 13. 14 March, 1842 ; m. 10 Oct. 1864, Emma (d. l(i Oct. 1911), dau. of late Wilham Westwood, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight ; m. 2nd, 16 April, 1914, Adeline, dau. of William Jenkinson, of Stoke Newington, and Lloyds Avenue, E.C. ; ed. privately ; is an insurance broker ; memb. of City of Lond. Corp., and first mayor of metro, borough of Stoke Newington ; first and present president of the Corpn. of Insurance Brokers ; pres. N. Hackney Conservative Assoc, and hon. treas. of met. div. of National Union of Conserv^ative Assocs. ; J. P., London. Resi- dence — Tunnel Woods, near Watford, Herts. Clubs — Constitutional ; City Carlton. Issue — 1. John S. Runtz, b. 1869. 2. Sidney W. Runtz, b. 1875. 1. Florence E. Gamble. RUSSELL, Knt. Bach. Great. 1893.— Sib Edward Richard Russell, s. of Edward Haslingden Russell, and Mary Ann Crook. B. 9 Aug. 1834 ; m. 1st, 1858, Ehza Sophia (d. 22 Jan. 1901), dau. of Stephen Bradley, of Bridge, Canterbury ; m. 2nd, 30 April, 1902, Jean Stewart, dau. of Alexander Macdonald, of Campbelltown, Argyllshire, and widow of Joseph McFarlane ; ed. privately ; became a journalist 1856 ; assist, editor " Liverpool Daily Post " (now "Daily Post and Mercury") 1860; editor since 1869; M.P. for Glasgow, Bridgeton div. (L.) 1885-7 ; first chrinn. Liverpool Reform Club ; late president Institute of Journalists ; memb. of the Court of Liverpool Univ., and life