BARONETAGE
Last updated 05/12/2017 (4 Oct 2025)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
RIVETT-CARNAC of Derby
12 Mar 1836	UK	1	James Rivett-Carnac MP for Sandwich 1837‑1839; Governor of Bombay 1838‑1841	11 Nov 1784	28 Jan 1846	61
28 Jan 1846		2	John Rivett-Carnac MP for Lymington 1852‑1860	10 Aug 1818	4 Aug 1883	64
4 Aug 1883		3	James Henry Sproule Rivett-Carnac	27 Jun 1846	4 Jun 1909	63
4 Jun 1909		4	Claud James Rivett-Carnac For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	21 Dec 1877	31 Dec 1909	32
31 Dec 1909		5	William Percival Rivett-Carnac	1847	21 Mar 1924	76
21 Mar 1924		6	George Rivett-Carnac	1850	13 Mar 1932	81
13 Mar 1932		7	Henry George Crabbe Rivett-Carnac	18 Jan 1889	25 Dec 1972	83
25 Dec 1972		8	Thomas Nicholas Rivett-Carnac	3 Jun 1927	4 May 2004	76
4 May 2004		9	Miles James Rivett-Carnac	7 Feb 1933	15 Sep 2009	76
15 Sep 2009		10	Jonathan James Rivett-Carnac	14 Jun 1962
ROBARTES of Truro, Cornwall
3 Jul 1621	E	1	Richard Robartes He was subsequently created Baron Robartes in 1625 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1757		19 Apr 1634
ROBERTS of Glassenbury, Kent
3 Jul 1620	E	1	Thomas Roberts	c 1561	21 Feb 1628
21 Feb 1628		2	Walter Roberts		c 1655
c 1655		3	Howland Roberts	c 1634	30 Nov 1661
30 Nov 1661		4	Thomas Roberts MP for Kent 1691‑1698 and Maidstone 1702‑1704	2 Dec 1658	20 Nov 1706	47
20 Nov 1706		5	Thomas Roberts	27 Jun 1689	5 Jan 1730	40
5 Jan 1730 to     7 Jul 1745		6	Walter Roberts Extinct on his death	Mar 1691	7 Jul 1745	54
ROBERTS of Willesdon, Middlesex
4 Oct 1661	E	1	William Roberts	21 Jun 1638	14 Mar 1688	49
14 Mar 1688 to     May 1698		2	William Roberts Extinct on his death	17 Jan 1659	18 May 1698	39
ROBERTS of Bow, Essex
2 Feb 1681 to     14 Dec 1692	E	1	John Roberts Extinct on his death	c 1620	14 Dec 1692
ROBERTS of Glassenbury, Kent, and Brightfields Tower, co. Cork
20 Sep 1809	UK	1	Thomas Roberts	27 May 1738	1817	79
1817		2	Walter Roberts	13 Nov 1770	9 Dec 1828	58
9 Dec 1828		3	Thomas Howland Roberts	4 Nov 1804	1 Mar 1864	59
1 Mar 1864		4	Randal Howland Roberts	28 Mar 1837	10 Oct 1899	62
10 Oct 1899		5	Howland Roberts	2 Sep 1845	19 Dec 1917	72
19 Dec 1917		6	Thomas Langdon Howland Roberts	18 Jun 1898	8 Jun 1979	80
8 Jun 1979		7	Gilbert Howland Rookehurst Roberts	31 May 1934
ROBERTS of the Army
15 Jun 1881	UK	1	Frederick Sleigh Roberts He was subsequently created Baron Roberts in 1892 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1914	30 Sep 1832	14 Nov 1914	82
ROBERTS of Bryngwenallt, Denbigh
25 Jul 1908	UK	1	John Herbert Roberts He was subsequently created Baron Clwyd in 1919 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	8 Aug 1863	19 Dec 1955	92
ROBERTS of Milner Field, Yorks
30 Nov 1909	UK	1	James Roberts	30 Sep 1848	31 Dec 1935	87
31 Dec 1935		2	James Denby Roberts	3 Jun 1904	10 Jul 1973	69
10 Jul 1973		3	William James Denby Roberts	10 Aug 1936	23 Nov 2012	76
23 Nov 2012		4	James Elton Denby Roberts	12 Jul 1966
ROBERTS of Eccleshall and Queen's Tower, Yorks
9 Sep 1919	UK	1	Sir Samuel Roberts MP for Ecclesall 1902‑1923; PC 1922	30 Apr 1852	19 Jun 1926	74
19 Jun 1926		2	Samuel Roberts MP for Hereford 1921‑1929 and Ecclesall 1929‑1935	2 Sep 1882	13 Dec 1955	73
13 Dec 1955		3	Peter Geoffrey Roberts MP for Ecclesall 1945‑1950 and Heeley 1950‑1966	23 Jun 1912	22 Jul 1985	73
22 Jul 1985		4	Samuel Roberts	16 Apr 1948
ROBERTS of Martholme, Surrey
29 Jan 1931 to     27 Sep 1950	UK	1	George Roberts Extinct on his death	20 Oct 1859	27 Sep 1950	90
ROBERTSON of Welbourne, Lincs
4 Oct 1919	UK	1	Sir William Robert Robertson Field Marshal 1920	29 Jan 1860	12 Feb 1933	73
12 Feb 1933		2	Brian Hubert Robertson He was subsequently created Baron Robertson of Oakridge in 1961 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	22 Jul 1896	29 Apr 1974	77
ROBINSON of London
22 Jun 1660	E	1	John Robinson MP for London 1660 and Rye 1661‑1679	10 Jan 1615	Feb 1680	65
Feb 1680		2	John Robinson	c 1660	c 1693
c 1693		3	James Robinson	c 1669	28 Aug 1731
28 Aug 1731		4	John Robinson	c 1705	31 Aug 1765
31 Aug 1765		5	George Robinson MP for Northampton 1774‑1780	27 May 1730	10 Oct 1815	85
10 Oct 1815		6	George Robinson MP for Northampton 1820‑1832	12 Jan 1766	23 Nov 1833	67
23 Nov 1833		7	George Stamp Robinson	29 Aug 1797	9 Oct 1873	76
9 Oct 1873		8	John Blencowe Robinson	20 May 1830	10 Aug 1877	47
10 Aug 1877		9	Frederick Laud Robinson	28 Jun 1843	6 Feb 1893	49
6 Feb 1893		10	Frederick Villiers Laud Robinson	4 Dec 1880	19 Mar 1975	94
19 Mar 1975		11	John James Michael Laud Robinson	19 Jan 1943
ROBINSON of Newby, Yorks
30 Jul 1660 to     6 Feb 1689	E	1	Metcalfe Robinson MP for York 1660‑1679 and 1685‑1689 Extinct on his death	10 Mar 1629	6 Feb 1689	59
ROBINSON of Long Melford, Suffolk
26 Jan 1682	E	1	Thomas Robinson He was killed when he leapt from a window of his burning house	c 1618	2 Aug 1683
2 Aug 1683		2	Lumley Robinson	c 1649	6 Jun 1684
6 Jun 1684 to     21 Apr 1743		3	Thomas Robinson Extinct on his death	14 Jul 1681	21 Apr 1743	61
ROBINSON of Newby, Yorks
13 Feb 1690	E	1	William Robinson MP for Northallerton 1689‑1695 and York 1698‑1722	19 Nov 1655	22 Dec 1736	81
22 Dec 1736		2	Metcalfe Robinson	c 1683	26 Dec 1736
26 Dec 1736		3	Tancred Robinson	c 1685	3 Sep 1754
3 Sep 1754		4	William Robinson	1713	4 Mar 1770	56
4 Mar 1770		5	Norton Robinson	c 1715	Feb 1792
Feb 1792		6	Thomas Philip Robinson (later de Grey) He had previously succeeded to the Barony of Grantham in 1786 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1923	8 Dec 1781	14 Nov 1859	77
ROBINSON of Rookby Park, Yorks
10 Mar 1731	GB	1	Thomas Robinson MP for Morpeth 1727‑1734	c 1703	3 Mar 1777
3 Mar 1777		2	William Robinson	c 1705	18 Sep 1785
18 Sep 1785		3	Richard Robinson He had previously been created Baron Rokeby in 1777 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1883	c 1708	10 Oct 1794
ROBINSON of Rokeby Hall, co. Louth
14 Dec 1819	UK	1	John Friend Robinson	15 Feb 1754	16 Apr 1832	78
16 Apr 1832		2	Richard Robinson	4 Mar 1787	2 Oct 1847	60
2 Oct 1847		3	John Stephen Robinson	27 Sep 1816	21 May 1895	78
21 May 1895		4	Gerald William Collingwood Robinson	11 Feb 1857	3 May 1903	46
3 May 1903 to     26 Feb 1910		5	Richard Harcourt Robinson Extinct on his death	4 Feb 1828	26 Feb 1910	82
ROBINSON of Batts House, Somerset
11 Nov 1823	UK	1	George Abercrombie Robinson MP for Honiton 1812‑1818	29 Mar 1758	13 Feb 1832	73
13 Feb 1832		2	George Best Robinson	14 Nov 1797	28 Jan 1855	57
28 Jan 1855		3	George Abercrombie Robinson	23 Sep 1826	9 Sep 1891	64
9 Sep 1891		4	William Le Fleming Robinson	4 Apr 1830	29 Oct 1895	65
29 Oct 1895		5	Ernest William Robinson	22 May 1862	21 Dec 1924	62
21 Dec 1924 to     7 Nov 1944		6	Douglas Innes Robinson Extinct on his death	24 Sep 1863	7 Nov 1944	81
ROBINSON of Toronto, Canada
21 Sep 1854	UK	1	John Beverley Robinson	26 Jul 1791	30 Jan 1863	71
30 Jan 1863		2	James Lukin Robinson	27 Mar 1818	21 Aug 1894	76
21 Aug 1894		3	Frederick Arnold Robinson	9 Nov 1855	25 Aug 1901	45
25 Aug 1901		4	John Beverley Robinson For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	2 Jun 1848	13 Nov 1933	85
13 Nov 1933		5	John Beverley Robinson	12 Feb 1895	6 Nov 1948	53
6 Nov 1948		6	John Beverley Robinson	13 Jan 1885	8 Jun 1954	69
8 Jun 1954		7	John Beverley Robinson	3 Oct 1913	1988	74
1988		8	Christopher Philipse Robinson	10 Nov 1938
ROBINSON of Ennismore Gardens, Westminster
6 Feb 1891	UK	1	Hercules George Robert Robinson He was subsequently created Baron Rosmead in 1896 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1933	19 Dec 1824	28 Oct 1897	72
ROBINSON of Hawthornden, South Africa and Dudley House, Westminster
27 Jul 1908	UK	1	Joseph Benjamin Robinson	3 Aug 1840	30 Oct 1929	89
30 Oct 1929		2	Joseph Benjamin Robinson For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	11 Mar 1887	16 Nov 1954	67
16 Nov 1954		3	Wilfred Henry Frederick Robinson	24 Dec 1917	3 Dec 2012	94
3 Dec 2012		4	Peter Frank Robinson	23 Jun 1949
ROBINSON of Lisnacarrig, Dublin
30 Jan 1920	UK		See "Lynch-Robinson"
ROCHE of Fermoy, Cork
30 Nov 1782 to     5 Jun 1807	I	1	Boyle Roche MP [I] for Tralee 1775‑1776 and 1790‑1797, Gowran 1777‑1783, Portarlington 1784‑1790 and Old Leighlin 1798‑1800 Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	Oct 1736	5 Jun 1807	70
ROCHE of Carass, co. Limerick
8 Aug 1838	UK	1	David Roche MP for Limerick 1832‑1844	19 Jan 1791	8 Apr 1865	74
8 Apr 1865		2	David Vandeleur Roche	24 Jun 1833	19 Apr 1908	74
19 Apr 1908		3	Standish Deane O'Grady Roche	20 Jul 1845	9 Dec 1914	69
9 Dec 1914		4	Standish O'Grady Roche	13 Mar 1911	2 Apr 1977	66
2 Apr 1977		5	David O'Grady Roche	21 Sep 1947
ROCHEAD of Innerleith, Edinburgh
4 Jun 1704	NS	1	James Rochead	31 May 1667	1 May 1737	69
1 May 1737 to     Feb 1743		2	John Rochead On his death the baronetcy became dormant		Feb 1743
RODES of Marlborough, Derby
14 Aug 1641	E	1	Francis Rodes	c 1595	8 Feb 1646
8 Feb 1646		2	Francis Rodes		3 May 1651
3 May 1651		3	Francis Rodes	c 1648	14 Mar 1675
14 Mar 1675 to     Oct 1743		4	John Rodes Extinct on his death	c 1670	Oct 1743
RODGERS of Groombridge, Kent
29 Jun 1964	UK	1	John Charles Rodgers MP for Sevenoaks 1950‑1979	5 Oct 1906	29 Mar 1993	86
29 Mar 1993		2	John Fairlie Tobias Rodgers	2 Jul 1940	19 Jan 1997	56
19 Jan 1997		3	Andrew Piers Wingate Rodgers	24 Oct 1944
RODNEY of Alresford, Hants
22 Jan 1764	GB	1	George Brydges Rodney He was subsequently created Baron Rodney in 1782 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although as at 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	13 Feb 1718	24 May 1792	74
ROE of Brundish, Suffolk
19 Mar 1836 to     20 Apr 1866	UK	1	Frederick Adair Roe Extinct on his death	19 Mar 1789	20 Apr 1866	77
ROGERS of Wisdome, Devon
21 Feb 1699	E	1	John Rogers MP for Plymouth 1698‑1700	c 1649	23 Apr 1710
23 Apr 1710		2	John Rogers MP for Plymouth 1713‑1722	14 Jun 1676	21 Jan 1744	67
21 Jan 1744		3	John Rogers	31 Aug 1708	20 Dec 1773	65
20 Dec 1773		4	Frederick Rogers	24 Oct 1716	7 Jun 1777	60
7 Jun 1777		5	Frederick Leman Rogers MP for Plymouth 1780‑1784 and 1790‑1797	23 Jul 1746	21 Jun 1797	50
21 Jun 1797		6	John Leman Rogers MP for Callington 1812‑1813	18 Apr 1780	10 Dec 1847	67
10 Dec 1847		7	Frederick Leman Rogers	11 Feb 1782	13 Dec 1851	69
13 Dec 1851		8	Frederick Rogers, later [1871] 1st Baron Blachford	31 Jan 1811	21 Nov 1889	78
21 Nov 1889		9	John Charles Rogers For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	10 Apr 1818	25 Mar 1894	75
25 Mar 1894 to     9 Mar 1895		10	Edward Rogers Extinct on his death	5 Sep 1819	9 Mar 1895	75
ROKEBY of Skiers, Yorks
29 Jan 1661	E	1	William Rokeby	c 1601	c 1676
c 1676		2	William Rokeby	c 1656	Apr 1678
Apr 1678 to     6 Jul 1678		3	Willoughby Rokeby Extinct on his death	c 1632	6 Jul 1678
ROKEWODE-GAGE of Hengrave, Suffolk
15 Jul 1662	E		See "Gage"
ROLL of Wanstead, Essex
4 Nov 1921	UK	1	James Roll	9 Dec 1846	30 Jan 1927	80
30 Jan 1927		2	Frederick James Roll	20 Sep 1873	17 Apr 1933	59
17 Apr 1933		3	Cecil Ernest Roll	3 Oct 1878	21 Apr 1938	59
21 Apr 1938 to     13 Feb 1998		4	James William Cecil Roll Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	1 Jun 1912	13 Feb 1998	85
ROLLESTON of Upper Brook Street, London
24 Jun 1924 to     23 Sep 1944	UK	1	Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston Extinct on his death For information on the death of this baronet's son and heir, see the note at the foot of this page	21 Jun 1862	23 Sep 1944	82
ROLT of Spye Park, Wilts
7 Jul 1762	GB		See "Bayntun-Rolt"
ROPNER of Preston Hall, Durham
20 Aug 1904	UK	1	Sir Emil Hugh Oscar Robert Ropner MP for Stockton 1900‑1910	16 Dec 1838	26 Feb 1924	85
26 Feb 1924		2	John Henry Ropner	7 Sep 1860	13 Jul 1936	75
13 Jul 1936		3	Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner	8 Oct 1893	5 May 1962	68
5 May 1962		4	Robert Douglas Ropner	1 Dec 1921	12 Jan 2004	82
12 Jan 2004		5	Robert Clinton Ropner	6 Feb 1949
ROPNER of Thorp Perrow, Yorks
31 Jan 1952	UK	1	Leonard Ropner MP for Sedgefield 1923‑1929 and Barkston Ash 1931‑1964	26 Feb 1895	12 Oct 1977	82
12 Oct 1977		2	John Bruce Woollacott Ropner	16 Apr 1937	13 Feb 2016	78
13 Feb 2016		3	Henry John William Ropner	24 Oct 1981
ROSE of Montreal, Canada and Queen's Gate, Kensington
9 Sep 1872	UK	1	Sir John Rose PC 1886	2 Aug 1820	24 Aug 1888	68
24 Aug 1888		2	William Rose	1 Apr 1846	4 Oct 1902	56
4 Oct 1902		3	Cyril Stanley Rose	13 Jul 1874	11 Jul 1915	40
11 Jul 1915		4	Francis Cyril Rose	18 Sep 1909	19 Nov 1979	70
19 Nov 1979		5	Sir Julian Day Rose, 4th baronet He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Rose of Hardwick House, Oxon in 1966. The two baronetcies remain merged	3 Mar 1947
ROSE of Rayners, Bucks
14 May 1874	UK	1	Philip Rose	12 Apr 1816	17 Apr 1883	67
17 Apr 1883		2	Philip Frederick Rose	4 Nov 1843	23 Oct 1919	75
23 Oct 1919		3	Philip Humphrey Vivian Rose	16 Mar 1903	14 Mar 1982	78
14 Mar 1982		4	David Lancaster Rose	17 Feb 1934	6 Dec 2020	86
6 Dec 2020		5	Christopher David Rose	1968
ROSE of Hardwick House, Oxon
19 Jul 1909	UK	1	Charles Day Rose MP for Newmarket 1903‑1910 and 1910‑1913	23 Aug 1847	20 Apr 1913	65
20 Apr 1913		2	Frank Stanley Rose	27 Apr 1877	26 Oct 1914	37
26 Oct 1914		3	Charles Henry Rose	13 Oct 1912	8 Apr 1966	53
8 Apr 1966		4	Julian Day Rose He subsequently succeeded to the baronetcy of Rose (1872 creation) in 1979 when the baronetcies merged	3 Mar 1947
ROSE of Leith, Edinburgh
2 Jul 1935	UK	1	Sir Hugh Arthur Rose	8 Sep 1875	14 Aug 1937	61
14 Aug 1937 to     28 Sep 1976		2	Hugh Rose Extinct on his death	16 Dec 1907	28 Sep 1976	68
ROSS of Carstairs, Lanark
28 Feb 1672	NS		See "Lockhart-Ross"
ROSS of Dunmoyle, Tyrone
15 Feb 1919	UK	1	John Ross MP for Londonderry 1892‑1895; Lord Chancellor [I] 1921‑1922; PC [I] 1902	11 Dec 1854	17 Aug 1935	80
17 Aug 1935 to     31 Jan 1958		2	Ronald Deane Ross MP for Londonderry 1929‑1951 Extinct on his death	13 Jul 1888	31 Jan 1958	69
ROSS of Whetstone, Middlesex
26 Jan 1960	UK	1	Sir James Paterson Ross	26 May 1895	5 Jul 1980	85
5 Jul 1980		2	James Keith Ross	9 May 1927	18 Feb 2003	75
18 Feb 2003		3	Andrew Charles Paterson Ross	18 Jun 1966
ROTHBAND of Higher Broughton, Lancs
20 Jul 1923 to     1 Nov 1940	UK	1	Henry Lesser Rothband Extinct on his death For information on the death of this baronet's son and heir, see the note at the foot of this page		1 Nov 1940
ROTHSCHILD of Grosvenor Place
12 Jan 1847	UK	1	Anthony de Rothschild For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	May 1810	4 Jan 1876	65
4 Jan 1876		2	Nathan Meyer Rothschild He was subsequently created Baron Rothschild in 1885 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	8 Nov 1840	31 Mar 1915	74
ROTHWELL of Ewerby, Lincs
16 Aug 1661 to     early 1694	E	1	Richard Rothwell MP for Newark 1677‑1679 and 1679‑1685 Extinct on his death	c 1628	early 1694
ROUS of Henham, Suffolk
17 Aug 1660	E	1	John Rous MP for Dunwich 1660‑1671	c 1608	27 Nov 1670
27 Nov 1670		2	John Rous MP for Eye 1685‑1687 and Suffolk 1689‑1690	c 1656	8 Apr 1730
8 Apr 1730		3	John Rous MP for Dunwich 1705‑1708	c 1676	1 Feb 1731
1 Feb 1731		4	Robert Rous	c 1687	8 Jun 1735
8 Jun 1735		5	John Rous MP for Suffolk 1768‑1771	c 1727	31 Oct 1771
31 Oct 1771		6	John Rous He was subsequently created Earl of Stradbroke in 1821 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	30 May 1750	27 Aug 1827	77
ROUSE of Rouse Lench, Worcs
23 Jul 1641	E	1	Thomas Rouse MP for Worcestershire 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658, and Evesham 1660	27 Mar 1608	27 May 1676	68
27 May 1676		2	Edward Rouse		5 Nov 1677
5 Nov 1677		3	Francis Rouse		31 Jul 1687
31 Jul 1687 to     29 Dec 1721		4	Thomas Rouse Extinct on his death	1664	29 Dec 1721	57
ROUSE-BOUGHTON of Lawford, Warwicks
4 Aug 1641	E		See "Boughton"
ROWLAND of Taunton, Somerset
20 Nov 1950	UK	1	Sir Frederick Rowland	25 Dec 1874	13 Nov 1959	84
13 Nov 1959 to     19 Sep 1970		2	Wentworth Lowe Rowland Extinct on his death	7 Nov 1909	19 Sep 1970	60
ROWLEY of Tendring Hall, Suffolk
27 Jun 1786	GB	1	Joshua Rowley	1 May 1734	26 Feb 1790	55
26 Feb 1790		2	William Rowley MP for Suffolk 1812‑1830	10 Feb 1761	20 Oct 1832	71
20 Oct 1832		3	Joshua Ricketts Rowley	c 1790	18 Mar 1857
18 Mar 1857		4	Charles Robert Rowley	5 May 1800	8 Sep 1888	88
8 Sep 1888		5	Joshua Thellusson Rowley	8 Feb 1838	23 Apr 1931	93
23 Apr 1931		6	Charles Samuel Rowley	23 Dec 1891	19 Jan 1962	70
19 Jan 1962		7	Joshua Francis Rowley Lord Lieutenant Suffolk 1978‑1994 On his death, the baronetcy merged with that of Rowley of Hill House	31 Dec 1920	21 Feb 1997	76
ROWLEY of the Navy
2 Nov 1813 to     10 Jan 1842	UK	1	Josias Rowley MP [I] for Downpatrick 1798‑1800; MP for Kinsale 1821‑1826 Extinct on his death	c 1765	10 Jan 1842
ROWLEY of Hill House, Suffolk
21 Mar 1836	UK	1	Charles Rowley	16 Dec 1770	13 Oct 1845	74
13 Oct 1845		2	Charles Rowley	16 Feb 1801	23 Nov 1884	83
23 Nov 1884		3	George Charles Erskine Rowley	26 Sep 1844	15 Jan 1922	77
15 Jan 1922		4	George Charles Augustus Rowley	18 Mar 1869	7 Sep 1924	55
7 Sep 1924		5	George William Rowley	10 May 1896	8 Aug 1953	57
8 Aug 1953		6	William Joshua Rowley	15 Apr 1891	11 Nov 1971	80
11 Nov 1971		7	Charles Robert Rowley He succeeded to the baronetcy of Rowley of Tendring Hall in 1997	15 Mar 1926	11 May 2008	82
11 May 2008		8	Richard Charles Rowley	14 Aug 1959
ROYCE of Seaton, Rutland
26 Jun 1930 to     22 Apr 1933	UK	1	Frederick Henry Royce Extinct on his death	27 Mar 1863	22 Apr 1933	70
ROYDEN of Frankby Hall, Cheshire
29 Jul 1905	UK	1	Thomas Bland Royden MP for West Toxteth 1885‑1892	20 Feb 1831	29 Aug 1917	86
29 Aug 1917		2	Thomas Royden, later [1944] 1st Baron Royden MP for Bootle 1918‑1922	22 May 1871	6 Nov 1950	79
6 Nov 1950		3	Ernest Bland Royden	30 Jan 1873	13 Oct 1960	87
13 Oct 1960		4	John Ledward Royden	31 Dec 1907	30 Apr 1976	68
30 Apr 1976		5	Christopher John Royden	26 Feb 1937	11 Sep 2017	80
11 Sep 2017		6	John Michael Joseph Royden	17 Mar 1965
RUDD of Aberglassney, Carmarthen
8 Dec 1628	E	1	Richard Rudd		May 1664
May 1664		2	Rice Rudd MP for Higham Ferrers 1679‑1681 and 1689, and Carmarthenshire 1689‑1701	c 1643	Jul 1701
Jul 1701		3	Anthony Rudd		25 Dec 1725
25 Dec 1725 to     15 Jul 1739		4	John Rudd Extinct on his death		15 Jul 1739
RUDSTON of Hayton, Yorks
29 Aug 1642	E	1	Walter Rudston	c 1597	c 1650
c 1650		2	Thomas Rudston	8 Aug 1639	c 1690
c 1690 to     c 1700		3	Thomas Rudston Extinct on his death		c 1700
RUGGE-PRICE of Spring Grove, Surrey
2 Feb 1804	UK	1	Charles Price MP for London 1802‑1812	25 Jan 1748	19 Jul 1818	70
19 Jul 1818		2	Charles Price	3 Sep 1776	26 Apr 1847	70
26 Apr 1847		3	Charles Rugge Price	28 Sep 1801	3 Jul 1866	64
3 Jul 1866		4	Frederick Pott Price	5 Sep 1806	15 Nov 1873	67
15 Nov 1873		5	Arthur James Price (Rugge-Price from 7 Mar 1874)	22 Sep 1808	5 Jan 1892	83
5 Jan 1892		6	Charles Rugge-Price	26 May 1841	4 May 1927	85
4 May 1927		7	Charles Frederick Rugge-Price	5 Feb 1868	13 Feb 1953	85
13 Feb 1953		8	Charles James Napier Rugge-Price	4 Sep 1902	7 Nov 1966	64
7 Nov 1966		9	Charles Keith Napier Rugge-Price	7 Aug 1936	22 Jul 2000	63
22 Jul 2000		10	James Keith Peter Rugge-Price	8 Apr 1967
RUGGLES-BRISE of Spains Hall, Essex
31 Jan 1935	UK	1	Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise MP for Maldon 1922‑1923 and 1924‑1942	9 Sep 1882	12 May 1942	59
12 May 1942		2	John Archibald Ruggles-Brise Lord Lieutenant Essex 1958‑1978	13 Jun 1908	20 Feb 2007	98
20 Feb 2007		3	Timothy Edward Ruggles-Brise	11 Apr 1945
RUMBOLD of Woodhall, Herts
27 Mar 1779	GB	1	Thomas Rumbold MP for New Shoreham 1770‑1774, Shaftesbury 1774‑1775 and 1780‑1781, Yarmouth (IOW) 1781‑1784 and Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1784‑1790	15 Jan 1736	11 Nov 1791	55
11 Nov 1791		2	George Berriman Rumbold	17 Aug 1764	15 Dec 1807	43
15 Dec 1807		3	William Rumbold	22 May 1787	24 Aug 1833	46
24 Aug 1833		4	Cavendish Stuart Rumbold	26 Aug 1815	27 Mar 1853	37
27 Mar 1853		5	Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold	25 Sep 1820	12 Jun 1869	48
24 Jul 1869		6	Arthur Victor Raoul Anduze Rumbold	24 Jul 1869	16 Jun 1877	7
16 Jun 1877		7	Charles Hale Rumbold	12 Oct 1822	28 Aug 1877	54
28 Aug 1877		8	Horace Rumbold PC 1896	2 Jul 1829	3 Nov 1913	84
3 Nov 1913		9	Horace George Montagu Rumbold PC 1920	5 Feb 1869	24 May 1941	72
24 May 1941		10	(Horace) Anthony Claude Rumbold	7 Mar 1911	4 Dec 1983	72
4 Dec 1983		11	Henry John Sebastian Rumbold	24 Dec 1947
RUNCIMAN of Jesmond, Northumberland
23 Jul 1906	UK	1	Walter Runciman He was subsequently created Baron Runciman in 1933 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	6 Jul 1847	13 Aug 1937	90
RUSHOUT of Milnst, Essex
17 Jun 1661	E	1	James Rushout MP for Evesham 1670‑1681 and 1690‑1698 and Worcestershire 1689‑1690	22 Mar 1644	16 Feb 1698	53
16 Feb 1698		2	James Rushout MP for Evesham 1701‑1702	c 1676	11 Dec 1705
11 Dec 1705		3	James Rushout	1701	21 Sep 1711	10
21 Sep 1711		4	John Rushout MP for Malmesbury 1713‑1722 and Evesham 1722‑1768; Treasurer of the Navy 1743‑1744; PC 1744	6 Feb 1685	2 Feb 1775	89
2 Feb 1775		5	John Rushout He was subsequently created Baron Northwick in 1797 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1887	23 Jul 1738	20 Oct 1800	62
RUSHOUT of Sezincote, Gloucs
25 Sep 1809	UK	1	Charles Cockerell MP for Tregony 1802‑1806, Lostwithiel 1807, Bletchingley 1809‑1812, Seaford 1816‑1818 and Evesham 1819‑1830 and 1831‑1837	18 Feb 1755	6 Jan 1837	81
6 Jan 1837		2	Charles Cockerell (Rushout from 1849)	14 Jun 1809	19 Sep 1869	60
19 Sep 1869		3	Charles Fitzgerald Rushout	13 Jul 1840	25 May 1879	38
25 May 1879 to     24 May 1931		4	Charles Hamilton Rushout Extinct on his death	21 Jun 1868	24 May 1931	62
RUSSELL of Wytley, Worcs
12 Mar 1627	E	1	William Russell MP for Worcestershire 1625	c 1602	30 Nov 1669
30 Nov 1669 to     24 Jan 1705		2	Francis Russell MP for Tewkesbury 1673‑1690 Extinct on his death	c 1638	24 Jan 1705
RUSSELL of Chippenham, Cambs
19 Jan 1629	E	1	William Russell MP for Windsor 1626		3 Feb 1654
Feb 1654		2	Francis Russell MP for Cambridgeshire 1645‑1653, 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658	c 1616	30 Apr 1664
Apr 1664		3	John Russell	6 Oct 1640	24 Mar 1669	28
Mar 1669		4	William Russell MP [I] for Carlow Borough 1692‑1693	by 1669	16 Sep 1707
Sep 1707		5	William Russell		May 1738
May 1738		6	Francis Russell		c 1750
c 1750		7	William Russell		1757
1757		8	John Russell	31 Oct 1741	7 Aug 1783	41
7 Aug 1783		9	John Russell	6 May 1777	11 Jun 1802	25
11 Jun 1802 to     25 Apr 1804		10	George Russell On his death the baronetcy is presumed to have become extinct	15 Apr 1780	25 Apr 1804	24
RUSSELL of Langherne, Carmarthen
8 Nov 1660 to     c 1714	E	1	William Russell Extinct on his death		c 1714
RUSSELL of Swallowfield, Berks
10 Dec 1812	UK	1	Henry Russell PC 1816	19 Aug 1751	18 Jan 1836	84
18 Jan 1836		2	Henry Russell	27 May 1783	19 Apr 1852	68
19 Apr 1852		3	Charles Russell VC MP for Berkshire 1865‑1868 and Westminster 1874‑1882 For further information on this baronet and VC winner, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Jun 1826	14 Apr 1883	56
14 Apr 1883		4	George Russell MP for Wokingham 1885‑1898	23 Aug 1828	7 Mar 1898	69
7 Mar 1898		5	George Arthur Charles Russell	28 Jun 1868	14 Jan 1944	75
14 Jan 1944		6	Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell	30 Nov 1878	23 Feb 1964	85
23 Feb 1964		7	George Michael Russell	30 Sep 1908	Mar 1993	84
Mar 1993		8	Arthur Mervyn Russell	7 Feb 1923
RUSSELL of Chequers Court, Bucks
15 Sep 1831	UK		See "Greenhill-Russell"
RUSSELL of Charlton Park, Gloucs
9 Apr 1832	UK	1	William Russell	29 May 1773	26 Sep 1839	66
26 Sep 1839		2	William Russell MP for Dover 1857‑1859 and Norwich 1860‑1874	5 Apr 1822	19 Mar 1892	69
19 Mar 1892 to     25 Nov 1915		3	William Russell Extinct on his death	28 Sep 1865	25 Nov 1915	50
RUSSELL of Littleworth Corner, Bucks
18 Jan 1916	UK	1	Charles Russell For information on the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page	8 Jul 1863	27 Mar 1928	64
27 Mar 1928		2	Alec Charles Russell	18 Dec 1894	8 Jul 1938	43
8 Jul 1938		3	Charles Ian Russell	13 Mar 1918	26 Sep 1997	79
26 Sep 1997		4	Charles Dominic Russell	28 May 1956
RUSSELL of Olney, Durham
20 Jun 1917 to     2 May 1920	UK	1	Thomas Wallace Russell MP for Tyrone South 1886‑1910 and Tyrone North 1911‑1918; PC [I] 1908 Extinct on his death	28 Feb 1841	2 May 1920	79
RUTHERFORD of Beardwood, Lancs
27 Jan 1916 to     26 Feb 1932	UK	1	John Rutherford MP for Darwen 1895‑1910 and 1910‑1922 Extinct on his death	16 Sep 1854	26 Feb 1932	77
RUTHERFORD of Liverpool, Lincs
24 Jul 1923	UK	1	Sir William Watson Rutherford MP for West Derby 1903‑1918 and Edge Hill 1918‑1923	1853	3 Dec 1927	74
3 Dec 1927 to     28 Dec 1942		2	John Hugo Rutherford MP for Edge Hill 1931‑1935 Extinct on his death	31 Oct 1887	28 Dec 1942	55
RUTHVEN of Redcastle, Forfar
11 Jul 1666 to     c 1700	NS	1	Francis Ruthven Extinct on his death		c 1700
RYAN of Hintlesham, Suffolk
8 Sep 1919	UK	1	Sir Gerald Hemmington Ryan	25 Jan 1861	27 May 1937	76
27 May 1937		2	Gerald Ellis Ryan	17 Aug 1888	1 Sep 1947	59
1 Sep 1947		3	Derek Gerald Ryan	9 Jul 1922	1 Mar 1990	67
1 Mar 1990		4	Derek Gerald Ryan	25 Mar 1954
RYCROFT of Calton, Yorks
22 Jan 1784	GB	1	Richard Rycroft	Nov 1736	5 Jul 1786	49
5 Jul 1786		2	Nelson Rycroft	15 Feb 1761	1 Oct 1827	66
1 Oct 1827		3	Richard Henry Charles Rycroft	21 Dec 1793	21 Oct 1864	70
21 Oct 1864		4	Nelson Rycroft	11 Mar 1831	30 Mar 1894	63
30 Mar 1894		5	Richard Nelson Rycroft	12 Dec 1859	25 Oct 1925	65
25 Oct 1925		6	Nelson Edward Oliver Rycroft	19 Dec 1886	30 Aug 1958	71
30 Aug 1958		7	Richard Newton Rycroft	23 Jan 1918	12 Jan 1999	80
12 Jan 1999		8	Richard John Rycroft	15 Jun 1946
RYLANDS of Thelwall, Cheshire
1 Feb 1939 to     22 Oct 1948	UK	1	Sir William Peter Rylands Extinct on his death	23 Oct 1868	22 Oct 1948	79

	Sir Claud James Rivett-Carnac, 4th baronet
	No definite news of Sir Claud appears to have been received after 1908, the year before the death of his father and his presumed succession to the baronetcy.
	His family made strenuous efforts to locate him during the years that followed, and their quest was noticed in the newspapers. The following article appeared in the Melbourne Argus on 15 July 1922, apparently reprinted from the London Daily Chronicle:-
	Where is Sir Claude James Rivett-Carnac? Residence "[ ]" in Debrett's Peerage indicates that nobody knows. And a fortune awaits him if he can be found. His sister, Mrs. Foulerton, wife of Dr. H. P. Foulerton, M.D., of His Majesty's Prison Service, is trying to get into touch with her baronet brother, who has been "lost" to the family for 14 years. She last heard of him indirectly three years ago. "I am most anxious that my brother should communicate with me at once," said Mrs. Foulerton to a "Daily Chronicle" representative. "He is the fourth baronet, and yet it is not even certain whether he knows that he has succeeded to the title. We last saw him at home in England in 1908, which was the year before his father's death. Sir Claude went abroad again in 1908, leaving no address. From time to time, through various channels, we have heard of him as being in the South Sea Isles and in Canada, on the Pacific coast of America, and in South Africa. The latest news he have of him is that he was seen in South Africa about three years ago. He is believed to be married. The only evidence, however, we have of this is a report which appeared in a Sunday newspaper in 1915 that he had married an actress in San Francisco. Otherwise, his heir is a cousin, William Percival Rivett Carnac. It is possible - and from my knowledge of him probable - that Sir Claude has known about his succession to the title and never bothered to take up the legal claim. But whether he knows or does not know as to his succession to the title, there is a monetary side to the matter. I have reason to believe he is unaware of the extent of the money to which he is duly entitled. It amounts to many thousands of pounds. For nearly 14 years the Baronetcy fund has been accumulating, with interest, and it is only fit and proper that he should take some action to clear up the financial position. For my own sake I would be delighted to hear from my brother. I have no quarrel with him, and if his eye should catch these words, I appeal to him to write to me without delay …"
	On 11 March 1924, an order was issued in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in London which gave leave to presume the death of Sir Claude Rivett-Carnac as having occurred on 31 December 1909. As far as I can tell, this case was never reported in the usual fashion of law reports. The Chancery Reports of 1924 include no reference to the case, nor can I find any reference to it in any other legal reports. The order issued by the Chancery Division could surely only have been based on evidence that Sir Claud was in fact dead, but I have been unable to ascertain, thus far, the nature of this evidence.
	The following brief history of the family was published in the Brisbane Telegraph of 4 June 1924:-
	Sir William Percival Rivett-Carnac, Bt., died in a nursing home at Bognor on March 21, at the age of 76. His kinsman, Sir Claude James Rivett-Carnac, had been missing for many years and it was only on March 11 last that an order was issued in the Chancery Division giving leave to assume his death, unmarried, on December 31, 1909.
	The Rivetts, says the London "Times", are an ancient Norman family descended in unbroken male line from Thomas Ryvet, of Fritton, Norfolk, in 1272. Elizabeth Rivett, whose portrait by Reynolds is in the Wallace collection, married, in 1769, as his second wife, General John Carnac, Commander in Chief in Bengal, who directed in his will that his brother-in-law James Rivett, Governor of Bombay in the Honourable East India Company's service, should take the additional name of Carnac. Thereafter many Rivett‑Carnacs distinguished themselves in the service of the Crown, especially in India. They are indeed one of the four families (the other three being the Plowdens, the Trevors, and the Beadons) who are mentioned by Kipling in "The Day's Work" to show 'that certain families serve India generation after generation as dolphins follow in line across the open sea.' Last May we had to record the death of Colonel J.H. Rivett-Carnac, C.I.E., a brilliant administrator, who was a grandson of the Rivett who first took the name of Carnac.
	Mr James Rivett-Carnac, who was the Chairman of the East India Company and Governor of Bombay, was created a baronet in 1836. Sir Claude was his great-grandson, the only son of Sir James Henry Sproule Rivett-Carnac, the third baronet, by his marriage to Mary Jeannie, daughter of Ambrose Henderson, of Bodmin. He was born on December 21, 1877, and early showed a preference for an adventurous life. He first went abroad in his 'teens and joined the Cape Mounted Rifles. In the South African War he served throughout, and received the medal with five clasps. Then he resumed his wanderings, and at intervals his family heard of him in the South Sea Islands, in Canada, on the Pacific Coast, and in South Africa. He came back to England in 1903, but soon went abroad again. The death of his father on June 4, 1909, did not bring him back, if he ever heard of it. Years elapsed before the fact of his death on December 31, 1909, was established, and meanwhile his inheritance accumulated. Sir Claude had two sisters, Mrs. H.P. Foulerton and Mrs. F.C. Van Cordlandt.
	On Sir Claude's death, Mr. William Percival Rivett-Carnac, who has just died, became the fifth baronet, but did not assume the title until the order of the Court was obtained. He had therefore held it only for 10 days. Sir William was a grandson of the first baronet, and the eldest son of William John Rivett-Carnac, of the East India Company's service, who died in 1874. He was born in 1847, and married in 1885 Frances Maria, daughter of the late Francis Charles Forbes of the Bengal Civil Service. He had, with two daughters, an only son, James Frank, a Captain in the Bengal Service, who died without issue.
	The title now devolves on Sir William's next brother, the Rev. George Rivett-Carnac, who was born in 1850, was sent to Harrow, and went up to Trinity, Cambridge. After preparation at Chichester, he was ordained to the curacy of Caston, Norfolk. For some years he was curate at Kew, and then in succession vicar of Tong, Shropshire, vicar of Thrope, Surrey, rector of Graveley, Herts and rector of Swefling [?], Suffolk. In 1913 the Bishop of Southwark [Hubert Burge] collated him to the rectory of Woldingham, Surrey. He married first, in 1885, Emily Louisa (who died in 1894) daughter of the Rev. George Crabbe, rector of Merton, Norfolk, and had two sons, Henry George Crabbe Rivett-Carnac, late Indian Police, born 1889, and Lieutenant-Commander J.W. Rivett-Carnac, D.S.O., born in 1891, and one daughter, Mrs. B.S. Wilmot. He married secondly, in 1901, Eva Mary Bernard, daughter of James Orr, and by her has a son and a daughter. The new baronet has four brothers, including Colonel P.T. Rivett-Carnac and Colonel E.H. Rivett-Carnac.
	Sir John Beverley Robinson, 4th baronet [UK 1854]
	The article below was published in the Sydney Sun of 14 April 1913, reprinted from an American paper, almost certainly the New York World.
	There's a modest little middle-aged gentleman in a modest little old-fashioned office in a rather obscure building at No. 16, Exchange-place, New York, who has something that many a millionaire would give over at least one or two of his millions for. An invention? - No. A secret of perpetual youth? A cure for baldness? A remedy for dyspepsia or gout? - No. Simply a perfectly good, properly old and eminently desirous title. Sir John Beverley Robinson, Baronet.
	He thinks so little of his rank that he doesn't bother about the title. Instead of lording it in England or Canada - which he might - he engages in the paving stone business in New York, and instead of inhabiting some ancient and gloomy castle, he lives in a comfortable modern cottage in the none-too-fashionable suburb of Edgewater, New Jersey. Instead of styling himself Sir John, he insists on being plain "Mister". And to those in the paving stone line who know him he is even plain "Robinson" or "Beverley".
	"Mister" Robinson's rank, which he has succeeded in keeping very much to the background for a long time, came to light the other day when he arrived from England on the Minnehaha, returning from a short visit. The British booking office, learning exactly who he was on the other side, plastered his name on the passenger list in big, black type as "Sir J. Beverley Robinson, Bart." and the ship-news reporters who met the vessel immediately began to ask him about the suffragettes, the old age pension system, and other things Britannic.
	For answer, he gave them a long and hearty laugh. "Why, I've lived in New York City since before most of you youngsters were born," he said. "And I don't want to be 'Sir John', but plain 'Robinson'. Come down to my office in Exchange Place some day and pay me a visit."
	A "World" reporter accepted the invitation and dropped in next afternoon. The baronet, who was conducting some correspondence, after the English fashion, in long hand, at once dropped business and became a host. "I wish you'd forgot about this affair of the title," he laughed. "I almost forget it myself at times. Of course, I'm a British subject, and I am proud of my ancestry and all that. But a title doesn't amount to anything here. A man in America is what he makes himself - and anywhere else in the world, for that matter. I've been here for more that thirty years and I suppose I will spend the rest of my life right about New York. And I can get along very comfortably just as 'Robinson' or 'Beverley'. Please don't write anything about me."
	It took a lot of pressing to get the baronet to tell about his family - the records of which are duly spread forth over a full page of the "Who's Who" of the British nobility: "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage".
	His earliest American ancestor was Christopher Robinson, who was sent there in the middle of the seventeenth century as the first Colonial Secretary of Virginia, and married Catherine Beverley. His son, Christopher II, was an officer of the Queen's Rangers during the Revolution, and after the defeat of the British forces was given a grant of land in the Canadian wilds, which has since become Toronto. The third in the line was the first to hold the title. This was the first John Beverley Robinson, [grand]father of the present baronet. He was a barrister and Attorney-General of Upper Canada. He was created a baronet in 1854 and died in 1863. His eldest son, James Lukin Robinson, succeeded to the title. He likewise was a barrister. Upon his death, in August, 1894, the baronetage passed to a cousin, Sir Frederick Arnold Robinson, who died in Toronto in 1901.
	Thereupon the rank fell upon the present Sir John, who is the fourth baronet. In 1901 he had been in New York about two score years, and was, in all outward appearances, a thorough-going American. He simply accepted the baronetage because there wasn't anything else he could do, and made no fuss about it. As a matter of fact, he didn't even let news of it get into the papers.
	There is another John Beverley Robinson, his son, who is eighteen years old, and going to college, and he will be the fifth baronet, but, his father says, he won't make any fuss over the title, either.
	The Robinsons have never gone in for society, outside that of a small circle of friends and fellow church members in the little Jersey town. "I'd really much rather talk about paving blocks," said Sir John to the "World" man, as he displayed a sample of the material he deals in. "This is a block made of blast furnace slag in northern England." It is shapelier and more durable than granite, he says, and has been used to pave several avenues in Washington. The Long Island approach to the Queensborough Bridge is also paved with the blocks. Sir John has made a bid for several large contracts to pave streets in Manilla for the government.
	Despite his long residence here, he has kept closely in touch with affairs in England through his many visits, and when there, of course, is hailed by his title and receives the precedence due to his rank. But so modest has he been about being a baronet while in America that scarcely any of his business friends and only a few of the residents of Edgewater ever heard of Sir John Beverley Robinson.
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	After his death, the following [edited] obituary was published in the New York Times on 13 November 1933:-
	Sir John Beverley Robinson died today at Burk's Falls, Ont., in his eighty-sixth year. Born in Toronto, Sir John was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto. He founded the firm of Robinson & Heath in 1874, which he later sold to his cousin, after which he made his home at Glenwood in Edgewater, N.J. Returning to Canada, he settled on the 500-acre farm which had been his reward for services during the Fenian raids in 1866.
	Despite his 85 years, Sir John was quite active. His greatest interest was developing the mining claim on his farm at Burk's Falls, with the aid of his wife, Lady Eleanor, and a neighbor's boy, Kelly Sinclair. Sir John's hunt for gold on his property was the result of a prophecy made by a friend of his wife who had never been in Canada, but who professed to describe the location of the mineralized vein on the farm.
	Sir John once was in the paving stone business in New York and had a modest home in Edgewater, N.J. He had been residing and earning his living here for several years prior to the death of the third baronet, Sir Frederick Arnold Robinson, in Toronto in 1901. Sir John accepted the title, but preferred not to use it. As late as 1913 he continued in business and was proud of the fact that his paving blocks formed the Long Island approaches to the Queensboro Bridge. His Edgewater neighbors knew nothing about his title.
	Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, 2nd baronet [UK 1908]
	Sir Joseph was the victim of a blackmail conspiracy which was widely reported in the Press in the first half of 1930. The first report below appeared in The Observer on 27 April 1930. In subsequent reports, rather than repeating previous events, I have omitted any summary of what had gone before.
	Seldom in the history of the criminal courts of South Africa has a case produced such revolting evidence as that now occupying the attention of Mr. M. W. Bovill, the magistrate at Caledon-square Police Court.
	The persons in this remarkable case are: Arthur Wolstenholme, accountant, and Mrs. Gesuna Salmond, who are charged with attempted extortion and subornation to perjury in that they persuaded certain girls to make false statements against Sir J. B. Robinson, son of the late Sir Joseph Robinson, the South African millionaire, in order to bring a case against him demanding £10,000 damages for the alleged seduction of Mrs. Salmond's youngest daughter, [16-year-old] Hester Steenkamp [although she becomes Mrs. Salmond's sister in later reports]. The girls, it is alleged, were told that it would enable Mrs. Salmond to get half of Robinson's money.
	Remarkable evidence of "Adam and Eve" parties was given by Hester Steenkamp, who testified that three naked dances had been held at which Sir J. B. Robinson had been present. The witness showed signs of distress while relating how Sir J. B. Robinson, according to her account, had criminally assaulted her on two occasions.
	Further allegations against Sir J. B. Robinson were made by Irene Delaporte, aged nineteen, who described herself as a friend of Robinson. Both the accused had asked her to sign a statement which she said was a "pack of lies".
	The accused were remanded till April 30, and an application for a reduction in the amount of the bail from £1,000 was refused.
	London Daily Mail 12 May 1930:-
	Owing to the inability of Sir J. B. Robinson to attend in court, his evidence was taken in the ballroom at Hawthornden, the baronet's home a[t] Wynberg, a suburb of Capetown.
	Sir Joseph admitted that he had had relations with Mrs. Salmond. He said that he was "hazy" about the dances without clothing, of which evidence had been given at a previous hearing by Hester Steenkamp. The women, he said, were in their underclothing. He emphatically denied that he had ever misbehaved with Hester Steenkamp. He said he had lent Mrs. Salmond a motor-car and had had it registered in her name so that "in the event of an accident the name of Robinson should not get into the Press."
	Sir Joseph Robinson accused Mrs. Salmond of suggesting that he should have relations with Hester Steenkamp. She told him that "nobody would know." He added that the suggestions were made so that Mrs. Salmond "could get money from me for the rest of her life." He admitted attending dances at Mrs. Salmond's house, Paradise Villa, but said that he drank and slept and did not take much notice of what went on there. Mrs. Salmond, he said, was a married woman whose husband was a railwayman in the Belgian Congo. He admitted that he had given £250 to get Mr. Salmond out of the country. He did this because Mrs. Salmond had told him that she felt like driving a knife into her husband's throat.
	London Daily Mail 21 June 1930:-
	Arthur Wolstenholme, an accountant, and Mrs. Salmond have each been sentenced to one years' hard labour on charges of attempting to extort £10,000 from the millionaire baronet, Sir Joseph Robinson, for an alleged assault on Hester Steenkamp, Mrs. Salmond's schoolgirl sister. Notice of appeal has been given.
	In giving his verdict, behind closed doors, Mr. Bovill, the magistrate, said that he disagreed with the defending attorney's suggestion that Sir Joseph Robinson induced Mrs. Salmond to lead an immoral life and that he was entirely responsible for taking away a young woman who had previously led a respectable and innocent life.
	"She had already been divorced for adultery," said Mr. Bovill, "and it appears that she lured Sir Joseph away." He went on: "Sir Joseph has been very severely criticised by the defence, but the Crown placed no halo round his head. What has he done? He has admitted to the whole world that he has led a life of immorality, but he is very definite that he did not commit the immorality of which the young country girl Hester Steenkamp accused him. Mrs. Salmond says that Hester was only with Sir Joseph for ten minutes. It would need at least ten months to learn all the immorality contained in the girl's evidence. The one witness who impressed me is Sir Joseph Robinson. 'I am immoral, but not so bad as they want to make me out to be,' he says.
	Mr. Bovill said he did not think that Sir Joseph had committed the alleged offence on Hester Steenkamp, and he believed that the baronet was the only person who had told the truth. In his summing-up, Mr. Bovill said that Mrs. Salmond surrounded herself with cousins, sisters, and brothers-in-law, who seemed like vultures ready to drop on this unfortunate Robinson to tear him to pieces.
	Sir Boyle Roche, 1st and only baronet
	The following is extracted from An Anecdotal History of the British Parliament by George Henry Jennings [London 1880]:-
	Sir Boyle Roche, who was a member of the Irish Parliament in the period preceding the Union [Tralee 1775‑1776 and 1790‑1797, Gowran 1777‑1783, Portarlington 1784‑1790 and Old Leighlin 1798‑1800], achieved renown by the remark that he could not be, "like a bird, in two places at once." Some other sayings imputed to him are scarcely less celebrated. "I would gladly, Mr. Speaker, sacrifice not only a part of the constitution, but the whole of it, to preserve the remainder." And again, speaking of what might be expected if the leaders of the rebellion gained sway, "Our heads will be thrown upon that table to stare us in the face!" To him also is ascribed that example of mixed metaphor, "I smell a rat, Mr. Speaker; I see him floating in the air; but I will yet nip him in the bud." But on one occasion Sir Boyle gained the victory over [John Philpot] Curran in a contest in the Irish House. "Do not speak of my honour," said Curran; "I am the guardian of my own honour." "Faith," replied Sir Boyle, "I knew that at some time or other you would accept a sinecure."
	Sir John Charles Rogers, 9th baronet
	The following report on the inquest held after the death of Sir John appeared in Berrow's Worcester Journal on 31 March 1894:-
	An inquest was held on Tuesday at Blachford, Cornwood, near Plymouth, on the body of Sir John Charles Rogers, Bart., brother of the late Lord Blachford, who was found drowned in an ornamental lake in the grounds of his residence on Tuesday. In accordance with his custom, the deceased, who was 75 years of age, started for a walk shortly before his dinner hour. As he failed to return, the butler and Colonel Lindsay, a guest, went in search of him, and late in the evening his body and walking stick were found in the lake. Dr. Rundle stated that he had attended deceased for some years for heart disease, and conjectured that he must have slipped into the pond, and that the shock caused instant death. A verdict of "Found drowned" was returned.
	Sir James William Cecil Roll, 4th baronet
	From the Townsville Daily Bulletin of 3 April 1939:-
	"This is Jimmy Roll," the young Anglo-Catholic priest was saying, calling up a friend on the telephone, as I came into the room at St. James-the-Great Vicarage, Bethnal Green, writes a "London Evening Standard" reporter.
	Actually he is the Rev. Sir James W.C. Roll, Bart., curate of that church and grandson of a Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frederick Roll. He inherited the baronetcy last April on the death of his father, Sir Cecil, who left a fortune of £460,000 net.
	"But they call me Father Roll in Bethnal Green," he told me, "this being an Anglo-Catholic church. A lucky way out," he added, laughing. "It would have been very awkward in this parish being called 'Sir James'."
	Two younger brothers shared with him their father's large fortune. They held different views on the best way to spend it.
	John and Gordon have each bought a racehorse, for 650 guineas and 50 guineas respectively, to run in the Grand National. The Rev. Sir James is giving £1,500 to start a new hostel for London's "dead end kids".
	"I was already a clergyman when I succeeded to the baronetcy," he said, "and I intend to remain in the church. The money and title were both rather embarrassing to my career; but so far," he added, smiling, "I have not had a single begging letter. As for my brothers, their racing interests are their own affair."
	He is 26, an energetic, fresh-faced young man who bounds up the vicarage stairs three steps at a time.
	"The new hostel," he said, "is the joint project of my friend Father Bright of St. John's, Limehouse, and me. We tried to raise the money by public donations, but that failed, so I am giving the £1,500 for the house and the first year's running myself."
	Father Bright told me that the hostel will be a probation home for 12 boys, provided from the police courts.
	Ian Humphrey Davy Rolleston, son and heir of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston, 1st and only baronet
	In the normal course of events, this baronetcy would not have become extinct on the death of the first baronet in 1944. The reason it did so was that Sir Humphrey's son and heir, Ian Humphrey Davy Rolleston, was killed by rioters in Zanzibar in February 1936, as is reported in the following newspaper accounts:-
	The Times 8 February 1936:-
	There was serious rioting in Zanzibar this morning by a mob of Arabs, who for several days have been incensed by the Government's strict application of the recent legislation to prevent the adulteration of copra.
	The scanty details received state that European officers were attacked with double-edged swords and several, including the Commissioner of Police, the Assistant District Commissioner, and the Produce Inspector, were severely injured. They attempted to deal with the mob, but were cut down. One Indian police inspector is reported to have died from his wounds. The Government immediately applied what is virtually martial law, and the streets were heavily patrolled by armed native police. The Post Office is reported to have been wrecked and its documents strewn in the roadway.
	Government Headquarters are barricaded to prevent the entry of the mob, but the commercial quarter has hitherto been untouched. It is stated that a large section of the rioters contemplated attacking the offices of a German shipping line, but that they desisted. Comparative quiet had been restored by the afternoon.
	The Times 10 February 1936:-
	Mr Ian Humphrey David Rolleston, an assistant District Commissioner in the Colonial Civil Service, and only son of Sir Humphrey Rolleston, Physician Extraordinary to the late King, has died from injuries received during the rioting in Zanzibar on Friday. The Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr Leslie Skinner, and the Produce Inspector, Mr R. Donkin, are still in a serious condition. The Acting Provincial Commissioner, Mr J.P. Jones, is also hurt. In each case the injuries were inflicted with swords. The death of an Indian police inspector is confirmed, and it is also believed that a number of native police and rioters are dead, although no figures have been announced.
	In accordance with the request of the Government, 100 armed native police with European officers have been sent from Dar-es-Salaam to help patrol the town and countryside. The Commissioner of the Tanganyika Police flew to Zanzibar yesterday morning to take charge in view of Mr Skinner's injuries and special police have been enrolled, including most of the small European community, who have been supplied with rifles.
	The prompt action of the officials has prevented the trouble from spreading, a particularly difficult task, as Zanzibar is a warren of narrow and tortuous streets. The situation is now under complete control. At no time did the police have to fire on the mob. Seventy-five rioters are imprisoned in the hold of a Government steamer.
	The disturbance is believed to have no political significance. The Arabs resented the action of the Government produce inspectors in repeatedly rejecting copra because it failed to conform with the standards of quality established by a recent decree, which is intended ultimately to benefit Arab plantation owners through the realization of better prices.
	Percy Lionel Rothband, son of Sir Henry Lesser Rothband, 1st and only baronet
	Sir Henry Lesser Rothband was created a baronet in 1923 "for public services" in relation to his role in obtaining employment for disabled soldiers and sailors. On his death in 1940 the baronetcy became extinct, since his only son had died in 1926, the inquest into his death being reported in The Manchester Guardian of 23 November 1926 [edited]:-
	An inquiry was held yesterday, by the Manchester City Coroner into the death of Percy Lionel Rothband, Wyelands, St. John's Road, Buxton, whose body was found in the corridor of a train from Buxton on Saturday morning last, on its arrival at London Road Station, Manchester. The dead man had a bullet wound in his head, and an empty revolver was lying by his side.
	Leonard Mandelberg said he was a cousin of the late Mr. Rothband, and last saw him alive about 6.20 on Friday night last. His health appeared just as usual. In reply to the Coroner, the witness said he had never heard Mr. Rothband complain of loss of sleep or threaten to take his life. He further stated … that there were neither business nor domestic affairs which in the least degree had any connection with the affair.
	The Coroner then read a letter which Mr. Rothband had directed to his father (Sir Henry Lesser Rothband): "Forgive me dearest and best of friends. I can't stand not sleeping any more. Something inside me has gone smash, and I cannot stand it any longer." There was, added the Coroner, some sort of legal will which bears out the relationship in the home such as the last witness has described. Had the deceased not been on the best of terms in his home life he would hardly have been so anxious to make that provision for his wife, in which he nominated her and his father as executors. The will was written in pencil and signed.
	A railway porter at London Road Station described the finding of the body on the floor of the corridor. All the other passengers had left by the door at the other end of the coach. None of them could have seen Mr. Rothband, who was obscured by the corridor door.
	Wilfred Dakin, an engine driver's fireman, stated that he came by the Buxton train and was walking along the platform at London Road Station when he saw something inside a corridor. Looking again he observed a prone body, and thinking someone might have fainted he opened the door and found the body. Turning the head he saw a revolver.
	Police Constable Barker stated that he was summoned to No. 6 platform, and on arriving at Roby Street infirmary Mr. Rothband was found to be dead. A bullet was discovered in the trousers pocket, together with letters addressed to Sir Henry Rothband.
	The Coroner, in returning a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane, said it was the kind of case where a person's health, probably only temporarily, had affected the mind.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Rothschild created in 1847
	From the London Gazette of 18 December 1846 (issue 20684, page 5885):-
	The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Anthony Rothschild, of Grosvenor-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. with remainder, in default of issue male, to his nephews, Nathan Meyer Rothschild, Charles Alfred Rothschild, and Leopold Rothschild, Esqrs. sons of Lionel Rothschild, Esq. brother of the said Anthony Rothschild.
	Sir Charles Russell VC, 3rd baronet
	Russell was a Brevet Major in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards in the Crimean War, where he was awarded the Victoria Cross due to his bravery in the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854. The award, which was gazetted on 24 February 1857, states that Russell "offered to dislodge a party of Russians from the Sand-bag Battery, if anyone would follow him; Sergeant Norman, Privates Anthony Palmer and Bailey (who was killed), volunteered the first. The attack succeeded."
	During this action Sir Charles was about to be bayoneted by a Russian soldier, but the assailant was shot down by Private Anthony Palmer, thus saving Russell's life. Palmer also received the Victoria Cross.
	Between 1865 and 1868, Russell was MP for Berkshire, which at that time returned three members to Parliament. Since one of the other members was Robert Loyd-Lindsay (later Baron Wantage), two out of the three members were winners of the Victoria Cross.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Russell created in 1916
	From the London Gazette of 26 May 1916 (issue 29596, page 5201):-
	Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon the Honourable Charles Russell, of Littleworth Corner, in the parish of Burnham, in the County of Buckingham, second son of Charles, Baron Russell of Killowen, Deceased, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue to the heirs male of the body of the said Charles, Baron Russell of Killowen, lawfully begotten.

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