INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Robson.
service in the educational department, Bengal, as Professor, Presidency College, Calcutta, 1878; transferred to Patna College, 1880; again transferred to Hoogly College, 1883; Patna College, 1888; Principal, Dacca College, 1897; transferred as Principal, Lahore College, 1898. Address: Lahore, India.
Rodda, Srinivas Konhar, Rao Bahadur, Dharwar; belongs to a family some of whose members were originally in the service of the Madras Government; b. 1850; educ: at the Deccan College, Poona; joined service in the educational department; rose to the position of Principal, Training College, Dharwar; served the department for over 35 years and retired; elected Member, Legislative Council, Bombay, 1909; re-elected, 1911. Publication: Translation of Marsden’s History of India. Address: Dharwar, Bombay Presidency, India.
Rodwell, Brigade-General, Ernest Hunter, C.B. (1911), Indian Army; s. of late Rev. R. M. Rodwell; b. 1858; educ: Felsted School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined service; in the Armv, 1878; served in Afghan War, 1879-80; Waziristan expedition, 188i; N.-W.F. expedition, 1901-2; Commandant, Punjab Infantry, 1901-6; promoted to rank of Colonel, 1907; General Staff Officer, India, 1900-10; Commandant, Infantry Brigade, India, with the rank of Brigade-General, 1911; m. Eleanor, d. of late Capt. J. B. Parkin, R.A.. 1890. Address: Secunderabad (D), India.
Roe, Sir Charles Arthur, Kt. (1897), K.B. (1897), LL.D., I.C.S.; b. 1847; s. of John B. Roe; educ: at Merton College, Oxford; B.A., 1862; M.A., 1894; joined service in Bengal, 1863; and retired, 1898; was Chief Judge, Punjab Chief Court, 1887-9 and 1895-9; Vice-Chancellor, Punjab University. Publication: “Tribal Law in the Punjab”; m. Elizabeth d. of late Frederick Gaskell (died 1891). Address: Holywell, Oxford. Club: New University.
Rogers, Alexander, I.C.S., (retired); educ: Haileybury College; joined service and arrived in India, 1845; was for sometime employed in Revenue and Judicial Department, Bombay; posted as First Assistant Collector and Magistrate Brach, 1851; at Ahmedabad, in the same capacity, 1852; Collector and Magistrate, Ahmedabad, 1860; Revenue and Police Commissioner, Northern Division, 1865; Member of Council, Bombay, 1872; retired, 1879. Publications: History of the Land Revenue Settlement of Bombay; translation of three modern Persian Plays; and a translation of “Yusuf and Zuleika”; Edited the “Bostan”.
Rogers, C. G., Chief Conservator of Forests, Burma; joined service, 1888; Deputy Conservator, 1891; Chief Conservator, 1912. Address; Rangoon, Burma.
Rogers, Colonel George William, D.S.O. (1889); b. 1843; entered R.A. 1862; transferred to Indian Army, 1868; Colonel, 1884; served in Lushai Expedition, 1871-2; Afghan War, 1878-80; Sikkim Expedition. 1888; D.A.A.G., Bengal, 1884-6; m. J. Isabella, d. of Major-General J. S. Rawlins, 1892; retired, 1902.
