Sir Charles Arthur ROE [18225]

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Sir Charles Arthur Roe (1841\endash 1926) was a colonial administrator and Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court between the years 1895 and 1898. He was born in Dorset, England to John Banister Roe on 4 September 1841 and educated at Lancing in Sussex followed by Merton College, Oxford before taking up a post with the Indian Civil Service in Bengal in 1862. He was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Punjab in 1863, Deputy Commissioner in 1878 and Additional Commissioner in 1883. A series of judicial appointments followed culminating in his appointment as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court in 1895. He was also appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Punjab, Lahore. Roe was created Knight Bachelor in 1897 and died in Oxford, England, in 1926.
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Charles married Elizabeth GASKELL [18226] [MRIN: 6566].