Charles Arthur Roe

Sir Charles Arthur Roe (1841–1927) was a colonial administrator and Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court between the years 1895 and 1898.

He was born in Blandford Forum, 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 on 28 January 1927.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur Robert Montgomery Roe". oxfordhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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