Background
Roberts was born in Tasmania, the eldest son of George Valentine Roberts of Hobart and his wife Elizabeth Benn Quinlan. His father was a member of the Board of Education.
Roberts was born in Tasmania, the eldest son of George Valentine Roberts of Hobart and his wife Elizabeth Benn Quinlan. His father was a member of the Board of Education.
Hertford College.
He later served as chief secretary of Street Thomas" Hospital in London from 1903 to 1928. Roberts went to England where he entered Hertford College, Oxford in 1879 at the age of 19. With several of his Hertford friends, Roberts then rowed for Twickenham Rowing Club.
After Oxford, Roberts went into hospital administration.
In 1892 he was appointed house-governor of London Hospital and over the years trained the rowing crews of the London Hospital. By 1903, he was secretary at Street Thomas" Hospital.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War. In 1920, he published a brief history of Street Thomas" Hospital.
Roberts belonged to the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers and was appointed master in 1926.
Roberts married Mary Waters at Kingston upon Thames in 1891. They had two sons, one of whom was killed in the First World War. He retired in 1928. He was widowed in 1935 and died in Oxford in 1943.
He was a member of the winning Oxford crew in the 1883 Boat Race.