George Roberts (antiquary)


George Roberts was an English schoolmaster and antiquary.

Life

Roberts was born at Lyme Regis in Dorset, where he was mainly educated. He then kept a grammar school there in Broad Street, Henry Parry Liddon being one of his pupils.
Roberts acted as mayor of Lyme Regis in 1848–9 and 1854–5. From a young age he devoted himself to the history of the place and studied its archives. He became known for his knowledge of local history.
Roberts corresponded with Sir Walter Scott, and Thomas Babington Macaulay quoted him as an authority on Monmouth's Rebellion. Hepworth Dixon, in his Life of Admiral Blake, acknowledged obligations to Roberts. Around 1857 he moved to Dover, where he died on 27 May 1860, aged 57.

Works

Roberts published:
Roberts edited for the Camden Society in 1848 the Diary of Walter Yonge of Colyton. On his account, the History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore, of William Johnson Neale, was modified from a manuscript of his.