Peter Roberts (Biblical Scholar)
Peter Roberts may refer to: * Peter Roberts (priest) (1760–1819), Welsh Anglican divine and antiquary * Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet (1912–1985), British Conservative Party MP * Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts (1917–1979), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Peter Roberts (activist) (1924–2006), British animal welfare activist and the founder of Compassion in World Farming * Peter Roberts (cricketer) (born 1952), Australian cricketer * Peter Roberts (councillor), British politician, Leader of Rochdale Borough Council from 1997–2006 *Peter Roberts (inventor) A socket wrench (or socket spanner) is a type of spanner (or wrench in North American English) that uses a closed ''socket'' format, rather than a typical open wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut or bolt. The mos ...

Peter Roberts (priest)
Peter Roberts (–1819) was a Welsh Anglican divine and antiquary. He graduated MA at Dublin, was ordained, and held successively several livings. His chief works were ''Sketch of the Early History of the Cymry'', 1803, and ''Cambrian Popular Antiquities'', 1815. Life Peter Roberts, son of John Roberts, was born about 1760 at Tai'n y Nant, Ruabon, Denbighshire. His father, a clockmaker, moved in a few years after his birth to Wrexham, where Roberts was educated at the grammar school, then under Edward Davies. When about fifteen he entered St. Asaph grammar school as pupil assistant to Peter Williams. Through the Irish pupils in the school he became known to Henry Ussher, afterwards professor of astronomy in the University of Dublin, who procured him admission as a sizar to that university. Having graduated MA, he remained in Dublin as a private tutor, studying especially oriental languages and astronomy. His proficiency in the latter subject gave him some hope of succeeding ...
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Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet
Sir Peter Geoffrey Roberts, 3rd Baronet (23 June 1912 – 22 July 1985) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 1945 general election as member of parliament (MP) for Sheffield Ecclesall. When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was elected for the newly created Sheffield Heeley constituency. He retired from Parliament at the 1966 election, when the seat was taken by Labour candidate Frank Hooley. Sir Peter married Judith Hempson in 1939: they had a son and four daughters. Sir Peter was succeeded as Baronet by his son Samuel, married to Georgina Cory since 1977. Lady Roberts and Sir Samuel run the Cockley Cley Estate near Swaffham. Lady Roberts became the first woman Chairman of the Norfolk Country Landowners Association The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is a membership organisation for owners of land, property and businesses in rural England and Wales. It was until quite recently called the Countr ...
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Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts
Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, (28 July 1917 – 8 December 1979) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Roberts was 24 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On 16 February 1942 north of Crete, in the Mediterranean, HM Submarine ''Thrasher'', after attacking and sinking a supply ship, was itself attacked. ''Thrasher'' was subjected to a three-hour depth charge attack and aerial bombing. Later, after surfacing, two unexploded bombs were discovered in the gun-casing. Lieutenant Roberts and a petty officer ( Thomas William Gould) removed the first one without too much difficulty, but the second bomb had penetrated the side plating of the gun emplacement, and then the deck casing above the pressure hull. Roberts and Gould ...
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Peter Roberts (activist)
Peter Holton Roberts, MBE (7 June 1924 – 15 November 2006) was an animal welfare activist and the founder of Compassion in World Farming, which he led from 1967 – 1991. Biography Peter Roberts was the son of a Staffordshire doctor and was raised in Rugeley. After serving in World War II, he attended an agricultural college and established a dairy farm in Hampshire. As demand in Britain rose for meat, Roberts saw increasing use of factory farming, which had been imported from the United States. Encouraged by popular support for his letter-writing campaign, Roberts unsuccessfully attempted to convince existing animal welfare organizations to protest intensive farming. As a result, he founded Compassion in World Farming in 1967. He gave up dairy farming the same year, and he established a health food shop in Petersfield in 1978. He led the organization until 1991, when he retired and was replaced by Joyce D'Silva. Although Roberts was a vegetarian, he did not push for ...
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Peter Roberts (cricketer)
Peter Roberts (born 16 February 1952) is an Australian former cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played six first-class matches for Tasmania between 1970 and 1975. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers References External links * 1952 births Living people Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Hobart {{Australia-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ...
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Peter Roberts (councillor)
Peter Roberts is a former British councillor who was Leader of Rochdale Borough Council from 1997-2006. Career Rochdale Borough Council He became (Labour) Deputy Leader of the council in 1996, then Leader in 1997. Labour lost control of the council in 2003. In the 2006 elections, the Lib Dems took over the council, and Alan Taylor became Leader of the council; Alan Taylor, Leader from 2006–10, died aged 75 in May 2019. Personal life He lives just north of Rochdale Infirmary Rochdale Infirmary is an acute general hospital in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. History The infirmary was established as the Rochdale Infirmary and Dispensary by Clement .... He is married to Gill References {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Peter Living people Councillors in Greater Manchester Labour Party (UK) councillors Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Politicians from Rochdale Year of birth missing ...
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