Sir Hugh Ashley Roberts (born 20 April 1948), is a British art historian and

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. He was the Director of the Royal Collection, the art collection of the British Royal Family, and Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art, whose office is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of works of art owned by the Sovereign of the

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in an official capacity. Roberts was closely involved in the restoration of

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, a medieval castle and royal residence located in

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, England, notable for its long association with the British Royal Family and its architecture after its 1992 fire.

Career

He was previously a director of Christie's, an art-business and a fine-arts auction house, and was the head of its Decorative Arts Department. His particular area of expertise is French and

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and

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of the 18th and 19th centuries; he has written extensively on these subjects in Royal Collection exhibition catalogues and major journals. On 20 April 2010, on his retirement as Director of the Royal Collection, Roberts was appointed a

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.Notice (30 April 2010).
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'' London Gazette''. Retrieved 17 September 2011. and Surveyor Emeritus of The Queen's Works of Art

Personal life

Roberts graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1970. On 13 December 1975, Roberts married The Hon. Jane Stephanie Low,

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, a daughter of the 1st Baron Aldington; they have two daughters.

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Profile: Hugh Ashley Roberts
Debretts 1948 births British art historians Directors of the Royal Collection Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Living people Surveyors of the Queen's Works of Art Writers from Portsmouth {{UK-art-historian-stub

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