Dr. Arthur Legge Roe 1854

Dr. Arthur Legge Roe 1854-1936
Arthur was born on 13 Jan 1854, the son of Robert Henry Roe and Elizabeth Jane Tennant, at Haulbowline Island, Co. Cork, Ireland. He was educated at Queen's College, Belfast and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. It was in 1873 that he obtained his LRCS, while five years later he secured his LRCP. He joined the Royal Navy on 39 March 1878.
His Naval Service included:
Netley Military Hospital, Netley, Hampshire
HMS Royal Adelaide
HMS Research
HMS Philomel
HMS Northumberland
He married Alice Eales in 1881, and resigned from the Royal Navy on 8 December 1881.
Alice Eales 1861-1925
Alice was born on 8 November 1861, the daughter of Rev. William Thomas Huxham Eales and Emily Fulford Weatherdon, at Yealmpton, Devonshire.
I have identified the following children.

	Alice Constance	Born abt 1883		Staffordshire
	Ada	Born abt 1885		Staffordshire	Married Walter Percival Russum

Birth of Parents

Arthur Legge Roe

b: 13 Jan 1854 Haulbowline Island, Co. Cork, Ireland
son of Robert Henry Roe and Elizabeth Jane Tennant

Alice Eales

b: 8 Nov 1861 Yealmpton, Devonshire 1861 4Q Plympton 5b 202
daughter of Rev. William Thomas Huxham Eales and Emily Fulford Weatherdon

1881 Census	RG11-5635	4 April 1881	Royal Navy, Vessels
HMS Northumberland
Arthur Legge Roe (s) Plus full crew	Age 27	Surgeon	Ireland	13 Jan 1854

Marriage

abt 1881
Dr. Arthur Legge Roe
Alice Eales

1881 4Q Plympton 5b 445

Children

Alice Constance Roe

b: abt 1883 Staffordshire 1883 1Q Stone 6b 36
daughter of Dr. Arthur Legge Roe and Alice Eales

Ada Roe

b: abt 1885 Staffordshire 1885 4Q Stone 6b 29
daughter of Dr. Arthur Legge Roe and Alice Eales

1891 Census	RG12-3933	6 April 1891	[Hull] Sculcoates, Yorkshire
Hull and East Riding Dispensary
Arthur L. Roe Alice (Wife) Alice C. Ada Plus 2 Servants	Age 37 Age 29 Age 8 Age 5	Physician and Surgeon Scholar	Edlington Littnan Littnan	Ireland Devon Staffordshire Staffordshire	13 Jan 1854 8 Nov 1861 abt 1882 abt 1885

1901 Census	RG13-4496	6 April 1901	[Hull] Sculcoates, Yorkshire
43 Pryme Street
Arthur L. Roe Alice (Wife) Alice C. Dorothy Leonard (Visitor) Plus 2 Servants	Age 46 Age 38 Age 18 Age 17	Surgeon	Cork Yealmpton Littnan	Ireland Devon Staffordshire India	13 Jan 1854 8 Nov 1861 abt 1882 abt 1883

1901 Census	RG13-2466	1 April 1901	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
14 Lansdown Crescent
Lucy Eales (Head) Caroline (Sister) Ada Roe (Niece) Dorothy M. F. Eales (Niece) Plus 6 Boarders Plus 5 Servants	Age 50 Age 46 Age 15 Age 15	Boarding House Mistress School Mistress	Wadebridge Newton Abbot Trentham Edgbaston	Cornwall Devon Staffordshire Warwickshire	abt 1850 abt 1854 abt 1885 abt 1885

1911 Census	RG14-(109)	3 April 1911	West Sculcoates, East Riding Yorkshire
43 Bryme Street, Hull (8 Rooms)
Arthur Legge Roe Alice (Wife) Alice Constance Ada Plus 2 Servants	Age 57 Age 49 Age 28 Age 25	Surgeon	Haulbowline Yealmpton Tittensor Tittensor	Ireland Devon Staffordshire Staffordshire	13 Jan 1854 8 Nov 1861 abt 1883 abt 1885

Death

Alice (Eales) Roe

Died 26 Nov 1925, Age 64, 1925 4Q Sculcoates 9d 286

Death

Dr. Arthur Legge Roe

Died 6 Dec 1936, Age 82, Southport, Lancashire 1936 4Q Southport 8b 908

The Hull Times, Saturday, Dec 12, 1936 OBITUARIES

OBITUARY
Dr. A. Legge Roe

Ophthalmic Surgeon Well Known in Hull

HIS WORK FOR THE INFIRMARY

The death has occurred at Southport of Dr. Arthur Legge Roe who, for many years, was well known in Hull both in private practice and in connection with the work of Hull Royal Infirmary and Hull and Sculcoates Dispensary.
Dr. Roe, who was 82, died at the home of his daughter, 4 Preston Road, Southport, where he had lived since he left Hull a few years ago.
Dr. Roe was a genius in operative work upon the eyes, and introduced many things in ophthalmic surgery. He opened the way to eye operations and was responsible for the introduction of collosol argentum. He was a great pioneer in medical research work.
Dr. Roe was also one of the greatest dry fly fishermen, and was well known throughout Yorkshire, and was affectionately called the Otter, He was the oldest member of the Rydale club.
His private practice, when in Hull was in Pryme street. He was educated at Queen's College, Belfast and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. It was in 1873 that he

obtained his LRCS, while five years later he secured his LRCP. At the royal College of Surgeons in Ireland he was a demonstrator in anatomy.
Dr. Roe then joined the Royal Navy, became surgeon on HMS Research and HMS Northumberland, and among his appointments while still in the Service was that of surgeon to the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth.
Later he came to Hull as resident medical surgeon to the Hull and Sculcoates Dispensary. He became ophthalmic surgeon, and opened an ophthalmic department to the Dispensary. He was appointed honorary assistant ophthalmic surgeon to Hull Royal Infirmary in 1900, and honorary ophthalmic surgeon in 1909.
In 1914 he retired. During the war he joined the Naval Hospital in Hull.
At the Baker-street Dispensary he was appointed house surgeon in November 1886, resigning the position in December 1895.
In January 1896 he became the honorary ophthalmic surgeon and undertook this work voluntarily until 1909, when he continued as honorary ophthalmic surgeon with an honorarium. This position he held until he resigned in 1932. About this time he left the city for Southport.
The funeral is to take place in Hull on Wednesday, at 2pm, at the Northern Cemetery.

SPECIAL THANKS to Jane of Ottawa Ontario Canada; the Great Great Granddaughter of Sarah Anne Clark née Roe for the photographs, and the details provided above.