The Roget family were distinguished members of the Huguenot Society and also served the French Hospital and the Threadneedle Street church. There is an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography for Peter Mark Roget (physician and compiler of Roget's thesaurus). His mother was Catherine Romilly, sister of Sir Samuel, (see Dictionary of National Biography) and strong ties were maintained between the two families. Peter Mark's son John Lewis was an artist, art critic and author of History of the Old Water-Colour Society (now the Royal Watercolour Society). The bulk of the collection relates to the later generations of the Roget family, particularly papers and diaries belonging to Peter Mark's granddaughter Isabel Roget.
Reference: F.Ro 1-12
Date Coverage: C18th - C20th
Geographical Coverage: England, France, Italy, Switzerland
Collection type: accounts, letters, notes, pictures, photographs
Collection content: domestic, medical, personal
Size: 2 boxes
Related material: See the Huguenot Library catalogue and Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland. There is also a Family Research file on Roget and a Wagner Pedigree on the Romilly family.
Restrictions on access: None
The collection will be included in the Supplementary Catalogue of the Archive, currently in preparation. It will be volume LX of the Quarto Series of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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