He Was Then A Major, But Afterwards Commanded The
Regiment, In Lord Dalhousie's Brigade, And Subsequently In Flanders,
And Was So Seriously And Repeatedly Wounded, That His Pensions For
Wounds Amounted To L500 A Year.
Colonel Roberts was an author, and
wrote, amongst other things, the comic military sketch called Johnny
Newcome.
The youngest son, William (the father of Miss Roberts), in
the course of his travels on the continent, in early life, formed some
intimacies at the Court of St. Petersburgh (to which he was introduced
by the British Ambassador), and eventually entered the Russian
service; he was made aide-de-camp to General Lloyd, his countryman,
and served with great distinction in several campaigns against the
Turks. He afterwards entered the British army, but had not attained
a higher rank than that of captain (with the paymastership of his
regiment), when he died, leaving a widow, a son (who died a lieutenant
in the army), and two daughters.
Emma, the youngest daughter of Captain Roberts, was born about the
year 1794. After the death of her father, she resided with her mother,
a lady of some literary pretensions, at Bath. Though possessed of a
very attractive person, though of a lively disposition, and peculiarly
fitted to shine in the gayest circles of social life, her thirst for
letters was unquenchable, and the extent of her reading proves that
her early years must have been years of application.
Her first literary work was in the grave department of
history, - Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, or the
White and Red Roses, which was published in two volumes, 1827.
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