George Quinlan Roberts

George Quinlan Roberts CBE (23 February 1860 – 6 September 1943) was a Tasmanian-born rower who won events at Henley Royal Regatta in the 1880s.

Of Foot)was a military pensioner who came out to Tasmania in 1850 as a guard on a Convict ship,’Eliza’ with his wife and daughter.

[4] At Oxford, he rowed for his college and was a member of the coxless four which won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley in 1881 and 1882.

In 1883 for Twickenham he partnered D E Brown to win the Silver Goblets at Henley beating James Hastie and H B Tween in the final.

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.