John Mackintosh Roberts NZC (31 December 1840 – 12 October 1928) was a New Zealand soldier, resident magistrate and administrator.
An aunt soon joined the family in India but they eventually moved to Inverness in Scotland.
The family, which included Robert's aunt and her husband, who she had met in India, migrated to New Zealand in late 1855, aboard the Carnatic.
[1] On 12 March 1872 in a ceremony at Cambridge, Roberts married Jessie née Clare, who was his cousin.
After retiring as a soldier in 1888, he was a magistrate in Masterton and Tauranga and two Royal Commissions.