Robert Roxby (songwriter)

Robert Roxby (1767 – 30 July 1846) was an English clerk by profession, and amateur angler, songwriter and poet.

His father died when he was very young, and he was put into the trusteeship of local farmer Gabriel Goulburn of Redesdale, to be trained in agriculture.

[3] He remained there until about 1792, when the Goulburn’s business failed and the sum of money left in trust by his father was all lost.

At this point in his life Robert Roxby had to turn to commerce and business to earn his livelihood.

He became friendly with Thomas Doubleday and they eventually became almost inseparable, despite their differences in age (Roxby was by far the elder).