Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Rooke, (Sir) Giles
Rooke, (Sir) Giles, s. Giles, of London, arm. St. John's Coll., matric. 26 Nov., 1759, aged 16, B.A. 1763; fellow Merton Coll. 1766-85, M.A. 1766, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1766, serjt.-at-law 1781, King's Serjeant 1793, a judge of Common Pleas 1793-1808, knighted 13 Nov., 1793, died 7 March, 1808.