Robert Jocelyn , Venn's entry reads: Jocelyn, Robert, Viscount. College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1865 Born: Died: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Dec. 6, 1864. S. of Robert, Viscount [and Lady Frances Elizabeth, dau. of the 5th Earl Cowper]. B. [Nov. 22], 1846, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1865; B.A. 1868. Styled Viscount Jocelyn, 1854-70. Succeeded his grandfather as 4th Earl of Roden, Mar. 20, 1870. Lieut., 1st Life Guards. A Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, 1874-80. Died unmarried Jan. 9, 1880, and succeeded by his uncle, John Strange. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B., 1940; Army Lists; G.E.C., which gives `died Jan. 10.')
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