Early Life
Roberts was born to Alderman Charles Roberts, chairman of Cumberland County Council, and Lady Cecilia Roberts, daughter of the 9th Earl of Carlisle. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, and Balliol College, Oxford and became a farmer and a district councillor.
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