Peter Roberts
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Peter Roberts may refer to:
- Peter Roberts (inventor)Peter Roberts (inventor)Peter 'Pete' Roberts invented the quick release socket wrench. He sold his patent to US retail store chain Sears for $10,000 who said that they did not think the invention was worth very much. When he learned that Sears had done a market study with revealed a huge market and that they had sold 26...
, inventor of the quick release socket wrench - Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd BaronetSir Peter Roberts, 3rd BaronetSir Peter Geoffrey Roberts, 3rd Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Ecclesall. When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was elected for the newly-created Sheffield...
, British Conservative Party MP - Peter Scawen Watkinson RobertsPeter Scawen Watkinson RobertsPeter Scawen Watkinson Roberts VC, DSC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1917–1979), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - Peter McLaren Roberts, former Canadian ambassador to Romania
- Peter Roberts (author), science fiction author and poet