Roon, Count von, Prussian general, born in Pomerania; was Minister of War in 1859 and of Marine in 1861; was distinguished for the important reforms he effected in the organisation of the Prussian army, conspicuous in the campaigns of 1866 and 1871-72 (1803‒1879).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Rooke, Sir George * Root, George Frederick