Humphry John Davy Rolleston (born 1946) is a New Zealand businessman, who is a member of the boards of several companies that are listed on the

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. Rolleston is descended from

William Rolleston William Rolleston (19 September 1831 – 8 February 1903) was a New Zealand politician, public administrator, educationalist and Canterbury provincial superintendent. Early life Rolleston was born on 19 September 1831 at Maltby, Yorkshire as th ...

(1831–1903), the last

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of the

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, who was his great-grandfather, and his wife

Mary Rolleston Elizabeth Mary Rolleston (30 March 1845 – 4 June 1940), known as Mary Rolleston, was a New Zealand homemaker, political hostess and community leader. She was born as Elizabeth Mary Brittan in Castleton, Dorset, England in 1845. Her parents wer ...

(1845–1940). His grandfather was

Frank Rolleston Francis Joseph Rolleston (11 May 1873 – 8 September 1946) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party (New Zealand), Reform Party. Early life Rolleston was born in Christchurch in 1873, the son of the last Superintendent (New Zealand), S ...

(1873–1946), who represented the electorate in Parliament for the Reform Party. His parents were

George Rolleston George Rolleston MA MD FRCP FRS (30 July 1829 – 16 June 1881) was an English physician and zoologist. He was the first Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to be appointed at the University of Oxford, a post he held from 1860 until ...

(1916–2001), the first dean of the

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, and his wife Marion (née Blackley). He attended

Cathedral Grammar School ("Always Faithful") , established = 1881 , head = Scott Thelning , chaplain = Teresa Kundycki-Carrell , head_label = Headmaster , address = 2 Chester Street West, ...

and is married to Debra Graham Rolleston (née Jamieson). Rolleston was a long-term business partner of Allan Hubbard, the pair having first met in the early 1970s. Rolleston owned a 23% share of the Southbury Group, but sold his share of the business to Hubbard in 2004. Rolleston was a director of

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from 1999 until 2005, when INL merged with Sky Television Network. He has since been on the board of Sky. Other directorships include Broadway Industries, Craigpine Timber, Guthrey Holdings,

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, Murray & Co, and Property For Industry. He owns McRaes Engineering, a hydraulics company based in Whangarei with about 65 staff (2012). Rolleston is a fellow of the

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. The

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newspaper ''

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'' listed him 31st on its 2013 power list. The ''

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'' put Rolleston onto its 2013 rich list with an estimated wealth of $NZ60m. Rolleston is the chair of the Cathedral Foundation of Cathedral Grammar School. The Rollestons live in the Christchurch suburb of

Fendalton Fendalton is a suburb of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. History Fendalton was originally known as Fendall Town, named after the original settler of the land, Walpole Chesshyre Fendall (1830–1913). Fendall emigrated from Y ...

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Humphry Humphry is a masculine given name and surname. It comes from the Old Germanic name Hunfrid, which means "friend of the hun". The name may refer to: People First name *Humphry Berkeley (1926–1994), British politician * Humphry Bowen (1929–20 ...

Brittan family