Robert Rolle (c. 1622 – 1660) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.

Origins

Rolle was the son of Sir Samuel Rolle of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe, Devon, and his wife Margaret Wise daughter of Sir Thomas Wise.

Career

He was admitted for his legal training at the Inner Temple in 1640. He was appointed High Sheriff of Devon for 1649–50. In 1654 he was elected Member of Parliament for Devon in the First Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected MP for Devon in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament. In January 1660 he was appointed a member of the Rump Parliament's final Council of State but does not appear to have attended any meetings, likely due to the Council enforcing an oath abjuring the Stuart family and any Single Person or House of Lords. He was elected MP for the family's

pocket borough A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorat ...

of Callington in the Convention Parliament in 1660, but died in the same year.

Marriage and children

Rolle married Lady Arabella Clinton, the younger daughter of Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln and 12th Baron Clinton (d.1667) and had a son and a daughter: * Samuel Rolle (d.1719) who married Margaret Tuckfield and had issue: ** Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton (d.1781). Margaret inherited the title Baroness Clinton from her cousin Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Clinton, 1st Baron Fortescue and 14th Baron Clinton (d.1751). She married firstly Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (d.1751), by whom she had issue, and secondly Sewallis Shirley, son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers. Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley ''The House of Commons: 1690-1715''
/ref> * Bridget Rolle (1648–1721) who married Francis Trefusis and had a son, Samuel Trefusis (1677–1722). After the death of George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford in 1791, Samuel's great-grandson

Robert Trefusis Robert Edward Trefusis (24 January 18439 July 1930) was the first suffragan Bishop of Crediton from 1897 to 1930. Origins Trefusis was born in Bideford in 1843, the second son of George Trefusis (1793–1849), a younger son of Robert Trefusis, 1 ...

(1764–1797) established his claim to the Barony of Clinton in 1794.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rolle, Robert 1622 births 1660 deaths People from Torridge District Robert High Sheriffs of Devon English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 Members of the Parliament of England for Callington Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Devon