Robert Rollo, 4th
Lord Rollo
Lord Rollo, of Duncrub in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 10 January 1651 for Sir Andrew Rollo. His great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in North ...
(12 June 1679 – 8 March 1758) was a Scottish nobleman and
Jacobite.
Life
Lord Rollo was the son of
Andrew Rollo, 3rd Lord Rollo and his wife Margaret Balfour, daughter to
John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh
John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (after 1606 – died 1696/97) was a Scottish nobleman. He was educated in France; and has been traditionally and erroneously styled Covenanter John Balfour, the Covenanter being John Balfour of Kinloch.
...
.
He took his seat as a
commissioner to the
Parliament of Scotland
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from 1703, and was a
commissioner of supply
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in 1702 and 1704. In 1707 he voted for the
Act of Union. Following the death of
Queen Anne, and the subsequent succession of the
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. Lord Rollo took an active part in the
Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ;
or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts.
At Braemar, Aberdeenshire ...
. Despite the opposition of
the Earl of Mar, Rollo was placed in charge of the Perthshire squadron of the Jacobite army, and fought at the
Battle of Sheriffmuir in November 1715, but surrendered to government forces the following February. He was imprisoned at
Inverness Castle
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, then
Edinburgh Castle until 1717 when he was pardoned.
[Balfour Paul, vol vii, p204]
Lord Rollo died at
Duncrub
Dunning is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland with a population of about 1,000. The village centres around the 12th–13th century former parish church of St. Serf, where the Dupplin Cross is displayed (Historic Scotland; open in ...
, Perthshire on 8 March 1758
Marriage and issue
Lord Rollo married on 4 June 1702 Mary Rollo, daughter of Sir Henry Rollo of Woodside and had issue:
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Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo
Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo, (18 November 1703, Duncrub – 20 June 1765, Leicester) was a Scottish army commander in Canada and Dominica during the Seven Years' War, who led the British land forces in the capture of Dominica on 6 June 1 ...
*Henry Rollo (1705–1745)
*
John Rollo, 6th Lord Rollo
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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* Second ...
*James Rollo (1713–1732)
*Clement Sobieski Rollo (1720–1762)
*William Rollo (1729–1744)
*Mary Rollo (1709–1739)
*Jean Rollo (1717–1780)
*Isobel Rollo (1718–1751) was the mother of
Roger Aytoun.
References
Notes
Sources
James Balfour Paul, Balfour Paul, Sir J., ''Scots Peerage'' IX vols. Edinburgh 1904.
1679 births
1758 deaths
Scottish Jacobites
People of the Jacobite rising of 1715
People from Perth and Kinross
Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)
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