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Rolleston, Queensland Rolleston is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Rolleston had a population of 309 people. Geography Rolleston is located on the Comet River, west of Gladstone, 263 kilo ...

, Australia *

Rolleston, Leicestershire Rolleston is a parish and estate village near Billesdon in Leicestershire, England, and part of Harborough district. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Skeffington Skeffington is a village and civil parish in t ...

, England *

Rolleston, Nottinghamshire Rolleston is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire by the River Greet (a tributary of the River Trent), a few miles from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Southwell not far from the Trent and about southwest of Newark-on-Trent, Newark. ...

, England **

Rolleston railway station Rolleston station is around half a mile from the small village of Rolleston, one of the Trent side villages close to Southwell in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is convenient for Southwell Racecourse, to which it is adjacent. History T ...

Rolleston on Dove Rolleston on Dove, also known simply as Rolleston, is a village in Staffordshire, England near Burton upon Trent. Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists spent some of his earlier years at the family seat here. Rollesto ...

, Staffordshire, England ** Rolleston Hall *

Rolleston, New Zealand Rolleston ( mi, Roretana, Tauwharekākaho) is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the Canterbury Plains south-west of Christchurch, and is part of the wider ...

Mount Rolleston Mount Rolleston (2,271 m) is a prominent peak in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named by the surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson in 1864, who observed the peak while searching for a route through the Souther ...

Rolleston River The Rolleston River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows north from its origins on the northern slopes of Mount Rolleston before turning northeast to reach the Otira River five kilometres north of Arthur's ...

People

Arthur Rolleston Arthur Cecil Rolleston (13 December 1867 – 28 September 1918) was a New Zealand cricketer and lawyer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in 1890 and 1891. Life and career One of the sons of the prominent New Zealand p ...

(1867–1918), New Zealand cricketer and lawyer *

Boyd Rolleston Boyd Rolleston is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' portrayed by Sam Bunkall. He made his first screen appearance on the episode broadcast on 13 September 2012. Boyd arrives as the hospitals newest surgeon an ...

, fictional character *

Christopher Rolleston Christopher Rolleston (27 July 1817 – 9 April 1888) was an English-born colonial public servant in Australia. Rolleston was born 27 July 1817 in Watnall, Nottinghamshire, the second son of Rev. John Rolleston and Elizabeth, . A prominent ...

(1817–1888), New South Wales public servant *

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), New Zealand politician *

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 ...

(1829–1881), English physician and zoologist *

Humphry Rolleston Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, 1st Baronet, (21 June 1862 – 23 September 1944) was a prominent English physician. Rolleston was the son of George Rolleston (Linacre Professor of Physiology at Oxford) and Grace Davy, daughter of John Davy an ...

(1862–1944), English physician *

Humphry Rolleston (businessman) 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 New Zealand Exchange. Rolleston is descended from William Rolleston (1831–1903), the last Superinten ...

(born 1946), New Zealand businessman *

James Rolleston James Rolleston (born 8 June 1997) is a New Zealand actor known for the films ''Boy'' and '' The Dark Horse''. The latter was released in October 2014 and had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 4 September. Fil ...

(born 1997), New Zealand actor *

Jeremy Rolleston Jeremy Rolleston (born 13 December 1972) is an Australian sportsman who played rugby professionally before changing to bobsleigh. He competed for Australia from 1999 to 2006, then returned in 2008 to prepare to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics ...

(born 1972), Australian sportsman *

John Davy Rolleston John Davy Rolleston FSA FRCP (25 February 1873 – 13 March 1946) was an English physician and folklorist, who published extensively on infectious diseases and the history of medicine. Overshadowed by his brother, Sir Humphry Rolleston, he esta ...

, (1873–1946), English physician and folklorist * Sir

John Rolleston (British politician) Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston (26 March 1848 – 9 April 1919) was a British Conservative Party politician. Rolleston was the eldest son of Rev. William Lancelot Rolleston, vicar of Great Dalby and Scraptoft, and his wife, Mary Sophia Fowk ...

(1848–1919), British Conservative politician *

John Rolleston (New Zealand politician) John Christopher Rolleston (4 December 1877 – 22 May 1956) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Early life Rolleston was born in Christchurch on 4 December 1877,See talk page the son of Mary Rolleston. His father, the las ...

(1877–1956), New Zealand Member of Parliament *

Lancelot Rolleston Lancelot Rolleston (20 July 1785 – 18 May 1862) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Southern division of Nottinghamshire at the 1837 general election. He was re-elected un ...

(1785–1862), British Conservative Party politician *

Launcelot Rolleston Launcelot Rolleston (1737 – 25 August 1802) was a member of the Markeaton hunt. Biography Rolleston was born in 1737, the son of John Rolleston, the minister at Aston-on-Trent and Dorothy 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), New Zealand salon-keeper *

Roger de Rolleston Roger de Rolleston was a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Career Between 1174 and 1184 it is believed that Roger was a clerk to Archbishop of Canterbury Richard of Dover. In or after 1186 he was given by Archbishop of Canterbury Baldwin of Fo ...

(died 1223), British Catholic priest *

Sam Rolleston Augustine Sam Rolleston is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played at representative level for New Zealand ( Heritage № 467), and Wellington, as a , i.e. number 3 or 4. Playing career I ...

, New Zealand rugby league footballer * Samuel Rolleston, British Anglican priest *

T. W. Rolleston Thomas William Hazen Rolleston (1 May 1857 – 5 December 1920) was an Irish writer, literary figure and translator, known as a poet but publishing over a wide range of literary and political topics. He lived at various times in Killiney in Cou ...

(1857–1920), Irish writer, literary figure and translator *

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), New Zealand politician, public administrator, educationalist and Canterbury provincial superintendent {{disambiguation, geo, surname