Brigadier-General Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo (18 November 1703 – 20 June 1765) was a

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officer who served in the

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and

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Life

Lord Rollo was the son of Robert Rollo ( 1680–1758) and Mary Roll, daughter to Sir Henry Rollo of Woodside. He was commissioned into the army at the age of 40 to serve in the

. He fought at the

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in 1743, being promoted to Major in June 1750, and by 1756 he commanded the 22nd Regiment of Foot.

Seven Years' War

During the 7 Years War, he was fighting since 1757 for the British in the Americas. He saw action in

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, Sorel, and

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. He led the Île Saint-Jean Campaign, which resulted in the capture of

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in 1758 and deportation of the French

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there. A bay on the island is still named after him. In 1760, he was raised to the rank of brigadier general. Lord Rollo Dominica 1761

On 3 May 1761, he sailed with his regiment from New York to the West Indies where he commanded the land forces at the attack on the French settlement of

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on 6 June, which he took with a force of only 2,500 men. After the capture, he was made Commander-in-Chief of Dominica before the island was definitely ceded to Britain by the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. During this period, he took a prominent part in the British capture of Martinique and in the British expedition against Cuba in 1762. TOMB OF ANDREW LORD ROLLO 01

His health was severely affected by the climate, and he returned to England in 1762, dying at Leicester in 1765. He was interred at St Margaret's church in that city.Balfour Paul, vol vii, p. 206

Marriage and issue

He married on 24 April 1727, with Catherine Murray (died 28 July 1763), daughter of

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, and had 2 children: * Anna Rollo (1729–1746) * John Rollo, Master of Rollo (1736–1762) He remarried on 16 February 1765 to Elizabeth Moray and died 4 months later. As his only son had died before him, he was succeeded by his brother John Rollo.

Legacy

On Dominica, his name was given to ''Rollo's Head'' which had been called ''Pointe Ronde'' by the French, but the French name is still more commonly used today. His name was also given to ''Rollo Street'' in what was to be the British capital of Dominica at

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, and this street name still survives. Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island is also named after him.

References

Notes

Sources

James Balfour Paul, Balfour Paul, Sir J., ''Scots Peerage'' IX vols. Edinburgh 1904.

External links

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