Robert Rollo, 4th
Lord Rollo (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.
He took his seat as a
commissioner
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In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to incl ...
to the
Parliament of Scotland
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from 1703, and was a
commissioner of supply 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
Hanoverian George I. Lord Rollo took an active part in the
Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ;
or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart, James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland ...
. 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
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in November 1715, but surrendered to government forces the following February. He was imprisoned at
Inverness Castle, then
Edinburgh Castle
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until 1717 when he was pardoned.
[Balfour Paul, vol vii, p204]
Lord Rollo died at
Duncrub, 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:
*
Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo
*Henry Rollo (1705–1745)
*
John Rollo, 6th Lord Rollo
*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.
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1679 births
1758 deaths
Scottish Jacobites
People of the Jacobite rising of 1715
Nobility from Perth and Kinross
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