Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle
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- John Rolle (father)
Denys Rolle (brother)
Denys Rolle (cousin)
Bourchier Wrey (cousin)
The Lord Rolle | |
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 Rolle's coat of arms: Or, on a fesse dancetté between three billets azure each charged with a lion rampant of the first three bezants | |
| Member of Parliament for Barnstaple | |
| In office 1741-1748 | |
| Member of Parliament for Devon | |
| In office 1730-1741 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1708 England |
| Died | 17 August 1750 (aged 41) |
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| Relatives | John Rolle Walter (brother) Denys Rolle (brother) Denys Rolle (cousin) Bourchier Wrey (cousin) |
Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (7 November 1708 – 17 August 1750) was a British landowner, peer and politician.
Rolle was the eldest son of John Rolle (1679–1730), Member of Parliament for Devon (who had declined the offer of an earldom by Queen Anne) by his wife Isabella Walter, daughter of Sir William Walter, 2nd Baronet, of Saresden, Oxfordshire. His younger brother John Rolle Walter assumed the surname of Walter on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle and also represented Devon in Parliament.[1]
Career
Rolle succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Devon on the latter's death in 1730, and held the seat until 1741.[2] From 1741 to 1748 he represented Barnstaple in Parliament.[3] In 1748 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rolle of Stevenstone, in the County of Devon,[4] and his vacated seat at Barnstaple was won by his first cousin Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet (c. 1715–1784), of Tawstock, Devon.
Death and succession
Lord Rolle died unmarried in August 1750, aged 41, when the barony became extinct. His estates devolved on his youngest brother Denys III Rolle (1725–1797), the father of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle, in whose favour the barony was recreated in 1796.[1]
