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About John Rolle
John Rolle (1679–1730) of Stevenstone and Bicton in Devon, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1703 to 1705 and in the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1730. He declined the offer of an earldom by Queen Anne, but 18 years after his death his eldest son was raised to the peerage in 1748 by King George II as Baron Rolle.
Everything about John Rolle →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1679, 1679
- Died
- 1730, May 6, 1730