Lancelot Rolleston (20 July 1785 – 18 May 1862) of

Watnall Watnall is an area in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. It is part of Greasley civil parish, and is located one mile north of Kimberley. It is in the Nuthall West and Greasley (Watnall) ward of Broxtowe Council. The village ...

Hall,

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,Capt A.E. Lawson Lowe, ''Historical Record of the Royal Sherwood Foresters; or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia'', London: Mitchell, 1872, pp. 50, 52, 69, 83. was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the eldest son of Christopher Rolleston of Watnall Hall by Anne, daughter of

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Nicholas,

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. He married, firstly, Caroline, only daughter of Sir George Chetwynd, Baronet, by whom he had several children, and secondly, Eleanor Charlotte, daughter of Robert Fraser of Torbreck, Inverness-shire, by whom he had further children. He was appointed

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of the disembodied

Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia The Royal Sherwood Foresters, originally the Nottinghamshire Militia, was an auxiliary regiment of the British Army from the English Midland county of Nottinghamshire. From its formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until its final servic ...

on 11 April 1833, and retained the position when the regiment was reformed in 1852, when he commanded it during its initial training periods. It was embodied for home defence duties in the

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and

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, although the command was exercised by younger officers. He was elected unopposed as a member of parliament (MP) for Southern division of Nottinghamshire at the 1837 general election. He was re-elected unopposed in

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and

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, and

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from the

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in 1849 by the procedural device of accepting the post of

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. He died at

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on 18 May 1862 and was buried in St Mary's Church, Greasley, Nottinghamshire. His daughter Charlotte Frances Anne Rolleston (died January 1853) was married on 11 April 1840 to the Whig politician George Heneage.

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* 1785 births 1862 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Nottinghamshire Militia officers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1780s-stub