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About John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle
John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle was a British politician and peer who served as a Member of Parliament in general support of William Pitt the Younger and was later an active member of the House of Lords. His violent attacks on Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox in the early 1780s led to his being the target for satirical attack in the Rolliad. He was colonel of the South Devon Militia and was instrumental in forming the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the North Devon Yeomanry.
Everything about John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle →- Occupation
- politician, land owner
- Position held
- member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- October 16, 1756
- Died
- April 3, 1842