Lancelot Rolleston
Lancelot Rolleston (20 July 1785 – 18 May 1862)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was elected unopposed[2] as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Southern division of Nottinghamshire at the 1837 general election.[3] He was re-elected unopposed[2] in 1841[4] and 1847,[5] and resigned from the House of Commons in 1849 by the procedural device of accepting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[6]
His daughter Charlotte Frances Anne Rolleston (died January 1853) was married on 11 April 1840 to the Whig politician George Heneage.[7]
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N"
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 440. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- "No. 19532". The London Gazette. 15 August 1837. p. 2156.
- "No. 19999". The London Gazette. 16 July 1841. p. 1856.
- "No. 20764". The London Gazette. 13 August 1847. p. 2951.
- "No. 20970". The London Gazette. 20 April 1849. p. 1312.
- Lundy, Darryl. "Edward Heneage b. 24 July 1802, d. 25 June 1880". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lancelot Rolleston
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Evelyn Denison Earl of Lincoln |
Member of Parliament for South Nottinghamshire 1837 – 1849 With: Earl of Lincoln to 1846 Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard from 1846 |
Succeeded by Robert Bromley Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard |
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