John Rolleston (British politician)

For the New Zealand politician, see John Rolleston (New Zealand politician).

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Sir John Rolleston

Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston JP DL (1848–1919), was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was educated at Repton School and King's College London. He was a keen Conservative and the leader of his party in Leicester, where, after being twice defeated at the poll, he was elected Member of Parliament in 1900. He sat for Leicester until 1906 when he was again defeated by the Liberal-Labour coalition. He was subsequently elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Hertford in January 1910 and held the seat until 1916. He was knighted in 1897.

References

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston", The Annual Register (1920), Longman, Greens & Co. pp. 187-188

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Rolleston

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Broadhurst and Walter Hazell	Member of Parliament for Leicester 1900–1906 With: Henry Broadhurst	Succeeded by Henry Broadhurst and Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by Abel Henry Smith	Member of Parliament for Hertford 1910–1916	Succeeded by Noel Pemberton Billing