John Rolle, Baron Rolle
(1751-1842), Politician; MP for DevonRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 6 portraits
Rolle entered Parliament as an MP in 1780, where he was a supporter of William Pitt the Younger. In 1782, Charles James Fox, then Foreign Secretary, recalled Admiral Rodney from the Caribbean. Rolle condemned this action, and his outspoken attacks on Fox and Edmund Burke in the early 1780s led to his being the target for satirical attack in the Rolliad, published in the Morning Herald. Rolle was raised to the House of Lords in 1796 as Baron Rolle. An active debater, he was opposed to Catholic relief and parliamentary reform.
by Karl Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
NPG 745
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, before 1827 (circa 1821)
NPG D17524
published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 June 1838
NPG D39850
by Henry Thomas Ryall, published by Dawe & Gowar (Gower), probably after Frederick Cruickshank
stipple and line engraving, published 1844
NPG D5831
by Henry Thomas Ryall, published by Dawe & Gowar (Gower), probably after Frederick Cruickshank
stipple and line engraving, published 1844
NPG D15870
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Mike Birks
20 December 2017, 16:23
His birth year may be 1756, not 1750.
Dawn
26 April 2018, 11:07
Born 1756 according to Walker Regency Catalogue and historyofparliamentonline.org