Christopher Rolleston
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Christopher Rolleston (27 July 1817 – 9 April 1888) was a public servant.
A prominent colonial civil servant in New South Wales has served as the register general (1855 – 1864). During his time as registrar general he was responsible for the launch of compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages.
He was born 27th July 1817 and served in a range of previous roles including Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Darling Downs (1842 -1853), private secretary to the governor of New South Wales Sir William Denison (1855) as well as auditor-general (1864-1883).
His commercial appointments included director, European Assurance Society, the Mercantile Bank of Sydney and the Australian Gaslight Co, superannuation fund commissioner.
He served as the president and later a trustee of the Australian Club. For his life long service to colonial New South Wales he was appointed CMG in 1879.
