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"
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ London Gazette: no. 19532. p. 2156. 15 August 1837. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ London Gazette: no. 19999. p. 1856. 16 July 1841. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ London Gazette: no. 20764. p. 2951. 13 August 1847. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ London Gazette: no. 20970. p. 1312. 20 April 1849. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ Lundy, Darryl. "Edward Heneage b. 24 July 1802, d. 25 June 1880". ThePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p5776.htm#i57760. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
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