Launcelot Rolleston

Launcelot Rolleston
by Joseph Wright of Derby
Born1737
Died25 April 1802(1802-04-25) (aged 64–65)
Resting placeGreasley St Mary
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Gentleman, magistrate
Parent(s)Revd. John Rolleston and Dorothy his Wife;
Not to be confused with Lancelot Rolleston.

Launcelot Rolleston (1737 – 25 August 1802) was a member of the Markeaton hunt.

Biography

Rolleston was born in 1737, the son of John Rolleston, the minister at Aston-on-Trent and Dorothy his wife.[1] Rolleston's family seat was Watnall Hall in Nottinghamshire.[2]

In 1762–3 Francis Noel Clarke Mundy commissioned a set of six portraits of his friends in the Markeaton Hunt and one of these was Rolleston. Each of the subjects was in the distinctive dress of the Markeaton Hunt, consisting of a blue coat over a scarlet waistcoat and yellow breeches. These paintings hung at Mundy's ancestral home, Markeaton Hall.[3]

References

  1. ^ Greaseley St Mary church monuments accessed 12 June 2008
  2. ^ "Portrait of Launcelot Rolleston (1737-1802), of Watnall Hall". Sotherbys. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ Markeaton Portrait, David Moore-Gwyn, Sothebys.com, accessed 7 June 2008