page_title: Mark Rolle
hierarchical_section_title: Mark Rolle
caption_attribution_description: English: Hon. Mark Rolle (1835–1907) of Stevenstone, St Giles in the Wood, Devon. 1871 portrait by Hon. Henry Richard Graves (1818-1882), 2nd son of Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves. He is shown with foxhounds of his own Stevenstone Hunt, apparently with a background of terraced estate cottages built by him in St Giles-in-the-Wood. Collection of Barnstaple Town Council, PCF41. On display in Council Chamber, Guildhall, Barnstaple, North Devon. 236 * 145 cm. This is a very large painting which dominates the Council Chamber and all the other many portraits displayed in it. Mark Rolle held the honorary position of High Steward of Barnstaple.
context_page_description: Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle, of Stevenstone, St Giles in the Wood, Devon, was High Sheriff of Devon in 1864, a DL of Devon and High Steward of Barnstaple. Due to an inheritance from his uncle by marriage, John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle, he became the largest private landowner in Devon, and according to the Return of Owners of Land, 1873 his landholdings, of which he was life-tenant under his uncle's will, extended to 55,000 acres. He was a prolific philanthropist and builder and restorer of churches, farmhouses and cottages, the latter for his estate workers.
context_section_description: Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle (1835–1907) (born Mark George Kerr Trefusis), of Stevenstone, St Giles in the Wood, Devon, was High Sheriff of Devon in 1864, a DL of Devon and High Steward of Barnstaple. Due to an  inheritance from his uncle by marriage, John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750–1842), he became the largest private landowner in Devon, and according to the Return of Owners of Land, 1873 his landholdings, of which he was life-tenant under his uncle's will, extended to 55,000 acres. He was a prolific philanthropist and builder and restorer of churches, farmhouses and cottages, the latter for his estate workers.
caption: 1871 portrait of Hon. Mark Rolle by Hon. Henry Richard Graves. Collection of Barnstaple Town Council, displayed in Council Chamber, Guildhall, Barnstaple
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