page_title: Rolls family
section_title: John Etherington Welch Rolls
hierarchical_section_title: Rolls family / John Etherington Welch Rolls
caption_attribution_description: English: JEW Rolls, the grandfather of Charles Stewart Rolls, co-founder of Rolls- Royce, built the early phases of the Hendre mansion near Monmouth. The Oak Room was his study, decorated with carved panelling and collector's items, a typical Victorian gentleman's retreat.Monmouth Museum ref.no.R299
context_page_description: The Rolls family were substantial landowners and benefactors in and around Monmouth in south east Wales. Charles Stewart Rolls was the co-founder of the Rolls-Royce company. The ascent of the family to the aristocracy was through marriage.
  The family's arms were described in 1852 as:
  Quarterly: 1st and 4th, or, on a fesse, dancettée, with plain cotises between three billets, sa., each charged with a lion, rampant, of the field, as many bezants; 2nd, gu., an eagle, displayed, barry of six, erminois and az.; 3rd, or, a saltier, sa., in chief, a leopard's face, of the second.
context_section_description: John was succeeded by his son John Etherington Welch Rolls (4 May 1807 – 27 May 1870), sheriff of Monmouthshire. In 1842 he married Elizabeth Mary Long, granddaughter of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk. He was succeeded by his son, also named John.
caption: John Etherington Welch Rolls (1807–1870) in the 'Oak Parlour'
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