page_title: John Rolle (1679–1730)
hierarchical_section_title: John Rolle (1679–1730)
caption_attribution_description: English: Bicton House over the lake in Bicton Park
context_page_description: John Rolle of Stevenstone and Bicton in Devon, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1703 to 1705 and in the British House of Commons from 1710-1730. He declined the offer of an earldom by Queen Anne, but 18 years after his death his eldest son was raised to the peerage in 1748 by King George II as Baron Rolle.
context_section_description: John Rolle (1679 – 1730) of Stevenstone and Bicton in Devon, was a British landowner and  Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1703 to 1705 and in the British House of Commons from 1710-1730. He declined the offer of an earldom by Queen Anne, but 18 years after his death his eldest son was raised to the peerage in 1748 by King George II as Baron Rolle.
caption: Bicton House
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