Lord Rollo, of Duncrub in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland

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. It was created in 1651 for Sir Andrew Rollo. His great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in North America

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 during the Seven Years' War

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. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Lord. His grandson, the eighth Lord, sat in the House of Lords

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 as a Scottish Representative Peer

Representative peer

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 from 1841 to 1846. His son, the ninth Lord, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1847 to 1852. His son, the tenth Lord, sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1860 to 1868. In 1869 he was created Baron Dunning, of Dunning and Pitcairns in the County of Perth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. This title gave the Lords an automatic seat in the House of Lords. the titles are held by the tenth Lord's great-great-grandson, the fourteenth Lord, who succeeded his father in 1997. He is the hereditary Clan Chief

Scottish clan chief

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 of Clan Rollo

Clan Rollo

Clan Rollo is a Lowland Scottish clan.-Origins of the Clan:The Clan Rollo are of Norman origin. However they can trace their roots to the feared Norsemen who raided the coast of England and Scotland in the seventh and eighth centuries...

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Lords Rollo (1651)

• Andrew Rollo, 1st Lord Rollo (1577–1659)
• James Rollo, 2nd Lord Rollo (1600–1669)
• Andrew Rollo, 3rd Lord Rollo (d. 1700)
• Robert Rollo, 4th Lord Rollo (c. 1680–1758)
• Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo
  Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo
  Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo, was a Scottish army commander in Canada and Dominica during the Seven Years' War, who led the British land forces in the capture of Dominica on June 6, 1761....
  
   (c. 1703–1765)
  • John Rollo, Master of Rollo (d. 1762)
• John Rollo, 6th Lord Rollo (1708–1783)
• James Rollo, 7th Lord Rollo (1738–1784)
• John Rollo, 8th Lord Rollo (1773–1846)
• William Rollo, 9th Lord Rollo (1809–1852)
• John Rogerson Rollo, 10th Lord Rollo (1835–1916)
• William Charles Wordsworth Rollo, 11th Lord Rollo (1860–1946)
• John Eric Henry Rollo, 12th Lord Rollo (1889–1947)
• Eric John Stapylton Rollo, 13th Lord Rollo (1915–1997)
• David Eric Howard Rollo, 14th Lord Rollo (b. 1943)

The heir apparent

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is the present holder's eldest son James David William Rollo, Master of Rollo (b. 1972)