Robert Rollo, 12th of Duncrub and 4th Lord Rollo

ROBERT ROLLO, LORD ROLLO

The Scots Peerage VII: 204

Despite Andrew Rollo's support for William of Orange, his son, the fourth Lord Rollo, was a staunch Jacobite who attended the great hunt at Aboyne in August 1715, which was in reality a secret council to plan the rising of that year. Here the Clan Rollo fought at the Battle of Sheriffmuir but surrendered, along with the Marquess of Huntly, chief of Clan Gordon, to General Grant of the Clan Grant. He was imprisoned for a time, but pardoned in 1717. He had seven children, and died peacefully at Duncrub in March 1758.

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

1730-31: Post-nuptial marriage contract between Henry Rollo, second son of Robert, Lord Rollo, and Anna Ruthven his spouse, only daughter of Isobel, Lady Ruthven and Colonel James Ruthven or Johnstoun [Johnstone] of Gratiny [Gretna] her husband, whereby the said Henry Rollo bound himself to secure himself and his spouse in liferent and their children in fee, in sums extending to 42,000 merks to be provided by the marriage settlement viz, 5,000 merks of natural portion given to him by Robert, Lord Rollo, by a bond of provision 17 December 1724, 10,000 merks provided to him by Sir Henry Rollo of Woodside, his grandfather, in an assignation dated 23 December 1730 in favour of Mary, Lady Rollo, his daughter, to be implemented by the assignation by Lord and Lady Rollo of sums contained in two heritable bonds dated 19 July 1709 and 20 December 1709 by William, Marquis of Annandale and James, Marquis of Annandale, 12,000 merks as the half of sums granted by the deceased Jean, Lady Ruthven, to the said Anna Ruthven and James Ruthven of Ruthven by dispositions dated 17 April 1721, 27 April 1721 and 24 October 1721 also contained in a tutorial inventory given up by Mr John Gardner, minister at Moneydie, before the sheriff of Perth on 7 December 1722, which sums were to be assigned by the said Anna Ruthven to Henry Rollo, her spouse, and 15,000 merks tocher to be provided by Isobel, Lady Ruthven, to the said spouses by the exercise of the power, reserved to her under the disposition and entail, dated 20 October 1674, of the estate of Ruthven to burden the estate for the purpose of granting provision to the younger children as well as the heir of the estate. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Rollo family of Duncrub, Perthshire, reference GD56/109