Mark Rolle | |
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 1871 portrait of Hon. Mark Rolle by Hon. Henry Richard Graves. Collection of Barnstaple Town Council, displayed in Council Chamber, Guildhall, Barnstaple | |
| Born | 13 November 1835 |
| Died | 27 April 1907 (aged 71) Argelès-sur-Mer, France |
| Spouse |
Gertrude Douglas (m. 1860) |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Charles Trefusis |
| Relatives | Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (brother) Robert Trefusis (grandfather) William Kerr (grandfather) |
Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle (13 November 1835 – 27 April 1907; né 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.[citation needed]