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{{short description|Title in the Peerage of Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2012}} [[File:Lord Rollo arms.svg|thumb|right|[[Coat of arms|Arms]] of the Lord Rollo, Chief of [[Clan Rollo]]]] [[File:The grave of John 8th Lord Rollo, Dunning.jpg|thumb|The grave of John 8th Lord Rollo, Dunning]] [[File:The grave of John Eric Henry Rollo, 12th Lord Rollo, Dunning.JPG|thumb|The grave of John Eric Henry Rollo, 12th Lord Rollo, Dunning]] '''Lord Rollo''', of [[Dunning, Perth and Kinross|Duncrub]] in the [[County of Perth]], is a title in the [[Peerage of Scotland]]. It was created on 10 January 1651 for Sir Andrew Rollo, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.<ref name=DP/> His great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in [[North America]] during the [[Seven Years' War]]. 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]] as a [[List of Scottish representative peers|Scottish representative peer]] 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. On 29 June 1869 he was created '''Baron Dunning''', of [[Dunning, Perth and Kinross|Dunning]] and Pitcairns in the [[County of Perth]], in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]], with remainder to the heirs male of his body.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23511 |date=29 June 1869 |page=3689}}</ref> This title gave the Lords an automatic seat in the House of Lords until 1999. {{As of|2017}} 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 [[Scottish clan chief|Clan Chief]] of [[Clan Rollo]]. The family seat was Duncrub Castle, near [[Dunning, Perth and Kinross|Dunning]], [[Perthshire]].<ref>Perth Post Office Directory 1860: List of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Country Seats</ref>
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