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EARLY LIFE

Rolleston was born at Maltby , Yorkshire as the 9th son of the Rev. George Rolleston and Anne Nettleship. He attended Rossall School and Emmanuel College . He graduated from here in 1855 with second class honours in classical tripos. He had intended to move to Canterbury but his father advised against it so he took up Tutor ing. However, this was merely a means of raising enough money to leave England in order to reject ' Conservatives and Ecclesiastics '.


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LATER LIFE

He married Elizabeth Mary Brittain in 1865 at Avonside , Christchurch . They had five sons and four daughters. Rolleston died at his Rangitata farm at Kapunatiki , on February 8, 1903.


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