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A house had stood on the Rolleston site, owned by the de Rolleston family, since the early 13th century. In 1622, the estate was purchased by Sir Edward Mosley, Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, who wished to escape from the "dark satanic mills" of Manchester to the elegant
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countryside. He replaced a wooden house with a stone-built one and died unmarried in 1638 after which the property passed to his nephew Sir Edward Mosley, 1st Baronet, and in turn to his son, Sir Edward Mosley, 2nd Baronet. During the
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from 1926 to 1931. The estate however was sold in his father's lifetime in 1923 and after unsuccessful efforts to sell the hall it was largely demolished in 1928. Some remnants were converted into flats.
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for 1715), who was created a baronet (the second creation of the title) in 1720. The property then passed down to
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A series of picturesque views of seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland
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and his army came into Staffordshire and Royalist soldiers were quartered at Rolleston.
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locomotive 5973 "Rolleston Hall" was named after the house.
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Index

Rolleston-on-Dove
Staffordshire
Mosley family

Rolleston-on-Dove
England

Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet
Staffordshire
English Civil War
Charles I
Oswald Mosley
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
John Parker Mosley
Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet
Sir Oswald Mosley
British Union of Fascists
Labour
Harrow
Smethwick
GWR Hall Class
Mosley baronets


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