John Rollo
John Rollo, Lord of Duncrub / Other
- Name : Rollo, Lord of Duncrub
- Born : ?
- Died : d.c.1425
- Category : Other
- Finest Moment : Private Secretary to King Robert III
'A relation of William the Conqueror, and founder of the Duncrub family of Dunnung, near Auchterarder'
On 14 February, 1380, a John de Rollo obtained from Robert Stewart a charter confirming the grant formally given to him 'de terris de Findony, cum 'parte de Dunyn, et de terris de Drumcroube et de Ladcathy'.
Rollo was private Secretary to Robert III, and died in the beginning of the reign of James I. The Rollo family could trace their history even further back than that however, as an Eric Rollo, the Dane, had gained a settlement in Normandy as early as the 8th century. From the Dane were descended the Dukes of Normandy, leading to William the Conqueror.
With William in England arrived an Eric de Rollo, his Secretary. A descendent of his moved to Scotland in the reign of David I, obtaining a grant of houses and lands in the Lothians. A generation or more later John de Rollo settled in Perthshire, founding the family of Duncrub. The ninth baron died in 1852, leaving an only son, John Rogerson Rollo, Baron Dunning of Dunning and Pitcairn.
The village of Dunyn is now called Dunning of course, and is dominated by an impressive Norman steeple in St Serf's Church; the steeple is probably mid-12th century.