Stuart Rolt
| Stuart Rolt | |
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A 1905 portrait of Holt by John St Helier Lander
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| Born |
29 July 1862 Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 8 May 1933 (aged 70) St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1884–1918 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands held |
14th Infantry Brigade RMC Sandhurst 170th Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Brigadier-General Stuart Peter Rolt, CB (29 July 1862 – 8 May 1933) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Stuart Rolt was the son of Peter Rolt, a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment as a lieutenant on 30 January 1884, promoted to captain on 28 April 1890, and saw service in the Second Boer War, commanding the Rhodesia Regiment, where he was wounded in action. Promotion to major came while in South Africa, on 21 February 1900, followed by promotion to the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel on 29 November 1900. After his return to the United Kingdom, he was appointed an Assistant Inspector of Gymnasia at Aldershot on 5 February 1901.
In 1911 he was appointed to command of 14th Infantry Brigade, in 5th Division; when the First World War broke out in July 1914, he took it to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force.
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