| Christopher Rolleston | |
| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Office: | Registrar-General of New South Wales |
| Term Start: | 1855 |
| Term End: | 1864 |
| Term Start2: | 1864 |
| Term End2: | 1883 |
| Predecessor2: | William Mayne |
| Successor2: | Edward Rennie |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1817 |
| Birth Place: | Watnall, Nottinghamshire, England |
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Christopher Rolleston (27 July 1817 - 9 April 1888) was an English-born colonial public servant in Australia.
Rolleston was born 27 July 1817 in Watnall, Nottinghamshire, the second son of Rev. John Rolleston and Elizabeth, .
A prominent colonial civil servant in New South Wales, Rolleston served as the Register-General of New South Wales (1855 – 1864). During his time as registrar general he was responsible for the launch of compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages. He also served in a range of previous roles including Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Darling Downs (1842-1853), private secretary to the Governor of New South Wales, Sir William Denison (1855), as well as auditor-general (1864-1883).
His commercial appointments included director, European Assurance Society, the Mercantile Bank of Sydney and the Australian Gas Light Company, and a superannuation fund commissioner.
He served as the president and later a trustee of the Australian Club. For his lifelong service to colonial New South Wales he was appointed CMG in 1879.
A number of places in Queensland are named after him: