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Primula and Rollo
After a whirlwind two-week romance in 1940, Niven married Primula Susan Rollo ( 18 February 1918, London – 21 May 1946, Beverly Hills, California ), the aristocratic daughter of a British lawyer.
The actor David Niven later claimed that he had introduced Laycock to the Commandos, as Laycock was related to his wife Primula Susan Rollo.

Primula and first
In (), Bilbo, a lifelong bachelor, adopted Frodo, the orphaned son of his first cousin Primula Brandybuck and his second cousin Drogo Baggins, and made him his heir.
The A111 was derived from Primula mechanicals, but much bigger and more spacious, marking the first ( and only ) entry of the brand into the small family car class.
Initially only available as a two-door saloon when launched in April 1971, a three-door hatchback, using an identical body profile but with a full-depth rear door and folding rear seat, was launched the following year This was Fiat's first super-mini-sized hatchback, along with a state-of-the-art transverse-engine / front-wheel-drive layout, with the transmission mounted on the end of the engine, both design ideas had been fully trialled since 1964, by Fiat's Autobianchi subsidiary with the Autobianchi Primula and 1969 Autobianchi A112.
In 1964 Fiat under the engineering leadership of Dante Giacosa designed the first car with a transverse engine and an end on gearbox ( using different length drive shafts ) and a hatchback-the Autobianchi Primula, It had Pininfarina styling that bore a resemblance to the Austin 1100.
In 1969 the first Fiat with a front-mounted transverse engine, the Fiat 128, was launched, along with two new front-wheel drive Autobianchis: the Autobianchi A112, smaller than the Primula, and the larger Autobianchi A111.

Rollo and first
Led by Rollo, some Vikings had settled in Normandy and were granted the land, first as counts and then as dukes, by King Charles the Simple, in order to protect the land from other raiders.
William was a Norman French-speaking fifth-generation descendant of the Viking war-leader Rollo, the first Scandinavian ruler of Normandy ; but Norman historians since Dudo of St. Quentin still celebrated the old Norse heritage of the ducal dynasty.
* Rollo of Normandy, founder and first ruler of the Viking principality of Normandy ( also known as Hrolf Ganger in Icelandic / Norwegian sagas ).
* Rollo of Normandy, the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy ( in Old Norse sources identified with Hrolf Ganger )
Rollo ( c. 846 – c. 931 ), baptised Robert and so sometimes numbered Robert I to distinguish him from his descendants, was a Norse nobleman of Norwegian or Danish descent and founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy.
From their first incursion into the lower valley of the Seine in 841, the Vikings overran Rouen until some of them finally settled and founded a colony led by Rollo ( Hrolfr ), who was nominated count of Rouen by the king of the Franks in 911.
According to Adémar de Chabannes, just before his death in 932 or 933 Rollo ( founder and first ruler of the Viking principality of Normandy ) practised human sacrifices to appease the pagan gods, and at the same time made gifts to the churches in Normandy.
His first lead role was in 1992, where he played Adolpho Rollo in Alexandre Rockwell's In the Soup.
William Camden wrote that the Normans were first called bigots, when their Duke Rollo, who when receiving Gisla, daughter of King Charles, in marriage, and with her the investiture of the dukedom, refused to kiss the king's foot in token of subjection – unless the king would hold it out for that specific purpose.
* Rollo, occasionally known as Rollo the Viking, ( c. 860-c. 932 ), founder and first ruler of Normandy
The first season of the TV series went into production and was animated and produced by King Rollo Films sometime in 1986.
Production of the show has shifted back to King Rollo Films after the first phase of It's Fun to Learn With Spot.
Unlike the first four episodes, however, these are produced by King Rollo Films and retained the talents of Paul Nicholas and Duncan Lamont.
The first division of troops, under the command of Colonel Rollo Gillespie, left Madras on 18 April, escorted by a squadron under Captain Christopher Cole aboard the 36-gun.
At the first round in Donington, on lap one, Yoong outbraked three cars entering the Melbourne hairpin with his four tyres locking up but an eventual collision with Rollo McNally saw Yoong retire.
Thus, for the first time since it had been given as a duchy to Rollo in 911, Normandy was directly ruled by the French king.
Despite the fact that four years had passed since her last album, the first single from the album, the title track, reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on the strength of remixes by Johnny Vicious, Junior Vasquez and Rollo.
It expanded greatly throughout the first half of the 20th century, adding rides including a Philadelphia Toboggan Company Rollo Coaster in 1938, one of the company's earliest.
The Cathedral also contains the tomb of Rollo ( Hrólfr, Rou ( f ) or Robert ), one of Richard's ancestors, the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy.

Rollo and wife
* Poppa of Bayeux, daughter of Berengar II, wife of Rollo
* Poppa, wife of Rollo of Normandy and mother of Duke William I

Rollo and actor
* Rollo Weeks ( born 1987 ), British actor
In one episode, he attempts to become an actor, Lamont and Rollo answer an ad for wannabe black film actors for an independent film company only to realize that it is really a pornographic film factory.
Nathaniel Taylor ( actor ) | Nathaniel Taylor as Rollo Larson

Rollo and David
Reverse El Rollo to Backflip: Originally completed by Tahiti's David Tuarau.
Entrants were David Levy, Rollo Carpenter, and Mohan Embar, who finished in that order.
King Rollo was a children's character created by David McKee in 1979, starring in a series of books, animations ( narrated by Ray Brooks ), and a comic strip in the magazine Buttons.
In addition to David, two of his other sons, ( Rollo and Donald ), also played professionally for Bolton Wanderers.
* David Eric Howard Rollo, 14th Lord Rollo ( b. 1943 )
The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son James David William Rollo, Master of Rollo ( b. 1972 )
Spot the Dog is a series of children's books by Eric Hill, which were later made into a popular children's animation series, known as Spot, for BBC television by David McKee's King Rollo Films.
Major-General Rollo Gillespie and Colonel David Ochterlony columns in the western front.
* King Rollo was a children's character created by David McKee in 1979
* David Rollo
She was signed to RCA Records in the U. S. and she began work on an album which would be a collaboration with Rollo Armstrong and Rob D. Her second single, " One More Try ", was issued two years later, in 1996 with remixes by Junior Vasquez, Rollo, Sister Bliss, David Morales, and Stonebridge.
* James David William Rollo, Master of Rollo, heir apparent to the Lordship of Rollo
Brooks was also the narrator of the well known children's animations by David McKee: Mr Benn and King Rollo.

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