Jean-Marie Roland

An elderly ex-civil servant, husband to Manon Roland

Jean-Marie Roland, elderly civil-servant, becomes an important figure among the ‘Brissotins’ or ‘Girondins’ thanks to the influence of his wife, Madame ‘Manon’ Roland, who pens most of his letters, articles, speeches and policies. The pair move from Lyon to Paris when the Revolution is underway and host a salon. An ally to Jean-Pierre Brissot, Roland becomes minister of the interior during the various Revolutionary governments.

Jean-Marie Roland | Britannica
The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Roland de la Platière, Jean Marie and Marie
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière - Wikipedia
‘Marriage and Revolution: Monsieur and Madame Roland’ by Sian Reynolds