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RAWSON, HENRY GILBERT, eldest son of Sir Rawson William Rawson KCMG CB, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia Mary Anne, dau. of Hon. and Rev. Henry Ward, Rector of Killinchy, co. Down; b. 18 Mar 1851; adm. 4 Oct 1864 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1866; Capt. of the School 1869; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1870, matr. 8 Jun 1870; 1st cl>Classics (Mods) 1872, 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1874; BA 1874; adm. Inner Temple 9 Oct 1873, called to bar 13 Jun 1877; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; author, Pocket Law Lexicon, 1883; m. 14 Apr 1909 Kate Agnes Forbes; d. at Durban, Natal 7 Oct 1925.

RAWSON, FREDERICK LAWRENCE, brother of Henry Gilbert Rawson (qv); b. 27 Jul 1859; adm. 23 Jan 1873 (G); Min. Can. 1874; an electrical engineer, firm Woodhouse and Rawson Ltd; AMICE 1 Dec 1885; MIEE; founder, The Society for Spreading the Knowledge of True Prayer; author, Life Understood, 1912; m. 18 Feb 1890 Evelyn Trevelyan, sixth dau. of William Clement Cazalet, Capel, Surrey; d. during a lecturing tour at New York, USA 10 Nov 1923.

Rawnsley, David Willingham, son of Noel Rawnsley of Sevenoaks, Kent, and Violet Cutbill, poet, of Sidcup, Kent; b. 25 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left July 1924; ARIBA; art director and production designer for film industry, sculptor, painter and ceramicist; m. 28 Dec. 1966 Phyllis Mary, d. of Lieut.-Cdr John Lionel May RNVR, master mariner; d. 18 Nov. 1977.

RAWLINSON, WILLIAM MILES, son of Capt. William Edward Rawlinson, EICS Bombay, Deputy Judge Advocate-Gen., Bombay Army, and Jane, eldest dau. of Miles Stringer, Effingham Hill, Surrey; b. 24 Oct 1844; adm. 7 Jun 1855; left Christmas 1862; d. 14 Mar 1906.

RAWLINSON, THOMAS, youngest son of John Rawlinson, Wimpole Street, London, barrister; b. 2 May 1823; adm. 15 Jun 1835 (Scott's); QS 1837; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841, scholar 1842; BA 1845; MA 1848; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Feb 1845, called to bar 23 Nov 1848; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; m. 1st, 5 Aug 1862 Charlotte, youngest dau. of Rev. William Herbert Chapman, Vicar of Balsham, Cambs.; m. 2nd, --- [check]; d. 26 May 1894.

RAWLINSON, RICHARD, son of Thomas Rawlinson (qv), and his first wife; b. 26 Mar 1869; adm. 26 Jan 1881 (J); left Mar 1886; manager, C. Hoare & Co., bankers, Fleet Street; m. 4 Jun 1907 Henrietta, fourth dau. of Sir Charles Rugge-Price, Bart.

Rawlinson, Michael Joseph, son of Sir Joseph Rawlinson Kt. CBE, Chief Engineer and County Surveyor LCC, and Gertrude Moseley, d. of Rev. Edward Henry Maggs, Methodist minister, of Wavertree, Liverpool; b. 13 Mar. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1949; adm. solicitor Feb. 1955; LLB (Lond. ) 1960; partner Richards Butler & Co. 1962-6; Inland Revenue solicitor’s office 1966-73; partner Wiggin & Co., Cheltenham, 1974-8, head of information services 1978-97; m. 7 Oct. 1961 Prudence Anne, d. of Herbert Benjamin Rawson of Lytham, Lancs; d. 28 July 2008.

RAWLINSON, JOHN, son of Thomas Rawlinson (qv), and his first wife; b. 29 Aug 1866; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (J); left May 1884; an architect; articled pupil of Sir Arthur William Blomfield 1885-8; ARIBA 8 Jun 1891; Diocesan Surveyor, Diocese of Southwark; d. 10 Feb 1934.

RAWLINSON, HERBERT WATSON, eldest son of Thomas Rawlinson (qv), and his first wife; b. 10 May 1863; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (J); left Aug 1880; a clerk in Child’s Bank, Fleet Street, London; d. 21 Mar 1906.

RAWLINSON (or ROWLINSON), CHARLES, son of Richard Rawlinson (or Rowlinson), Warrington, Lancs., and Betty Fearnhead (IGI); bapt. Warrington, Lancs. 19 Nov 1779 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1795; in school list 1797.