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Authorised form of nameRawlinson; Thomas (1681 - 1725)
Dates1681 - 1725
Place of birthThe Old Bailey in the parish of St Sepulchre, London, England
Date of birth25 March 1681
Place of deathLondon House, Aldersgate Street, London
Date of death06 August 1725
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St Botolph's, Aldersgate Street, London
OccupationBarrister
Research fieldAntiquities
ActivityEducation:
William Day's school at Cheam, Surrey; Eton College; St John's College, Oxford (matriculated 1699); Middle Temple (admitted 1697)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1705); travelled in England and the Netherlands; Governor of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals, London (1706); Governor of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1712); a Jacobite; his vast collections of books and manuscripts, to house which he had hired London House, were sold in sixteen sales (1722-1734)
Memberships:
FSA (1724)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/10/1712
ProposerSir Hans Sloane
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1714-1715
RelationshipsSon of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, Kt, Alderman of London and his wife, Mary, daughter of Richard Taylor of Turnham Green, Middlesex, who kept the Devil Tavern by the Temple; brother of Richard Rawlinson (1714); married his servant, Amy Frewen; no children
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; MT
References:
Historical Register Chronological Diary 1725, p36 (obituary)
CodeNA1069
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/144Bond of Thomas Rawlinson to the Treasurer of the Royal Society19 February 1712
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