Person Rawlinson; Richard (1690 - 1755) Rawlinson Richard 1690 - 1755 Male 03 January 1690 Islington, London 06 April 1755 Burial: St Giles's Church, Oxford, with Christopher Layer's skull in his hand; his heart is in St John's College chapel, Oxford

Gray's Inn; London House, Aldersgate

Clergyman, Nonjuring Antiquities Education: Eton College; St Paul's School, London; St John's College, Oxford; BA (1711), MA (1713), DCL (by diploma 1719); Utrecht (admitted 1719); Leyden (admitted 1719); Padua (admitted 1722) Career: Governor of the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals (1713); ordained deacon and priest (1716); travelled in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sicily and Malta (1719-1726); Governor of Christ's Hospital (1753); consecrated bishop (1728); had Jacobite sympathies, but took no part in rebellion; known for his frugality and eccentricity; he amassed large collections of books, manuscripts, coins, marbles, pictures, etc, most of which he left to the Bodleian Library; founded the Rawlinson Professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford Memberships: FSA (1727) Son of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, Kt, Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Richard Taylor of Turnham Green, Middlesex, who kept the Devil Tavern by the Temple; brother of Thomas Rawlinson (FRS 1712); unmarried Fellow 29/07/1714 William Jones John Harwood Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; St Paul's References: A Rupert Hall, review of Georgian R Tashjian, David R Tashjian and Brian J Enright, eds, Richard Rawlinson: A Tercentenary Memorial in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 190-191 Gentleman's Magazine 1755, p187, 1772, p275 (obituary) London Magazine 1755, p88, 1755, p205 (Account of Dr Rawlinson's will) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 3 Jan 1690 - 6 Apr 1755 NA5769 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 2e1b4354-bbcf-4030-b43a-2c2b4a608a8f