John Theophilus Rawdon
John Theophilus Rawdon | |
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| Member of Parliament for ApplebyMember of Parliament for Launceston | |
| In office May 18, 1791 – 1802 | |
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| Born | November 19, 1756 |
| Died | May 5, 1808 (aged 51) |
| Spouse | Frances Hall |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira Elizabeth Hastings, 13th Baroness Hastings |
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John Theophilus Rawdon (19 November 1756 – May 5, 1808) was a British politician who served as member of parliament for Appleby from 1791 to 1796, and for Launceston from 1796 to 1802.[1]
Personal life
Rawdon was born as the second son of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira and Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira.[1]
Military career
He followed his older brother Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and into the British Army, joining the 15th Regiment of Foot as an ensign in 1773.[2] He became a lieutenant in late 1776,[3] and was slightly injured in a skirmish in the aftermath of the White Plains, when a cannonball struck two men close to him and fragmented a piece of skull into his knee.[4]
In 1777, Rawdon was appointed a captain in the 4th Regiment of Foot,[5] and suffered the amputation of his leg after being shot in the knee at the Battle of Brandywine.[6] After recovering, he served as captain of a garrison on the Isle of Wight.[7]
Political career
In 1796, Rawdon voted against abolition of the slave trade, in contrast to his brother Francis.[1]
In 1801, Rawdon was found to be living in Vienna, described as ‘a strange though a dull man’ with a ‘cork leg’ and ‘a coquettish sort of wife’.[1]
Marriage and issue
Rawdon married Frances Hall in 1792 and had at least two children: Elizabeth, Lady William Russell (2 October 1793 – 10 August 1874)[8] and Frances Charlotte Rawdon (b. February 2 1795).[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "RAWDON, Hon. John Theophilus (1756-1808). | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2026-08-11.
- ↑ The British Army (1776). A List of the general and field officers, as they rank in the army, for the Year 1776 London. p. 69.
- ↑ The British Army (1776). A List of the general and field officers, as they rank in the army, for the Year 1776 London. p. 245.
- ↑ Rawdon, Lord Francis. (1934)Manuscripts of the Late Reginald Rawdon Hastings. Vol 4. Ed. Francis Bickley. H. M. Stationery Office. p. 188.
- ↑ The British Army (1778). A List of the general and field officers, as they rank in the army, for the Year 1778 London. p. 58.
- ↑ McGuire, Thomas J (2007). The Philadelphia Campaign, Vol II: Germantown and the Roads to Valley Forge. Stackpole Books. p. 264.
- ↑ The British Army (1781). A List of the general and field officers, as they rank in the army, for the Year 1781 London. p. 210.
- ↑ LLoyd, E. M.; Seccombe, Thomas. "Russell, Lord George William (1790–1846)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24310. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; Yorkshire: Eston Parish Register, 1590-1812, 101.