[1] Born on 5 March 1926, Rawlinson studied at Christ Church, Oxford, before service in the Grenadier Guards from 1944 to 1947.
There, he was responsible for competition policy and negotiating with the London Stock Exchange over regulations which ultimately abolished the distinction between the stockjobber and the stockbroker, a key part of the government's reforms of the City.
He was then chairman of the Gaming Board for Great Britain until he died after a fall while climbing Mount Snowdon in Wales on 22 February 1986.
An avid climber, whilst an undergraduate he became President of the Oxford University Mountaineering Club and he was selected as one of the four reserves for the 1953 expedition to Mount Everest.
[1] Although he never visited the Himalaya he was later elected president of the Alpine Club and stepped into that role in January 1986, very shortly before his death.