Thomas Rawlinson (died 1769)

Sir Thomas Rawlinson (died 1769) of Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, was Lord Mayor of London in 1753.

Rawlinson was elected alderman of Broad Street ward in 1746,[1] and Sheriff of London and Middlesex on 21 June 1748.

He was knighted in 1760, was colonel of the Red regiment of trained bands, and was a prominent member of the Honourable Artillery Company, to which he presented in 1763 a ‘sheet of red colours.’ He was elected vice-president of the company in July 1766 (Raikes, Hist.

Rawlinson lived latterly at his estate of Stowlangtoft Hall in Suffolk, which he bought in 1760.

His only daughter, Susannah, married Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet.