Walter Rawlinson

Sir Walter Rawlinson (29 May 1734[2] – 13 March 1805) was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790.

Rawlinson was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School in 1744 and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 18 January 1753, aged 18.

[3] Rawlinson was a friend of Lord Sandwich, who returned him as Member of Parliament for Queenborough on the Admiralty interest in the 1774 general election.

He did not stand at the 1790 general election[3] Rawlinson was also president of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals.

He died without issue at Devonshire Place, London, on 13 March 1805, aged 70.

Mural monument to Sir Walter Rawlinson, St George's Church, Stowlangtoft, Suffolk
Arms of Rawlinson: Gules, two bars gemelles between three escallops argent [ 1 ]
Stowlangtoft Hall, 1880