Henry Rawlinson (1743–1786) was Member of the

Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...

for

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from 1780 to 1784. He was born on 8 April 1743, son of Abraham Rawlinson and Ellen Godsalve, and died 28 January 1786. Henry Rawlinson was a

slave trade Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

r and owned property in the West Indies. The Rawlinson family traded out of the port of Lancaster, as well as having interests in Liverpool. He is referred to in records as "of Grassyard Hall, Caton", which was the family estate near Lancaster.Portrait of Abraham Rawlinson
Lancashire Museums His father was uncle to

Abraham Rawlinson Abraham Rawlinson (1738–24 May, 1803) was an English politician and merchant. He came from a prominent Quaker family which traded out of the port of Lancaster. Rawlinson served as one of two Members of Parliament for Lancaster from 1780 to ...

(1738–1803), MP for Lancaster, and these two first cousins were sometimes confused in records of parliament.

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1743 births 1786 deaths British MPs 1780–1784 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Liverpool People from Lancaster, Lancashire {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub