Rawlinson Baronets
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The Rawlinson Baronetcy, of North Walsham
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England in the North Norfolk district.-Demographics:The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 11,998. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North...

 in the County of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 February 1891 for the orientalist, archaeologist and politician Henry Rawlinson. His son, the second Baronet, was a distinguished soldier. On 6 October 1919 he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

 as Baron Rawlinson, of Trent in the County of Dorset. On his death on 26 March 1925 the barony became extinct, while the baronetcy passed to his younger brother, the third Baronet.

Rawlinson Baronets, of North Walsham (1891)

  • Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810–1895) 84
  • Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet
    Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson
    General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG , known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bt between 1895 and 1919, was a British First World War general most famous for his roles in the Battle of the Somme of 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918.-Military career:Rawlinson was...

     (1864–1925) (created Baron Rawlinson in 1919)

Barons Rawlinson (1919)

  • Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson
    Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson
    General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG , known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bt between 1895 and 1919, was a British First World War general most famous for his roles in the Battle of the Somme of 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918.-Military career:Rawlinson was...

     (1864–1925)

Rawlinson Baronets, of North Walsham (1891; Reverted)

  • Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet was a British pioneer motorist and aviator, soldier and intelligence officer, and sportsman. He was known as "Toby".-Life:...

    (1867–1934)
  • Sir (Alfred) Frederick Rawlinson, 4th Baronet (1900–1969)
  • Sir Anthony Henry John Rawlinson, 5th Baronet (b. 1936)
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