10. George³ Rawlinson (Abram Tyzack², Henry¹) was born in Chadlington, Oxfordshire 11 November 1812. George died 6 October 1902 in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, at 89 years of age. His body was interred 10 October 1902.

He married Louisa Wildman Chermside 7 July 1846. Louisa was born in Paris, France c10 February 1827. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, 1881.

He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chadlington East, Oxfordshire, 1841. He was listed as head of household in the 1881 census in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, Kent. From The Times, October 7, 1902

We regret to announce the death, which took place yesterday afternoon at his residence in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, of Canon George Rawlinson, who would next month have attained his 90th birthday. His health had been precarious for the past two years, but his condition fluctuated greatly. A week ago he was out in a bath-chair, and yesterday he was up and dressed when siezed with a fatal attack of syncope.

The death of George Rawlinson removes a venerable and interesting figure. He was not a man of genius, but a scholar of solid ability, who early found a field of work for which he was specially fitted, and devoted himself to it with success. In his "Herodotus" he turned to good account the new discoveries in the East, in which his more brilliant elder brother, Sir Henry Rawlinson, took so large a part, and thenceforward became the historian of the ancient Eastern world for English readers. His industry and extensive (if largely second-hand) learning won for his books, especially the "Herodotus" and "The Five Great Oriental Monarchies" a secure place in all English libraries.

George Rawlinson was born at Chadlington, in Oxfordshire, November 23, 1812. He was the third son of Abram Tysack Rawlinson, a noted breeder of racehorses, one of which, Coronation - an object of great interest to George Rawlinson while he was an undergraduate - won the Derby in 1841. Educated like his brother at Ealing School, he matriculated in 1834 as a commoner of Trinity College, Oxford, and won a First Class in the Final School of Classics in 1838. He played in the first cricket match against Cambridge in 1836, and showed something of his character as "a fair longstop and a most heartbreaking bat who would block by the hour". In 1840 he was elected to a Fellowship at Exeter College, and served as president and treasurer of the Union. From 1841 he was a tutor of his college, took Holy Orders, and won the Denyer Theological Prize in 1842 and 1843. He vacated his tutorship in 1846 on his marriage with Louisa, daughter of Sir R. A. Chermside. On the occasion of his golden wedding, in 1896, he presented a gold and jewelled chalice and paten to Canterbury Cathedral, to which he also presented other gifts. From 1846 to 1847 he held a curacy at Merton, in Oxfordshire, but subsequently returned to Oxford, where he lived the life of a scholar, examining the schools and taking an active part in the movement for the expansion of the University. The form finally taken by the Oxford University Act of 1854 was largely due to the work of the Tutors' Association, on the committee of which he served with Church and Marriott of Oriel, Lake and Edwin Palmer of Balliol, Mansel of St. John's, Osborne Gordon of Christ Church, and other tutors and ex-tutors, and in 1853 he and Dean Lake had an interview with Mr. Gladstone on the subject.

In 1852-53 he was one of the first to examine in the new Classical Moderations, among his colleagues being Gordon and Mansel, Scott and Conington. A the same time he was hard at work on his "Herodotus", which appeared in 1858 (with a dedication to Mr. Gladstone), and marks an epoch in the study of that historian. It consisted of a translation (which became the standard one) with short notes and many essays on historical and racial questions connected with Herodotus, to which the contributions of Sir H. Rawlinson and Sir Gardner Wilkinson gave a special importance. The translation is still the only fully annotated edition of the whole author in English, and in its abridged form (2 volumes; 1897) is still probably the most used in Rawlinson's old University. It would require more extensive revision than it has ever received to bring it up to the level of the latest research, particularly on the side of Oriental history and antiquities, but the notes incluce much original information that will always be of value.

Thenceforward his literary activity was continuous, but he found time for much else. All sides of Oxford life interested him. He was a guardian of the poor (1860-63), an original member of the Oxford Political Economy Club and its first treasurer, and a perpetual Curator of the University Galleries. He was Examiner in Greats in 1854, 1856, and 1857, and in 1868-69, and in the School of Theology in 1874-75. He gave the Brampton Lectures in 1859 (the year after Mansel), and in 1861 succeeded Dr. Cardwell and Camden Professor of Ancient History. He held the chair till 1889, but his professional lectures were not largely attended, and as professor he found many opportunities for writing. From 1862 to 1871 appeared the successive volumes of "The Five Great Monarchies of the Eastern World", followed by volumes on the sixth great monarchy in 1873, and on the seventh in 1876. New editions of this work and of the "Herodotus" have come out from time to time, and he dealt with the same and kindred subjects in more compendious forms-"A Manual of Ancient History" in 1869, "A History of Ancient Egypt" in 1881, a "History of Phoenicia" in 1889, and a "History of Parthia" in 1893. He also contributed to the "Speaker's Commentary", Dean Spence's "Homiletic Commentary", Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible", and wrote a number of present-day tracts. Besides the "Bampton Lectures" and a volume of sermons preached before the University (1861) on "The Contrast of Christianity with Heathen and Jewish Systems", he published many miscellaneous articles, biographical and historical.

Canon Rawlinson belonged to a class of scholars, happily not rare in England, who, without possessing the highest gifts, by good sense and industry and a happy use of opportunity, do much to promote the cause of education and to popularize the results of learning. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a corresponding member of the Royal Acadmey of Turin and of the American Philosophical Society, and in 1870 he was selected as a member of the Athenæum as a representative of literature.

Canon Rawlinson naturally figured more as a scholar than as an ecclesiastic. For anything in the way of public speaking and exhortation he was hampered by a singular indistinctness of utterance. He owed his appointment to a canonry of Canterbury in 1872 to his frient Mr. Gladstone, who no doubt intended it as a recognition of the learning of his nominee rather than of his services to the Church. There was thus some comment when in 1888 Canon Rawlinson, then 76 years of age, and already possessed of a canonry and a professorship, permitted himself and his colleagues on the Chapter of Canterbury. It is true that the pastoral responsibilities were small, but for some years they have had to be undertaken by deputy. However, in the year following his induction to All Hallows, Canon Rawlinson resigned the Camden Professorship and left Oxford. In the recent return made to the House of Lords of the annual value of the City incumbencies, it is stated that the stipend of the rector of All Hallows' is no less than £2,005 a year. Happily, at the instigation of the Archdeacon of London, an arrangement has been made to divide this large sum among a number of poorer benefices, while still leaving an ample income for the next incumbent.

An admirable portrait of Canon Rawlinson by his son-in-law, Mr. Wilson Forster, in which he is represented in the act of copying out letters for his memoir of his brother Sir Henry, hangs in the hall of his old College of Trinity, to which it was presented in 1890.

1848: his mother's will To my dear son George RAWLINSON two silver ?? and ??, one silver stand and Lamp, one thread pattern Gravy spoon without division, one soup tureen ladle unless my said son Abram Lindow RAWLINSON gives him one which he has in which case I bequeath both my soup tureen ladles to my said son Abram Lindow RAWLINSON as before mentioned, four sauce ladles marked E.S., six wine labels, one pair of plated Candlesticks, and two plated light ??.

To my said Son George RAWLINSON a China Dinner Service ... table painted by myself and a book entitled "Memorials of Oxford".

George Rawlinson and Louisa Wildman Chermside had the following children:

17 i. George Ernest⁴ Rawlinson was born in Chadlington Hall, Oxford 24 August 1848. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, 1881. 1848 - their grandmother's will: To the oldest child of my said Son George Rawlinson who may be living at the time of my decease my gold watch and appendages. I give and bequeath to each of my said children Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON and George RAWLINSON the sum of one thousand pounds.

And to each of my grandchildren (vi??) Anna Eudocia Rawlinson and Abram Creswicke Rawlinson, (children of my said son Abram Lindow Rawlinson), Eudocia Maria Brooke Smith (daughter of the said Brooke Smith and my said daughter Maria), Edward Cuthbert Brooke Rawlinson (son of my said son Edward Augustus Rawlinson) and Alice Georgiana Rawlinson and George Ernest Rawlinson (children of my said Son George Rawlinson) the sum of one hundred pounds.

1881 census: Dwelling: Precincts Census Place: Canterbury Christchurch, Kent, England Source: FHL Film 1341229 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0961 Folio 76 Page 3 George RAWLINSON M 68 M Chadlington, Oxford, England Rel: Head Occ: Canon Of Canterbury Clergyman (Without Cure Of Souls) Louisa W. RAWLINSON M 54 F Paris, France Rel: Wife Occ: Wife George E. RAWLINSON U 30 M Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Son Ethel E.A. RAWLINSON U 25 F Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Daur Louisa H. RAWLINSON U 20 F Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Daur

18 ii. Alice Georgiana Rawlinson was born in Chadlington Hall, Oxford c 1850. She married Stephen Herbert Gatty in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, 29 August 1876. 1848 - their grandmother's will: And to each of my grandchildren (vi??) Anna Eudocia Rawlinson and Abram Creswicke Rawlinson, (children of my said son Abram Lindow Rawlinson), Eudocia Maria Brooke Smith (daughter of the said Brooke Smith and my said daughter Maria), Edward Cuthbert Brooke Rawlinson (son of my said son Edward Augustus Rawlinson) and Alice Georgiana Rawlinson and George Ernest Rawlinson (children of my said Son George Rawlinson) the sum of one hundred pounds.

Alice Georgiana RAWLINSON Sex: F Event(s): Birth: Abt. 1850 Of Chadlington Hall, Oxford, England Parents: Father: George RAWLINSON Mother: Louisa W. CHERMSIDE Source Information: Film Number: 442604 Page Number: Reference Number: 37796 and Film Number: 458962 Film Number: 459143 Film Number: 471064

19 iii. Meriel Eudocia Rawlinson was born in Chadlington Hall, Oxford c1851. Meriel died c 31 MAR 1860 at 8 years of age.

20 iv. Mary Louisa Rawlinson was born in Oxfordshire c1853. Mary was visiting 1871 in Stoke Hill Cottage, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire. codicil to her grandmother's will, 31 Mar 1860: And I hereby also bequeath the following legacies that is to say to each of my grandchildren following namely Mary Louisa, Margaret Jane, Eleanor Katharine, Ethel Elizabeth Amy and Edward Creswicke Scott Rawlinson (children of my Son George) one hundred pounds.

21 v. Marguerite Jane Rawlinson was born in Oxfordshire c1855. Marguerite was visiting 1871 in Stoke Hill Cottage, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire. codicil to her grandmother's will, 31 Mar 1860: And I hereby also bequeath the following legacies that is to say to each of my grandchildren following namely Mary Louisa, Margaret Jane, Eleanor Katharine, Ethel Elizabeth Amy and Edward Creswicke Scott Rawlinson (children of my Son George) one hundred pounds.

22 vi. Ethel Elizabeth Amy Rawlinson was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire 1857. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, 1881. codicil to her grandmother's will, 31 Mar 1860: And I hereby also bequeath the following legacies that is to say to each of my grandchildren following namely Mary Louisa, Margaret Jane, Eleanor Katharine, Ethel Elizabeth Amy and Edward Creswicke Scott Rawlinson (children of my Son George) one hundred pounds.

1881 census: Dwelling: Precincts Census Place: Canterbury Christchurch, Kent, England Source: FHL Film 1341229 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0961 Folio 76 Page 3 George RAWLINSON M 68 M Chadlington, Oxford, England Rel: Head Occ: Canon Of Canterbury Clergyman (Without Cure Of Souls) Louisa W. RAWLINSON M 54 F Paris, France Rel: Wife Occ: Wife George E. RAWLINSON U 30 M Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Son Ethel E.A. RAWLINSON U 25 F Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Daur Louisa H. RAWLINSON U 20 F Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Daur

23 vii. Edward Creswicke Scott Rawlinson was born 24 March 1859. Edward died 21/01/1880 in River Cherwell, Keble College, Oxford, at 20 years of age. From The Times, January 22, 1880

Fatal Ice Accident - Yesterday afternoon an undergraduate of Keble College, Oxford, named Edward Creswicke Scott Rawlinson, son of the Rev. G. Rawlinson, Professor of Ancient History in the University, and also Canon of Canterbury, was drowned in the River Cherwell through the breaking of ice. The deceased left the college a few minutes before 4 o'clock for the purpose of skating, and proceeded to the Cherwell, a short distance from the University bathing-place at the back of the New-park. Two ladies who were standing on the bank saw him get on the ice with skates on, and almost immediately afterwards the ice gave way beneath his weight and he disappeared. They at once gave the alarm, and an undergraduate who was near and whose name is unknown at present with great gallantry dashed into the water, which is very deep at the spot, and endeavoured to rescue the deceased; but although he made repeated attempts, he was unsuccessful. Mr. Shaw Stewart, busar of Keble College, arrived soon afterwards, and drags having been procured, the ice was broken and the body recovered and conveyed to Keble College.

24 viii. Louisa Henrietta Rawlinson was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire c1861. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, 1881. 1881 census: Dwelling: Precincts Census Place: Canterbury Christchurch, Kent, England Source: FHL Film 1341229 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0961 Folio 76 Page 3 George RAWLINSON M 68 M Chadlington, Oxford, England Rel: Head Occ: Canon Of Canterbury Clergyman (Without Cure Of Souls) Louisa W. RAWLINSON M 54 F Paris, France Rel: Wife Occ: Wife George E. RAWLINSON U 30 M Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Son Ethel E.A. RAWLINSON U 25 F Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Daur Louisa H. RAWLINSON U 20 F Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Daur

25 ix. Edith Gertrude Rawlinson was born c1863.

26 x. Lionel Seymour Rawlinson was born 21 May 1864. 1881 census: Dwelling: Gas Works Census Place: Hove, Sussex, England Source: FHL Film 1341260 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1103 Folio 84 Page 92 Lionel Segman RAWLINSON U 16 M Oxford, Oxford, England Rel: Scholar Occ: Scholar

Ellis Island Rawlinson, Lionel S. England 26 Sep 1892 28y M Servia Liverpool, England, UK

27 xi. Charles Brooke Rawlinson was born c1867. Charles died January 1919 at 51 years of age. From The Times, January 20, 1919

The death has taken place in London from heart failure, at the age of 52, of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Brooke Rawlinson, C.I.E., son of the late Canon Rawlinson, of Canterbury, formerly Camden Professor at Oxford, and nephew of the late Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bt., G.C.B.

Educated at Marlborough, Colonel Rawlinson received his first commission in 1885. Later he entered the Indian Political Department, in which he did much valuable work on the North-West Frontier. First appointed, in 1889, an Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab, he became Deputy Commissioner 10 years later, and Political Agent in 1906. After holding the appointment of Revenue Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province, Colonel Rawlinson retired in May, 1917, after 32 years' service.

28 xii. Eleanor Katherine Rawlinson was born c 1856. codicil to her grandmother's will, 31 Mar 1860: And I hereby also bequeath the following legacies that is to say to each of my grandchildren following namely Mary Louisa, Margaret Jane, Eleanor Katharine, Ethel Elizabeth Amy and Edward Creswicke Scott Rawlinson (children of my Son George) one hundred pounds.

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