Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
2. Or, a fess between 2 chevrons gu. _Fitz-Walter._
3. Arg., a lion rampant sa., crowned or, a bordure az.
_Burnell._
4. Arg., a saltire engrailed az. _Harding._
5. Gu., 3 lucies hauriant arg. _Lucy._
6. Barry of six, arg. and az. _Grey._
7. Arg., semée of fleurs-de-lys sa. _Bereford._
8. Arg., an eagle carrying off a child swathed gu., banded or.
_Culcheth._
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
[LONICER. _Chronicorum Turcicorum Liber, etc._
Francoforti ad Moenum, 1578.]
Robert Radclyffe (born c. 1560, died 22nd September 1629) was
the only son of Henry Radclyffe, fourth Earl of Sussex. In 1593
Robert, styled Viscount Fitzwalter, succeeded to his father's
earldom. In 1594 he went to Scotland as Ambassador for the
christening of Prince Henry, and he commanded a regiment of
infantry at Cadiz in 1596, when he was knighted by the Earl of
Essex. Lord Sussex twice acted as Earl Marshal, and in 1599 he
was made a Knight of the Garter. In 1599 he was Colonel General
of Foot, and in 1626 he carried the orb at the coronation of
Charles I. Lord Sussex served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex and
Governor of Harwich.
[Illustration]
RAWDON, JOHN, BARON RAWDON
_Crest._--On a mural coronet arg., a pheon sa., with a laurel branch
issuant thereout ppr. _Rawdon._
[_Recueil general des Caquets de l'Acouchée._ 1623.]
John Rawdon (born c. 1710, died 20th June 1793) was the son of
Sir John Rawdon, Baronet, of Moira, Member of Parliament for
County Down. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1723,
and in 1750 was raised to the peerage as Baron Rawdon. In 1761
he was created Earl of Moira in the peerage of Ireland.
The same crest would have been borne for a time by the son
of Lord Moira, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, who was an eminent
soldier. He was in 1783 created an English Peer by the same
title as was enjoyed by his father, Baron Rawdon, by which
he was known until 1793, when he succeeded to the Earldom of
Moira. The additional surname of Hastings was assumed by Lord
Rawdon in 1790, in accordance with the will of his maternal
uncle Francis Hastings, tenth Earl of Huntingdon.
[Illustration]
RAWDON, MARMADUKE
_Arms._--Arg., a fess between 3 pheons sa. _Rawdon._
[_Life of Marmaduke Rawdon of York._ MS.]
Marmaduke Rawdon (born March 1609, died 7th February 1668)
belonged to an old Yorkshire family, and was the son of
Laurence Rawdon of York. Mr. Rawdon entered the employ of an
uncle who was a merchant, and travelled about the world in his
service. He was for a long time in the Canary Islands, and he
made an ascent of the Peak of Teneriffe. Rawdon was a noted
antiquary, and he made valuable notes of his travels. His
"Life" has been edited for the Camden Society by Mr. Robert
Davies.
[Illustration]
RAWLINSON, RICHARD
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