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Sir Arthur Rawdon (17 October 1662 - 17 October 1695〔(The Peerage )〕) built a large part of Moira, County Down in the seventeenth century. He was known as "Father of Irish Gardening" and "The Cock of the North". A keen botanist, he brought over 400 different species of plant to Moira from Jamaica. ==Biography== His father was Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet. Rawdon was a Member of Parliament for Down, and a general in the army of King William of Orange. Besieged at Derry, he fell ill, but managed to escape, though his military career was at an end. Rawdon inherited the lands at Moira after his father died. He rebuilt a mansion, surrounded by trees, sheep and huge gardens. On this estate Arthur built the first hot-house in Europe. Rawdon was a botanist and imported 400 plant species from Jamaica, earning the name "Father of Irish Gardening". His garden had a labyrinth, ponds, and canals. The trees included the "Locust of Virginia" which was 30 ft high and a trunk of at least a foot and a half in diameter. For two generations the garden was maintained.〔
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