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Marmaduke Rawdon (1610 – 1669) was an English factor and antiquary. ==Life== He was the youngest son of Laurence Rawdon, merchant and alderman of York, by Margery, daughter of William Barton of Cawton, Yorkshire. He was baptised in the church of St. Crux, York, on 17 March 1610, and received his education in the grammar school of St. Peter in that city. On the death of his father in 1624 he was adopted by his uncle Marmaduke Rawdon, a prominent London merchant. In 1627 Rawdon was sent to Holland as supercargo of a small merchant vessel, and then for a time was stationed at Bordeaux. In 1631 he was factor for his uncle in Tenerife, and he was in the Canary Islands, with brief intervals, for over 20 years.〔Sebek, p. 286.〕 During his long residence at La Laguna in Gran Canaria Rawdon ascended Mount Teide. The route he took to the summit of the volcano was the same as that followed by George Glas a century later, and by Alexander von Humboldt.〔 In 1655, after England's diplomatic rupture with Spain, Rawdon returned to England.〔 and during most of the rest of his life he resided with his kinsman Marmaduke Rawdon, at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.〔 He visited Dunkirk in 1662, ahead of its sale to France.〔Firth, p. 119.〕 He invested in the Canary Company in 1664.〔 Rawdon died, unmarried, at Hoddesdon, on 7 February 1669, and was buried in the chancel of the church at Broxbourne. By his will he left to the corporation of York a gold loving cup, and money to purchase a gold chain for the lady mayoress of York.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marmaduke Rawdon (antiquary)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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