Colonel Rawlins was a member of a family which has been settled for many generations in West Somerset, having it is said, come originally from South Wales to avoid religious persecution when Rawlins (White) suffered Martyrdom at Cardiff in 1555. The Rawlins’ is essentially a military family. The late colonel’s father was a colonel in the Madras Staff Corps, five of his uncles were associated with the Army, one was a major general in the Bengal Staff Corps., another was in the 41st and 86th Regiments, a third was also associated with the 41st, still another with the 8th Hussars and the Welsh (69th) Regiment. A sister of the late colonel married the Rev. F. King, M. A. late vicar of Southmolton, while an uncle married a daughter of the late Thomas Pynsent of Pitt House, Chudleigh, and Lakenham House, Northam. …
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GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887