FOLLOWER OF ROBERT WALKER PORTRAIT OF THE RT. HON. SIR GEORGE RAWDON, 1ST BART.Oil on canvasInscribed 'Commander of the King's Army in Ulster. Born 1604' (lower left) and 'Rt. Hon.ble Sr. George Rawdon 1st Bart.' with a family crest (lower right)123 x 97.5cm (48¼ x 38¼ in.)Also inscribed (on a label on the reverse): 'Sir George Rawdon of Rawdon and Moira created Baronet in 1665. Distinguished royalist friend and confident of General Monk. Married 1st daughter of Sir Francis Stafford of Bradney, County Salop, secondly Dorothy, daughter of Lord Viscount Cornway, his own god-daughter, died 1684' Provenance:Commissioned by Sir George Rawdon 1st Bt for Rawdon Hall. Removed from Rawdon Hall in 1870 Returned to Rawdon from Ardwell House in 1947Catalogue Note:The present picture was commissioned by Sir George Rawdon 1st Bt. for Rawdon Hall. Upon the Briggs family tenancy of Rawdon in 1870 it was removed by Gilbert Theophilus Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington who lived in London. It was inherited by his daughter, The Hon. Margaret MacTaggart-Stewart nee Hastings-Campbell, who resided at Ardwell House, Dumfries and Galloway. It was returned to Rawdon upon the tenancy of a family friend, Judge Richard Nevin in 1947.Sir George Rawdon 1st Bt was the son of Francis Rawdon and Dorothy Aldeburgh. He made his fortune through the patronage of the Conway family. He was a successful military commander acting as secretary to the first and second Viscounts Conway, and through marriage to the sister, and only surviving sibling, of the third Viscount and first Earl his influence grew further. He rose to prominence serving in Ireland following the Catholic rebellion in Ulster in 1641. His grandson would become the 1st Earl of Moira who in turn married the 6th Countess of Loudon fusing the Hastings and Rawdon names.材质_1: Oil on canvas