RAWDON

(origin: Local) From the lands of Royden, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, England.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

RAWDON. An estate in tlie parish of Guiselcy, co. York, is " the original scat of this ancient family, which is traced toThor de Rawdon, whose son Serlo lived in the reign of Stephen. Rawdon remained the family residence till early in the seventeenth century, when Sir George Rawdon, the then head of the house removed into the North of Ireland, and v.-as seated at Moira, in the county of Down, where the family principallj' lived till the match with the heiress of Hastings in r7.'J2." Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.