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Dorning Rasbotham
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1738 births
   
1791 deaths
   
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He was also High Sherrif of Lancashire .
Dorning Rasbotham was the son of Peter and Hannah (Dorning) Rasbotham, born c. 1730. He was married to Sarah Bagley c. 1754. He died on 7 November 1791 in Farnworth , Lancashire , England .

{Link without Title} His portrait as a stipple and line engraving by Henry Robinson, after Henry Pickering was published in 1833.

His paintings may be found in the Archive collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London :
  • John Byrom by Dorning Rasbotham, etching, mid 18th century NPG D18109

  • John Byrom by Dorning Rasbotham, etching, mid 18th century NPG D18110

  • Possibly Dorning Rasbotham by Dorning Rasbotham, Pen and Ink ,1750s -1780s, NPG D18106

  • View of Old Blackfriars Bridge and St. Mary’s Church by Dorning Rasbotham, Etching , 1775 , NPG D18108

  • James Wylde by Dorning Rasbotham, Pen and Ink ,1780s, NPG D18107


One of his sons, another Dorning Rasbotham, is associated with Alkrington Hall , Middleton, Rochdale , Lancashire , a noble brick building surrounded by a park of 80 acres (324,000 m²), whose Architect was Giacomo Leoni ( 1686 - 1746 ). In 1845 the hall and estate were sold by Doming Rasbotham – the nephew of John Lever (of the Sir Ashton Lever family) to the Lees brothers of Clarksfield, Oldham , Lancashire , for £57,550.


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