1754

Deborah Hardwicke, Hardwicke’s paternal great-grandmother, born in Bourne, Lincolnshire.

1755

Thomas Rawnsley, Hardwicke’s paternal great-grandfather, born in Bradford, Yorkshire.

1784

Thomas, now living in Bourne, Lincolnshire, marries Deborah Hardwicke. They have 12 children, only six of whom survive infancy.

1789

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley, fifth child of Thomas and Deborah, and HDR’s paternal grandfather, born (October).

1805

Deborah Rawnsley dies.

1810

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley awarded BA from Exeter College, Oxford.

1812

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley ordained curate on 20 December and appointed to St. Clement’s, Outwell, Cambridgeshire.

1813

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley ordained priest, appointed as a Perpetual Curate in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, and also appointed as Vicar and Rector at Belleau with Claythorpe, Aby and Greenfield, Lincolnshire (19 December).

1815

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley marries Sophia Walls in Spilsby, Lincolnshire.

1816

Edward Rawnsley, first son of Thomas Hardwicke and Sophia, and HDR’s uncle, born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire (October).

1817

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley, second son of Thomas Hardwicke and Sophia, and HDR’s father, born in Spilsby (October).

1818

Sophia Rawnsley, third child of Thomas Hardwicke and Sophia, and HDR’s aunt, born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire (October).

1819

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley appointed Rector of Partney, Lincolnshire (7 June).

1822

Thomas Rawnsley made Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln.

1825

Thomas Hardwicke Rawnsley appointed Rector of St. Andrew, Halton Holgate, Lincolnshire (16 February).

1826

Thomas Rawnsley dies (8 August)

1836

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley enters Brasenose College, Oxford (May).

1840

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley awarded BA, Class III, and elected Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford.

Edward Rawnsley ordained deacon (26 July).

1841

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley ordained deacon in Lincoln Cathedral (14 March).

1842

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley ordained priest in Lincoln Cathedral (20 February).

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley marries Catherine Anne Franklin, only daughter of the late Sir Willingham Franklin, in Horncastle, Lincolnshire (15 September). The ceremony is conducted by his brother Edward.

1843

Mary Sophia, HDR’s eldest sister, born at the Parsonage, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire (October).

1845

Edith Fletcher born at Vale Bank, Bolton, Lancashire.

Willingham Franklin, HDR’s eldest brother, born at the Parsonage, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire (March).

1846

Emily Margaret, HDR’s sister, born at the Parsonage, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire (November).

1849

Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley becomes vicar of St. Peter and St. Paul at Shiplake-on Thames, Oxfordshire (February).

1850

Alfred Tennyson and Emily Sellwood are married by the Rev. Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley at St. Peter and St. Paul, Shiplake (14 June).

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