Rawdon
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Rawdon may refer to:
Places
in England
Rawdon, West Yorkshire
Rawdon Colliery, Leicestershire
in Canada
Rawdon, Quebec
Rawdon, Ontario, a historic township merged since 1997 into the municipality of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario
Rawdon Township, Nova Scotia, a historic township merged since 1861 into the Municipal District of East Hants
People
The Rawdon Baronets of Moira, County Down, also Baron Rawdon and Earl Rawdon or Earl of Rawdon, as titles in the lineage of the Marquess of Hastings
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Anglo-Irish politician and military officer
John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (1720-1793), Irish peer
James Rawdon Stansfeld (1866–1936), British army officer
Fictional characters
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