Arthur Rawdon

Sir Arthur Rawdon, 2nd Baronet (17 October 1662 – 17 October 1695) was an Irish landowner. He built a large part of Moira, County Down in the seventeenth century. Known as "Father of Irish Gardening" and "The Cock of the North", he was a keen botanist, and brought over 400 different species of plant to Moira from Jamaica. He played an active role in the Williamite War in Ireland. Following the Glorious Revolution he was involved in the raising of the Army of the North, a Protestant force opposed to the Jacobite Irish Army. Biography His father was Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet. His mother was George's second wife Dorothy, daughter of Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway. Rawdon was a Member of Parliament for County Down, and a general in the army of King William III of England. Besieged at Derry, he fell ill, but managed to escape, though his military career was at an end. He married Helena Graham, daughter of Sir James Graham of Airth. They had at least two children, John and Isabella.