Giles Rawlins

Giles Rawlins (ca. 1631 – 18 August 1662) was gentleman of the privy purse to James, Duke of York, and one of the original fellows of the Royal Society, elected in 1660. He lost his life in a duel in 1662.

Life Rawlins was one of seven sons and three daughters of Giles (a diplomat) and Anne Rawlins. He was probably born around 1631.

In November 1660, at the inaugural meeting of the philosophical society at Gresham College, the twelve attendees listed names of others who might be admitted to the society. Rawlins was proposed for election on 26 December 1660, and became one of the original fellows of the Royal Society. He left the society in February 1662. it is likely that Howard was angered by Jermyn’s relationship with his lover, Anna Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury.