Background
Dorning Rasbotham was the son of Peter and Hannah (Dorning) Rasbotham.
Dorning Rasbotham was the son of Peter and Hannah (Dorning) Rasbotham.
He was also High Sheriff of Lancashire (1769). 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 Saint Mary"s Church by Dorning Rasbotham, etching,1775, NPG D18108
James Wylde by Dorning Rasbotham, pen and ink,1780s, NPG D18107
He died in Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire.
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.