Background
Rashleigh was the son of Reverend Jonathan Rashleigh of Silverton, Devon, who was the third son of Jonathan Rashleigh Member of Parliament and brother of Philip Rashleigh.
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William Rashleigh
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He was Mayor of Lostwithiel 1802 and 1808, and in 1811 he inherited the vast Menabilly estate. He sold the control of the borough in 1817, and at the 1818 general election he retired from the House of Commons. He was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1820-1821.
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5th United Kingdom Parliament. Royal Society]
This gave him control of the Rashleigh family"s pocket borough of Fowey, and at the 1812 general election he returned himself as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Fowey.
