Rowland Burdon (c. 1757 – 17 September 1838)[1] was an English landowner and Tory politician from Castle Eden in County Durham.
He was elected at the 1790 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for County Durham,[2] and held the seat until the 1806 general election,[1] which he did not contest.[2]
The Castle Eden Vase (or Beaker) was found on his estate in about 1775, by a labourer working on a hedge.[3] The glass vase was a 6th century Anglo-Saxon "claw beaker"[4] which had been buried beside the skull of human body.[5] It was presented to the British Museum in October 1947 his great-great-granddaughter Mrs Sclater-Booth, in memory of her father Rowland Burdon (1857–1944).[3]
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas Clavering, Bt Sir John Eden, Bt |
Member of Parliament for County Durham 1790 – 1800 With: Sir Ralph Milbanke |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for County Durham 1801 – 1806 With: Sir Ralph Milbanke |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Liddell Sir Ralph Milbanke |