Hardwicke Rawnsley he wrote to "The Times" protesting against Britain's high tax on the importation of French wine, which he saw as unfair and as contributing to rural poverty in France. To protect the countryside from damaging development, Rawnsley, building on an idea propounded by Ruskin, conceived of a National Trust that could buy and preserve places of natural beauty and historic interest for the nation. The Trust became a reality in 1895; its co-founders were Rawnsley, Octavia Hill and Sir Robert Hunter. Until his death, Rawnsley worked as Honorary Secretary to the Trust. He was responsible for the campaign to raise
Andrew Rawnsley in "The Observer" from 21 February and published in book form on 1 March 2010. It attracted controversy by alleging that the prime minister, Gordon Brown, physically attacked members of his staff. An expanded paperback edition, taking the story up to the day of Gordon Brown's resignation after the 2010 general election, was published on 30 September 2010. In 1990 he married Jane Hall in Cambridge. They have three daughters: Olivia, Jessica and Cordelia (born October 1991, January 1994 and March 1997). Rawnsley became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2001. Andrew Rawnsley Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley