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Rawlins Lowndes | |
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| 32nd Governor of South Carolina | |
| In office March 6, 1778 – January 9, 1779 (as President of South Carolina) | |
| Lieutenant | James Parsons |
| Preceded by | John Rutledge |
| Succeeded by | John Rutledge (as Governor) |
| 4th Intendant of Charleston, South Carolina | |
| In office September 1788 – September 1789 | |
| Preceded by | John Faucheraud Grimké |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Jones |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from St. Phillip and St. Michael Parishes | |
| In office 1787–1790 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1721 St. Kitts, British West Indies |
| Died | August 24, 1800 (aged 79) Charleston, South Carolina, US |
Rawlins Lowndes (January 6, 1721 – August 24, 1800) was an American lawyer, planter and politician who became involved in the patriot cause after his election to South Carolina's legislature, although he opposed independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Lowndes served as president/governor of South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, and after the war opposed his state's ratification of the Constitution of the United States because it would restrict the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Lowndes also served as a state legislator and mayor of Charleston before his death. Two of his sons, Thomas and William Lowndes, would serve in the U.S. Congress.