Philip Rashleigh (1729–1811)

Philip Rashleigh
Portrait by John Opie c1795
Known forRashleigh Gallery at Royal Cornwall Museum.
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogy, Geology

Philip Rashleigh FRS FSA (28 December 1729 – 26 June 1811) of Menabilly, Cornwall, was an antiquary and Fellow of the Royal Society and a Cornish squire. He collected and published the Trewhiddle Hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure, which still gives its name to the "Trewhiddle style" of 9th century decoration.