Harry Rawson
Former Governor of New South Wales
Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, GCB, GCMG was a British naval officer in the Royal Navy. He is chiefly remembered for overseeing the Benin Expedition of 1897, a British punitive expedition against the Kingdom of Benin. Wikipedia
Born: November 5, 1843, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Died: November 3, 1910 (age 66 years), London, United Kingdom
Previous office: Governor of New South Wales (1902–1909)
Education: Marlborough College
Battles/wars: Second Opium War; Anglo-Egyptian War; Benin Expedition of 1897; Anglo-Zanzibar War
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