Harry Rawson
(1843-1910)
Admiral and Governor
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Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, GCB, GCMG (5 November 1843 – 3 November 1910) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He is chiefly remembered for overseeing the British Benin Expedition of 1897 that burned and looted the city of the Kingdom of Benin, now in Nigeria. No shame was attached to the event at the time, which amounted to a punitive expedition, and Rawson was appointed Governor of New South Wales, serving from 27 May 1902 to 27 May 1909.
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5 November 1843 Walton-on-Hill, Lancashire, England
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3 November 1910 (aged 66) London, England
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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