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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
| + | Rawson was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} from the Royal Yacht on 7 September, 1871.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23775/pages/3933 no. 23775. p. 3933.] 12 September, 1871.</ref> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 10:55, 17 March 2011
Admiral SIR Harry Holdsworth Rawson, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Royal Navy (5 November, 1843 – 3 November, 1910) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Rawson was promoted to the rank of Commander from the Royal Yacht on 7 September, 1871.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 23775. p. 3933. 12 September, 1871.
Bibliography
- "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 4 November, 1910. Issue 39421, col F, pg. 12.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/37.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/17.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford |
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station 1895 – 1898 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Hastings Harris |
| Preceded by Sir Henry F. Stephenson |
Senior Officer in Command of the Channel Squadron 1898 – 1901 |
Succeeded by Arthur K. Wilson |
