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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 16:45, 24 June 2014

Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson.

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. From 1902 to 1909 he served as Governor of the Australian state of New South Wales.

Life & Career

Rawson was promoted to the rank of Commander from the Royal Yacht on 7 September, 1871.[1]

He was appointed command of the battleship Benbow on 4 October, 1889.[2]

Rawson was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen dated 2 August, 1890, vice Fisher.[3]

Flag Rank

Rawson was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 February, 1892, vice Erskine.[4]

In recognition of his services in Benin he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 25 May, 1897.[5]

Rawson was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 19 March, 1898, vice Adeane.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral dated 12 August, 1903, vice Buckle.[7]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, Rawson was placed on the Retired List on 5 November, 1908.[8]

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 4 November, 1910. Issue 39421, col F, p. 12.
  • Rawson, Geoffrey (1914). Life of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson. London: Edward Arnold.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Benbow
4 Oct, 1889[9] – ? 		Succeeded by
Harry T. Grenfell
Preceded by
Frederick G. D. Bedford 		Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
4 May, 1895[10] – ? 		Succeeded by
Robert H. Harris
Preceded by
Henry F. Stephenson 		Senior Officer in Command, Channel Squadron
20 Dec, 1898[11] – ? 		Succeeded by
Arthur K. Wilson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23775. p. 3933. 12 September, 1871.
  2. ↑ The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 203.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26077. p. 4328. 8 August, 1890.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26263. p. 1201. 1 March, 1892.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26856. p. 2928. 25 May, 1897.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26950. p. 1866. 22 March, 1898.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27589. p. 5223. 18 August, 1903.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28193. p. 8028. 6 November, 1908.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 203.
  10. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  11. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.

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