Harry Rawson
The Viscount Chelmsford | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Walton-on-Hill, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George | 5 November 1843
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Early life
Harry Rawson was born at Walton-on-Hill, Lancashire, on 5 November 1843, the son of Christopher Rawson, of a landed gentry family of The Haugh End and Mill House.[3][4] He was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy[5] and at Marlborough College.[4]
In October 1871 in Cheshire, England, he married Florence Alice Stewart Shaw, daughter of John Ralph Shaw, of Arrowe Park, Cheshire.[4][6] The couple had five children.
He was a long-standing
Military service
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Rawson joined the
Admiral Rawson was appointed commander of British naval forces at the
In twenty-nine days a force of 1,200 men, coming from three places between 3000 and 4500 m. from the Benin river, was landed, organized, equipped and provided with transport. Five days later the city of Benin was taken, and in twelve days more the men were re-embarked, and the ships coaled and ready for any further service.[9]
Rawson was also the commanding officer of the British forces in the
Colonial service
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In February 1902 Rawson was appointed
Rawson died, two days before his 67th birthday, on 3 November 1910 in London after an operation for appendicitis; he was survived by two sons and a daughter.[4][5]
Honours
Viceregal styles of Sir Harry Rawson | ||
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Reference style | His Excellency | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) |
1906 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) | 1897 | |
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) |
1909 |
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal | 1897 | |
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Second China War Medal | 1861 |
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Egypt Medal | 1884 |
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East and West Africa Medal | |
Civic Decoration |
Belgium | |
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Khedive's Star | Egypt |
Royal Humane Society Small Silver Medal | Royal Humane Society | |
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Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz |
Portugal |
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First Class of the Order of Hamondieh | Zanzibar |
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Second Class of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar | Zanzibar |
Third Class of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar | Zanzibar |
Eponyms
The four male colleges of the
Rawson House, one of the two boarding houses at Cranbrook School, Sydney, is named after Sir Harry Rawson. The House was Sir Harry's former residence when he was Governor of New South Wales.
Rawson Hall, Norfolk Island – community hall in The Burnt Pine Shopping Centre. Rawsonville, a farming locality 25 km west of Dubbo is also named in his honour after a visit there in 1903 with the founding of the Anglican Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd.
The Rawson Cup was donated by the Governor for competition between clubs in the Sydney British Football Association premiership. Its first winner was Pyrmont Rangers in 1909.
References
- ^ "Personal". Illustrated London News. 24 December 1898. p. 945.
- ^ "Museum Insights / The Raid on Benin, 1897". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, eighteenth edition, vol. I, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, p. 195
- ^ a b c d e Obituary: Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, The Times, Friday 4 November 1910 Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 5 March 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Harry Rawson at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ FreeBMD Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ Famous &/or Notable Australian Freemasons[permanent dead link]
- ^ "William Loney RN". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Benin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 739. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "No. 27409". The London Gazette. 21 February 1902. p. 1117.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36724. London. 25 March 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Latest intelligence – Australia". The Times. No. 36779. London. 28 May 1902. p. 7.
- ^ "PERSONAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "THE STATE GOVERNOR". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW: National Library of Australia. 6 June 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "WIDESPREAD SYMPATHY WITH THE STATE GOVERNOR". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW: National Library of Australia. 13 December 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "PERSONAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW: National Library of Australia. 6 December 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
External links
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