Harry Holdsworth Rawson

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.

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