Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, GCB, GCMG (5 November 1843 – 3 November 1910) was a British naval officer in the Royal Navy. He is chiefly remembered...
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area. The Royal Navy contingent were under the command of Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson and the pro-Anglo Zanzibaris were commanded by Brigadier-General Lloyd...
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British military force of approximately 1,200 men under the command of Sir Harry Rawson mounted the Benin punitive Expedition. The force was dispatched in retaliation...
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was a punitive expedition by a British force of 1,200 men under Sir Harry Rawson. It came in response to the ambush and slaughter of a 250 strong party...
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Sir Harry Rawson Cup, commonly known as "The Rawson Cup", was presented to the Sydney University Sports Union in 1906 by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, GCB...
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Rawson and Raws are surnames. Notable people and characters with the surnames include: Rawson Albert Rawson (1900–1949), English footballer Amán Rawson...
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Dudley de Chair (redirect from Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair)
daughter of Christopher Rawson (of the landed gentry family of Rawson of The Haugh End and Mill House) and the sister of Harry Rawson (whom he later succeeded...
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promotion; John Baird became an Admiral; James Erskine a vice-admiral; and Harry Rawson a rear-admiral. Ironically, all these younger men would die at least...
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V Lieutenant Sir Frederick Darley Sir William Cullen Preceded by Sir Harry Rawson Succeeded by Gerald Strickland First Lord of the Admiralty In office...
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Expedition", a 1,200-strong British force, under the command of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, captured, sacked, and burnt the city after all but two men from a previous...
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