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Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson GCB GCMG (5 November 1843 – 3 November 1910) is chiefly remembered for overseeing the British Benin Expedition of 1897 that burned and looted the city of the Kingdom of Benin now in Nigeria. No shame was attached to the event at the time which amounted to a punitive expedition and Admiral Rawson was appointed Governor of New South Wales 27 May 1902 – 27 May 1909.

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active years end date
1909-05-27
active years start date
1902-05-27
battle
Benin Expedition of 1897, Anglo-Zanzibar War
birth date
1843-11-05
birth place
England, Lancashire, Walton-on-Hill_Lancashire
country
United Kingdom
death date
1910-11-03
death place
England, London
lieutenant
Frederick Matthew Darley
military branch
Royal Navy
military command
Channel Fleet, Cape of Good Hope Station
military rank
Admiral (Royal Navy)
monarch
Edward VII
occupation
Officer (armed forces)
order in office
21st, Governor of New South Wales
service end year
1901-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
service start year
1857-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
successor
Frederic Thesiger 1st Viscount Chelmsford

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