Harry Holdsworth Rawson R.N.
Harry Holdsworth Rawson R.N.
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Harry Holdsworth Rawson R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Christopher Rawson (1816-1896) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
5 November 1843 | | Born (Walton on the Hill, Lancashire) |
19 October 1871 | | Married Florence Alice Stewart (1843-1905), daughter of John Ralph Nicholson Shaw (1809-1884) |
3 November 1910 | | Died (St Marylebone, London) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
9 April 1857 | Naval cadet |
9 April 1859 | Midshipman |
5 November 1862 | Acting Sub-Lieutenant |
10 May 1863 | Lieutenant |
7 September 1871 | Commander |
4 June 1877 | Captain |
14 February 1892 | Rear-Admiral |
19 March 1898 | Vice-Admiral |
12 August 1903 | Admiral |
5 November 1908 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
1 June 1863 | 3 November 1864 | Lieutenant in Vulcan, commanded by Captain Augustus Chetham-Strode |
5 July 1865 | 21 November 1866 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key, gunnery ship, for study |
23 January 1867 | 21 April 1867 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Arthur William Acland Hood, gunnery ship |
22 April 1867 | 11 January 1870 | Lieutenant in Bellerophon, commanded by Captain Reginald John James George Macdonald then Captain Francis Marten, Channel squadron then Mediterranean |
12 January 1870 | 12 September 1871 | Lieutenant in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Commander Hugh Campbell, Portsmouth |
4 January 1872 | 5 June 1874 | Commander (2ic) in Hercules, commanded by Captain William Montagu Dowell, Channel squadron |
6 June 1874 | 31 March 1875 | Additional commander in Asia, for service in Hercules |
1 April 1875 | 30 April 1877 | Commander (2ic) in Hercules, commanded by Captain William Codrington then Captain Nathaniel Bowden-Smith, Mediterranean |
10 November 1877 | 23 December 1881 | Captain in Minotaur, flagship of Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay, Channel squadron |
1 February 1882 | 16 March 1882 | Additional captain in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth, for service in Thalia |
17 March 1882 | 20 July 1882 | Additional captain in President, commanded by Commander Henry Holford Washington, Drill Ship for Royal Naval Reserve, West India Docks, for service in Thalia |
21 July 1882 | 23 October 1882 | Captain in Thalia, for Transport Service |
24 October 1882 | 9 December 1882 | Captain in Orion, Mediterranean |
13 October 1885 | 31 December 1888 | Captain in Indus, flagship of Rear-Admiral John Crawford Wilson on the Devonport station |
4 May 1895 | 8 June 1898 | Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Africa, flag in St George then Doris |
20 December 1898 | 17 April 1901 | Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron, flag in Majestic |
27 May 1902 | 27 May 1909 | Governor of New South Wales, Australia |