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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Harry Holdsworth Rawson R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Christopher Rawson (1816-1896) | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
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