serviceyears monarch branch lieutenant death_date allegiance nationality birth_date signature term_end commands death_place battles order term_start spouse image rank name occupation predecessor birth_place office successor article_title
1857 -- 1901 edward vii 23px royal navy sir frederick darley 3 november 1910 united kingdom united kingdom british 5 november 1843 harry rawson signature.jpg 27 may 1909 cape of good hope station channel fleet london , england benin expedition of 1897 , anglo-zanzibar war 21st 27 may 1902 florence alice stewart rawson -lrb- nee shaw -rrb- rawson.jpg admiral sir harry rawson naval officer the earl beauchamp walton-on-hill , lancashire , england governor of new south wales viscount chelmsford harry rawson

harry rawson

admiral sir harry holdsworth rawson , gcb , gcmg -lrb- 5 november 1843 -- 3 november 1910 -rrb- , 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 .
