Picture No | 10811866 |
Date | 1901 |
Description | Harry Rawson |
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Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843 - 1910), 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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Source | Caricature by Spy in Vanity Fair, April 1901 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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