# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-rawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:18:41.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-rawson"
name: "Harry Rawson"
slug: "harry-rawson"
description: "Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, was a British naval officer in the Royal Navy. He is chiefly remembered for overseeing the Benin Expedition of 1897, a British punitive expedition against the Kingdom of Benin. Rawson's force looted and burned the palace, exiled the Oba, and plundered a large number of the Benin Bronzes and other royal treasures. Rawson was appointed Governor of New South Wales, serving from 27 May 1902 to 27 May 1909."
tagline: "Admiral and governor (1843-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Holdsworth_Rawson_Vanity_Fair_25_April_1901_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1843-11-05"
deathDate: "1910-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.431392000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rawson"
    title: "Harry Rawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723992"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump