Colonial Service
In 1902 he became Governor of New South Wales, the first naval officer since Captain Bligh to hold the post and proved so popular that his term was extended. In March 1905 (during his term as Governor of New South Wales), his wife was in poor health and returned to England with her son Wyatt and a daughter to seek the best medical advice. Her condition deteriorated and in June 1905 Harry Rawson travelled to England to be with her. In the belief she was recovering, the four of them set sail for Australia in December 1905, but Lady Rawson died on board the ship "Ormuz" in the Red Sea on 3 December 1905 and was buried at sea. From 1903 to 1909, his aide-de-camp was Leslie Orme Wilson, later to be Governor of Queensland.
Rawson died on 3 November 1910 in London after an operation for appendicitis; he was survived by two sons and a daughter.
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