Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
Politician
1810 – 1895
Who was Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet?
Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet GCB was a British East India Company army officer, politician and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. Rawlinson was one of the most important figures arguing that Britain must check Russian ambitions in South Asia. He was a strong advocate of the forward policy in Afghanistan, and counselled the retention of Kandahar. He argued that Tsarist Russia would attack and absorb Khokand, Bokhara and Khiva and warned they would invade Persia and Afghanistan as springboards to British India.
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- Born
- Apr 5, 1810
Chadlington - Also known as
- Роулинсон, Генри
- 罗林森
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Employment
- East India Company
(1827 - 1855)
- East India Company
- Lived in
- Baghdad
(1844 - 1849)
- Baghdad
- Died
- Mar 5, 1895
London
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on July 23, 2013
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