The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 18 Jan, 1928
MR. C. C. RAWSON
DEATH IN LONDON
News has been received by cable of the death of a well-known former Queensland resident; Mr. Charles Collinson Rawson, which occurred at his home at Gore Lodge, Hampton-on-Thames, England, on January 8.
The late Mr. Rawson was born in the North of England, and was 87 years of age.
He was the eldest son of the late Mr. Charles Stansfeld Rawson, of Westdale Hall, Cumberland, of the Hon. East India Company.
He was a cousin of the late Sir Harry Rawson, and a relative of Governor Sir Dudley Rawson de Chair.
He arrived In Australia in 1857, and settled at The Hollow, Mackay, Queensland, with his two brothers, the late Messrs. Edmund Stansfeld Rawson and Lancelot Bernard Rawson, in 1857.
Effects £2,032 18s. 5d.
For many years he was engaged in pastoral pursuits, and he organised the first expedition to climb Mount Dalrymple, in May 1878.
In the Sixties the late Mr. Rawson made two or three trips on
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LONDON 28 Feb 1928 Probate
RAWSON, Charles Collinson, of Gore Lodge, Hampton-on-Thames, Middlesex, died 8 January 1928, Probate London, 28 February to Winifred Rawson, widow.
Effects £2,032 18s. 5d.
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the old Tingira, then known as the Sebraon, a champion liner of her day.
He retired to England In 1886.
He was In business in London, in partnership with the late Mr. Reginald B. B. Clayton. of Maryborough, Queensland, father of the Rev. P. T. B. Clayton, founder of Toe H.
For many years Mr. Rawson was the organising secretary of the annual Queensland dinners In London.
He Is survived by Mrs Rawson and two sons.
The eldest, Charles Stansfeld Rawson, residing In Brisbane, and the youngest, Geoffrey Edmund Rawson, residing in Double Bay.
Another son, the late Captain Lionel Reginald Rawson, M C, was killed in France in October, 1916, serving with the King's Royal Rifles.
The only grandson. Harry Gilbert Collinson Rawson, son of Charles Stansfeld Rawson, resides in Double Bay.
During the latter years of last century, the late Mr. Rawson's figure was well known on his "Walking Machine" In Double Bay.
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