Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Rawlinson Bt GCB FRS KLS
President of the Royal Geographical Society
In office 1871–1873; 1874–1876
Preceded by	Sir Roderick Murchison
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Frere
Member of Parliament for Frome
In office 1865–1868
Preceded by	Lord Edward Thynne
Succeeded by	Thomas Hughes
Member of Parliament for Reigate
In office February – October 1858
Preceded by	William Hackblock
Succeeded by	William Monson
Personal details
Born	Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (1810-04-05)5 April 1810 Chadlington, England
Died	5 March 1895(1895-03-05) (aged 84) London, Middlesex, England
Resting place	Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey
Political party	Liberal Party
Relatives	George Rawlinson (brother)
Employer	British East India Company
Awards	Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal (1840) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1889)
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Major-general
Wars	First Anglo-Afghan War

Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, GCB FRS KLS (5 April 1810 – 5 March 1895) was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. His son, also Henry, was to become a senior commander in the British Army during the First World War.