William Stepney Rawson was an amateur footballer who played at full-back in the 1870s, and was also an FA Cup Final referee in 1876. Born in Cape Colony, he played for the England national team.
William Rawson
Sir Rawson William Rawson, was a British government official and statistician. During his tenure as a public servant in Canada he contributed to the Report on the affairs of the Indians in Canada, a foundational document in the establishment of the Canadian Indian residential school system.
Morwenstow, Cornwall, where Rawson's father was born