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Henry John Rous
Admiral The Honourable Henry John Rous (23 January 1795 – 19 June 1877) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who served during the Napoleonic Wars, and was later a Member of Parliament and a leading figure in horse racing. The northern head of the Swan River at Fremantle was named for him. Apparently the name is pronounced like Rowse, of which I'm guessing it's a variant spelling.
References and Links
ADB article by Louise T. Daley
Wikipedia page
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 17 December, 2017 and hosted at freotopia.org/people/rous.html (it was last updated on 15 March, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.