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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Lawrence    
First Name(s)  George St. Patrick    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1804    
Year of Death  1884    
Entry  Elder brother of Sir Henry M., and of Lord Lawrence : third son of Lt- Colonel Alexander Lawrence : born at Trincomalee, March 17, 1804 : educated at Foyle College, Londonderry, and Addiscombe : in 1822 joined the 2nd Bengal light cavalry : Adjutant, 1825-34 : in the first Afghan war, 1838-42 : at Ghazni, and in the pursuit of the Amir, Dost Muhammad : Political Assistant and Military Secretary to Sir W.H. Macnaghten (q.v.), from Sep. 1839 : in charge of Dost Muhammad : in the outbreak in Nov. 1841, narrowly escaped, and again when Macnaghten was murdered on Dec. 23 : had charge of the ladies and children in the retreat from Kabul : was one of the hostages made over to Akbar Khan in Jan. 1842, and imprisoned until the captives were all recovered in Sep. 1842 : Assistant Political Agent in Peshawar, 1846 : made prisoner by the Sikhs in the Panjab campaign, Oct. 1848 : thrice released on parole : released after Gujarat : Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar : at the forcing of the Kohat Pass under Sir C. Napier, 1850 : Political Agent in Mewar, 1850-7 : A.G.G. for Rajputana, 1857-64 : kept the States quiet in the Mutiny : C.B., 1860 : Maj-General, 1861 : resigned, 1864 : K.C.S.I., 1866 : Lt-General, 1867 : died Nov. 16, 1884 : wrote Forty-three Years in India, 1874.     
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