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| Date transcribed | 2011-05-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note 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) | Henry Montgomery | | | Titles | Sir | | | Year of Birth | 1806 | | | Year of Death | 1857 | | | Entry | Brother of Sir George {q.v.) and of Lord Lawrence (q.v.) and fourth son of Colonel Alexander Lawrence : born in Ceylon, June 28, 1806 : educated at Foyle College, Derry, Bristol and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Artillery, Feb. 1823 : in the first Burma war, 1826 : invalided home : joined the trigonometrical survey in Ireland : in the revenue survey, N.W.P., 1833-8 : nearly fought a duel : in the first Afghan war, was under G. R. Clerk (q.v.), in charge of Firozpur, Assistant to the A.G.G., 1840 : went with Pollock's Army of Retribution up to Kabul in Sep.- Oct.1842 : Brevet-Major : settled Kythul: Resident in Nipal, 1843-6 : wrote for the Calcutta Review and advocated asylums in the hills for children of European soldiers : in the first Sikh war, as A.G.G. for the Panjab : was at Sobraon : opposed to annexation : appointed Resident at Lahore, Jan. 1847 : compelled the surrender of Kashmir to Golab Singh : K.C.B., 1848 : at the siege of Multan, Jan. 1849, and at Chilianwala : appointed President of the Board of Administration of the Panjab, and A.G.G. in April, 1849, after its annexation : the Board broke up in 1853 and Lawrence was transferred to Rajputana as A.G.G : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1854 : Chief Commissioner and A.G.G. in Oudh from March 21, 1857 : prepared, with great skill and foresight, for the defence of Lucknow in the mutiny, from May, 1857, after the engagement at Chinhut, on June, 30, limited the defence to the Residency : wounded during the siege on July 2 : died on July 4 : wrote for his own epitaph Here lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do his duty. He had been meanwhile, in England, appointed provisional Governor- General of India : his eldest son was created a Baronet in recognition of his services : his statue was erected in St. Paul's Cathedral. He wrote essays and books on Indian subjects, and had considerable literary merits. But he is best remembered for his administrative ability, his energy, his sympathies with the native aristocracy, his high character, and his tragic death. He established the Lawrence Asylums in the hills, for the children of Asylums in the hills, for the children of European soldiers. |
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