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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) | Stringer | | | Year of Birth | 1697 | | | Year of Death | 1775 | | | Entry | Born March 6, 1697 : son of John Lawrence of Hereford : entered the Army in 1727 : saw service in Spain, Flanders, and the Highlands in 1745 : sent out by the Court of Directors in 1747 to be Major of the Garrison at Fort St. George : arrived at Fort St. David and commanded the troops in 1748 : taken prisoner by the French in his attack on Ariancopang near Pondicherry : released in 1749 when Madras was restored to the English : took Devikota in Tanjore in 1749 : was appointed by the Directors to be C. in C. in the E. Indies in 1852: relieved Trichinopoly, with Clive's help, defeating the French and captured Seringham : again defeated them at Bahur, Aug. 26, 1752 : engaged till 1754 with the French and their native allies about Trichinopoly : generally victorious, so that Dupleix was recalled in 1754. Lawrence was superseded in the command when the 39th regt., the first King's troops, arrived in 1754 : was too ill to go to Bengal in 1756, when Clive was sent up. Lawrence commanded the defence of Madras, during its siege by Lally, Dec. 1758-Feb. 1759 : the siege raised on Admiral Pocock's fleet appearing. Lawrence went home, for health, in 1759, but came out again in 1761 as C. in C., Member of Council and Maj -General : retired in April, 1766 : died in London, Jan. 10, 1775. He was called ""The Father of the Indian Army."" His monument in Westminster Abbey bears the inscription : "" Discipline established.Fortresses protected. Settlements extended. French and Indian Armies defeated, and Peace concluded in the Carnatic. He recognized the merits of Clive. |
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