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LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1st Baron (1811–1879), viceroy and governor-general of India, was born at Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 24th of March 1811. His father, Colonel Alexander Lawrence, volunteered for the forlorn hope at Seringapatam in presence of Baird and of Wellington, whose friend he became.
The chief's mangled remains were given over to his son for interment, and the miserable fate of one, who so shortly before had ridden at the head of twenty thousand horse, gave an awful lesson of the uncertainty of fortune, and drew pity even from those who had been the victims of his barbarity when living. Appears in 19 books from 1825-2006.
"John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron" published on by null. (1811–79).Lawrence was born in Yorkshire, educated at Haileybury School, and joined the East India Company service in 1830. He achieved celebrity during and after the Sikh wars (1845–6 and 1848–9).
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence GCB GCSI PC (4 March 1811 – 27 June 1879), known as Sir John Lawrence, Bt., between 1858 and 1869, was an Englishman who became a prominent British Imperial statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. Lawrence came from Richmond, North Yorkshire.
John Laird Mair Lawrence (4 March 1811 – 27 June 1879): known as Sir John Lawrence, Baronet 1858 - 1869 and as Baron Lawrence from 1869; was a colonial administrator who served as the first chairman of the London School Board. Educated at Foyle College in Derry and at the East India Company College, Lawrence went to India in 1829 as a magistrate and tax collector in Delhi. In 1849 he became ...
Lawrence, John Laird Mair, 1st Baron (1811–79). Lawrence was born in Yorkshire, educated at Haileybury School, and joined the East India Company service in 1830. He achieved celebrity during and after the Sikh wars (1845–6 and 1848–9) which brought the company possession of the Punjab.
LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR, first Lord Lawrence (1811–1879), governor-general of India, sixth son and eighth of twelve children of Lieutenant-colonel Alexander Lawrence, and younger brother of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence [q. v.] and Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence [q. v.], was born at Richmond in Yorkshire, where his father's regiment (the 19th foot) was the
