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Brigadier General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, KCB (28 June 1806 – 4 July 1857) was a British military officer, surveyor, administrator and statesman in British India. He is best known for leading a group of administrators in the Punjab affectionately known as Henry Lawrence's "Young Men" , as the founder of the Lawrence Military Asylums and for his death at the Siege of Lucknow during the ...
Honoria Lawrence: a Fragment of Indian History by Maud Diver 1936 Archive.org. Honoria Lawrence was married to Sir Henry in 1837, an Army officer (Bengal Artillery) who then worked for the Revenue Survey, until he returned to the Army in 1838, then became a Political assistant.
Indian Army Officers in the later yers of Victoria’s reign. Left: Indian Native Cavalry Officer. 1899. Middle: Kot Dafadar Major. 5th Bombay Cavalry. 1830. Right: Indian Native Cavalry. c. 1870-90. All three courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Brigadier General John Nicholson, CB (11 December 1822 – 23 September 1857) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who rose to prominence during his career in British India. Born in Ireland, Nicholson moved to the Indian subcontinent at a young age and obtained a commission in the Bengal Army where he spent the majority of his career helping to ...
Henry Lawrence. Sir Henry Lawrence (in full Henry Montgomery Lawrence) (28 June 1806-4 July 1857) was a senior British officer and administrator of British India. He was the first Chief Commissioner of the Punjab after its annexation by the British, following the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He died whilst defending Lucknow against a force of rebels ...
Pattern 1821 Indian Army Officer's sword belonging to Brigadier General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, 1855 (c) Like many officers who served in India, Lawrence preferred an Indian blade for his sword. These blades, which were more curved than the British pattern, were better suited to the kind of combat encountered in India.
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Sir Henry Lawrence organised the defence of the Lucknow Residency during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). On 2 July 1857 he was mortally wounded when a shell exploded in his apartment. He died two days later and is supposed to have told those gathered around his bed: 'Put on my tomb only this; Here lies Henry Lawrence who tried to do his duty ...
