Lawrence, Henry Montgomery, Sir, 1806-1857

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Army officer in the East India Company; 1822 second lieutenant, Bengal artillery; January 1833 interpreter and quartermaster, 7th battery of artillery later horse artillery, Cawnpore; February 1833 assistant revenue surveyor in the North-Western provinces; 1835 full surveyor; 1837 Captain; 1839 civil administratord of Ferozepore; 1840 assistant to the governor-general's agent for the affairs of the Punjab and the north-west frontier; 1842 brevet major; 1843 assistant to the envoy at Lahore; 1843 political agent at Khaital; 1843-1845 resident at the court of Nepal; 1843 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1846-1847 governor-general's agent for foreign affairs and for the affairs of the Punjab; 1848 KCB; 1849 resident at Lahore; 1849 president of the board of administration for the affairs of the Punjab, agent to the governor-general; 1853-1854 governor-general's agent in Rajputana; 1854 aide-de-camp to the queen, colonel; 1856 regimental lieutenant-colonel; 1857 chief commissioner and agent to the governor-general in Oudh; 1857 major-general

Epithet: Army Officer, East India Company

Title: Knight

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referencedIn Miscellaneous letters from Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-79), Bengal Civil Service 1830-59; Chief Commissioner of the Punjab 1853-59; Member, Council of India 1859-63; Viceroy of India 1864-69; affirming in one (12 May 1859) ..., 1857-1879 British Library
referencedIn Lewin Bentham Bowring papers., 1824-1870 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Capt Robert FitzGerald, Bombay Army 1836-53, and of James Edward FitzGerald, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1854, 1835-1906 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXXI (ff. 233). 1850, 1851.includes:ff. 1-4b Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Maughan, Sind Baggage Corps: Letters, etc., to Sir C. J. Napier: 1850, 1852. ff. 5-6b Colonel George Borlase Tramenheere, Bengal Engineers: Memorandum by: 1850. ff. 5-6b Ci..., 1850-1851 British Library
creatorOf Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence papers., 1853 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Robert Needham Cust (1821-1909), Bengal Civil Service 1843-67, relating to his education at Haileybury College, the 1st and 2nd Sikh Wars, and the Indian Mutiny., 1840-1859 British Library
referencedIn BROUGHTON PAPERS. Correspondence of the same with Henry Hardinge, Viscount Hardinge, as Governor General of India; May, 1846-Feb. 1848. This period covers the first Sikh war. Paper; ff. 503. Folio.Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet; Baron Broughton: ..., 1846-1848 British Library
referencedIn Honoria Lawrence papers., 1837-1857 British Library
referencedIn George Hutchinson papers., 1826-1899 British Library
referencedIn John Pitt Kennedy papers., 1847-1856 British Library
referencedIn Arthur Joseph Reginald Peppin papers., 1857 British Library
referencedIn BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 317). Papers relating to the rebellion at Kabul and the First Afghan War. Included are :-1. Extracts from the diary of Captain Julius Brockman Backhouse, of the Bengal Artillery, including, at f. 26, a copy of his sket..., 1838-1891 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XV (ff. 242). Apr.-May 1846.India: Correspondence of successive Presidents of the Board of Control with the Prime Minister.: 1841-1846.includes:ff. 1, 5, 18, 38, 42, 222, 233 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Correspondence with Lord Rip... British Library
creatorOf Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence papers., 1857 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Brig-Gen James Neill (1810-57), 1842-1857 British Library
referencedIn Letter, dated 22 Dec 1909, from Helen C Mackenzie, widow of Lt-Gen Colin Mackenzie (1806-81), Madras Army 1825-73, to Sir Alexander Waldemar Lawrence, 4th Bart (1874-1939), giving her reminiscences of his grandparents Sir Henry and Honoria Lawrence,..., 1909 British Library
referencedIn Lewin Bentham Bowring papers., 1824-1870 British Library
creatorOf Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence papers., 1853-1857 British Library
referencedIn `Ras Mala; or, Hindoo annals of the province of Goozerat in western India', 2 vols (London 1856) by Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821-65), Bombay Civil Service 1843-65: author's proof copy with a few annotations, newspaper cuttings, and one letter from ..., 1856-1857 British Library
creatorOf Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence papers., 1857 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Maj John McLoughlin Short, Indian Army 1916-31, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1939-43, 1938-1967 British Library
referencedIn Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence papers., 1806-1880 British Library
referencedIn CORRESPONDENCE Of Major-General (afterwards Field-Marshal) Studholme Hodgson, when in command of the expedition against Belleisle in 1761, chiefly with Williain Pitt and [Charles Windham, Earl of] Egremont, Secretaries of State, and Charles Townshend..., 1757-1857 British Library
referencedIn Jawala Sahai papers., 1847-1874 British Library
referencedIn Honoria Lawrence papers., 1837-1857 British Library
referencedIn Henry Vansittart papers., 1844-1872 British Library
creatorOf WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XXIX. Collection of autograph letters and miscellaneous documents; 1612-1899. Some French and Latin. W.D.27. Dawson records the provenance of some of the items. Paper and vellum; ff. 98.includes:f. 2 Richard Graves: Sir Hen..., 1612-1899 British Library
creatorOf Papers of Sir Henry Lawrence, Bengal Artillery 1823-57; and of his wife Honoria Lawrence, 1830-1857 British Library
referencedIn General Sir Charles Patton Keyes, Madras Army: correspondence, 1804-1898 British Library
referencedIn BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 427). General correspondence of Major George Broadfoot, 1838-1845, with Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount) Hardinge, and others whose names are given in the Index. Included also (ff. 45-204..., 1838-1845 British Library
referencedIn DEMI-OFFICIAL LETTER-BOOK of the Punjab Irregular Force, subsequently the Punjab Frontier Force; 26 Nov. 1850-22 Nov. 1852. The contents comprise copies of letters from Brigadier (later Major-General) John Studholme Hodgson, as commander, and Walter ... British Library
referencedIn Note by Sir Alexander Waldemar Lawrence, 4th Bart (1874-1939) on conversation (1909) with George Henry Mildmay Ricketts (1827-1914), Indian Civil Service 1847-79, served in Punjab 1853-58, on Sir Henry Lawrence's administration of the Punjab; memoran..., 1849-1857 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Robert Montgomery, Bengal Civil Service, 1827-65; Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab 1859-65, 1849-1865 British Library
referencedIn Papers and Correspondence of Sir Herbert Edwardes, Bengal Army 1841-68, Commissioner of Peshawar 1853-59, 1847-1858 British Library
referencedIn Vol. VII (ff. 272). 1846-1859.includes:ff. 1, 3, 6, 8, 89 Lieutenant-General George Hunter: Letters to Lt.-Col. H. Bruce: 1846-1855. f. 5 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Letter to Lt.-Col. D. Forbes: 1846.: Signed. ff. 6-17b, 50, 61..., 1846-1859 British Library
referencedIn Octavius Ludlow Smith papers., 1857-1858 British Library
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Death 1857-07-04

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