Lawrence, Walter R. (Walter Roper), Sir, 1857-1940

1879-1896 Bengal Civil Service; 1879 assistant commissioner, Thal, Kurram, Afghanistan; 1896-1889 under-secretary, government in India, revenue and agriculture department; 1889-1895 settlement commissioner of Kashmir; 1896-1898 agent-in-chief to Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford; 1898-1903 private secretary to Lord Curzon; 1903 KCIE; 1905-1906 chief of staff of the Prince of Wales for the 1905 tour of India; 1906 GCIE; 1907-1909 member of the council of India; 1914-1917 commissioner for the Indian sick and wounded in France and England; 1917 CB; 1918 GCVO

Epithet: administrator in India

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