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Stringer Lawrence
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, National Portrait Gallery, London
BornFebruary 1698
Hereford, England
Died10 January 1775 (1775-01-11) (aged 76)
London, Kingdom of Great Britain
AllegianceStringer Lawrence Great Britain
Service/branchBritish Army
East India Company
Years of service1727–1766
RankMajor-General
Commands heldIndia
Battles/warsJacobite rising of 1745
First Carnatic War
Second Carnatic War
Third Carnatic War
Battle of Golden Rock

Major-General Stringer Lawrence (February 1698–10 January 1775) was an English soldier, the first Commander-in-Chief of Fort William.

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the command of Major Stringer Lawrence. The battalion was involved in all the battles against the French forces in India. Lawrence structured the regiment...

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of Buxar Mughal artillerymen at Plassey during the Carnatic wars. Stringer Lawrence and Nawab Wallajah in Madras French India Salabat Jung Hyder Ali Anwaruddin...

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Chanda Sahib's native forces defected to the British. Under Major Stringer Lawrence, Yusuf Khan was trained in the European method of warfare and displayed...

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notably to Aaron Baker, who rebuilt the chancel aisle in 1669, and Stringer Lawrence. The theological writer Bourchier Wrey Savile was rector of Dunchideock...

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subscription 8l. The Club possesses some good portraits of Clive, Stringer Lawrence, Sir Eyre Coote, Sir David Ochterloney, Sir G. Pollock, Sir W. Nott...

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