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	AllRefer.com - Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron (South Asian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron 1811–79, British colonial administrator in India; brother of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
		The Punjab remained quiet during the Indian Mutiny (1857–58), and Lawrence directed the British troops in the recapture of Delhi.
		Lawrence was a vigorous opponent of the expansionist policies that led to the Afghan Wars.
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	John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (4 March 1811 - 27 June 1879) was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869.
		In that role, Lawrence was partly responsible for preventing the spread of the Mutiny to Punjab in 1857, and negotiated a treaty with the Afghan ruler Dost Mohammed Khan, and later led the troops which recaptured Delhi from the rebellious sepoys.
		He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lawrence of the Punjab on his return to England in 1869, and died ten years later.
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		Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron, 1811-79, British colonial administrator in India; brother of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
		Lawrence, T. Lawrence, T. (Thomas Edward Lawrence), 1888-1935, British adventurer, soldier, and scholar, known as Lawrence of Arabia.
		Lawrence, D. -> Works Lawrence believed that industrialized Western culture was dehumanizing because it emphasized intellectual attributes to the exclusion of natural or physical instincts.
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	LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879) - Encyclopedia Britannica - LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR ...
		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.
		In 1829, when only seventeen, John Lawrence landed at Calcutta as a civilian; he mastered the Persian language at the college of Fort William, and was sent to Delhi, on his own application, as assistant to the collector.
		The crowning victory of Sobraon was the result, and at thirty-five Lawrence became commissioner of the Jullundur Doab, the fertile belt of hill and dale stretching from the Sutlej north to the Indus.
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	Governor-General of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma remained Governor-General of India for some time after independence, but the two nations were otherwise headed by native Governors-General.
		Of those that were not, Sir John Shore was a baronet, Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence was a knight, and The Lord William Bentinck was entitled to the courtesy title "Lord" because he was the son of a Duke.
		Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who is reputed to have said that "India should be governed from a palace, not from a country house," constructed a grand mansion, known as Government House, between 1799 and 1803.
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	History of Grateley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		John was educated at Haileybury College (much against his will) and entered the EICo as a writer to become a civil rather than military officer whereas his brothers were educated at Addiscombe and thence, after cadetship, into the Bengal Lancers, George as a cavalry officer and Henry as a gunner.
		The Grange was sold in 1912 and Baron Lawrence 2nd or 3rd, I do not know) died in 1947; somewhere other than Grateley as the Parish Council Minutes of that year record that a telegram of condolence was sent to his widow, the Baroness, which would have been unnecessary had she lived in the village.
		Sir John and Harriette had 10 children, all christened in Grateley, between 1846 and 1864, which was the period when he was most involved in the affairs of the Punjab and India as a whole.
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		Block, Herbert Lawrence Block, Herbert Lawrence, 1909-2001, American editorial cartoonist known as Herblock, b.
		Cremin, Lawrence Arthur Cremin, Lawrence Arthurkrĕm´Ĭn, 1925-91, American educator and historian, b.
		Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914, Union general in the Civil War, b.
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		Alice Glyn, daughter of George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton and Marianne Grenfell, on 4 August 1870.
		She married Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester, son of Henry Thomas Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester and Lady Mary Brudenell, on 18 June 1861.
		Alice Glyn was the daughter of George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton and Marianne Grenfell.
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		Laird, Melvin Robert, 1922-, American politician, U.S. secretary of defense (1969-73), b.
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		...Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron, 1811-79, British colonial administrator in India; brother of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
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		Mary Emma Lawrence was the daughter of Rt.
		Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence and Harriette Karherine Hamilton.
		Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence was born on 4 March 1811.
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	Lawrence Welk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 - May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, band leader, and television impressario.
		He was born in Strasburg, North Dakota to Russian German parents.
		Welk's television program had a policy to only play well known songs and tunes from previous years, so that the target audience would only hear numbers that they were already familiar with.
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	History of the Provisional County of Haliburton
		Lord George Anson, Baron Soberton, was born in 1697 and died in 1762.
		Was surveyed in 1877 and named after Sir John Laird Mair (Lord) Lawrence, one of the four sons of Colonel Alexander Lawrence, of Ireland, who led a storming part at Seringapatam in 1799.
		Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, born in 1811, died 1879, went to India in 1829, and was of such service at the time of the mutiny that Parliament and the public called him "the saviour of India."
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		On Dec. 10, 1968, he was appointed Commander of the 1st Division of Ships, then was assigned to the Fourth Bureau of the Army Command on March 26, 1970.
		The commission was ordered to investigate whether Lawrence had made improper use of executive power in connection with the tabling of a petition in the Western Australian parliament in 1992 which involved allegations of perjury against one Penny Easton who committed suicide a few days later.
		Lawrence was driven to the brink of resignation but Keating supported her.
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	Sources for the study of Afghanistan, 1843-78
		John Lawrence Collection: papers and correspondence of Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-79), Bengal Civil Service 1830-59; Member, Board of Administration of the Punjab 1849-53; Chief Commissioner of the Punjab 1853-59; Member, Council of India 1859-63; Viceroy of India 1864-69.
		Goldsmid Collection: correspondence and papers of Maj-Gen Sir Frederic John Goldsmid (1818-1908), Madras Army 1839-75, chiefly relating to his work as Boundary Commissioner for the settlement of the Perso-Baluch frontier and Arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan dispute concerning Sistan 1870-72; also including unpublished memoirs and literary papers.
		Lyveden Collection: correspondence and papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73), as President of the Board of Control 1855-58, relating in particular to the Persian Campaign 1856-57 and the Indian Mutiny 1857-58; also papers, dated 1898-1900, relating to the service and death of Capt Ronald James Vernon in the Boer War.
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	Viceroy of India
		Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence 1864 - 1869
		Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst 1910 - 1916
		Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma 1947
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	Lawrence Coat of Arms
		The name Lawrence was spawned by the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture that ruled a majority of Britain.
		The History of the Bemis, Perkinson, Fay, and Lawrence Families by Ted H. Bemis, From the European Continent to American Colonist & Citizen: the 275 Year History of the Lowrance (also Lawrence) Family in America by Gayford Radar Lowrence.
		The Stone of Scone, (pronounced "skoon") sometimes called the Stone of Destiny was an extremely important symbol of Scottish heritage and the fact that it was never returned contributed to a strong discomfort between Scotland and England over the many years.
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		The Punjab remained quiet during the Indian Mutiny (1857-58), and Lawrence directed the British troops in the recapture of Delhi.
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	ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711) - Online Information article about ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF ...
		OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
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	Governor-General of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	Governor-General of India -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Most Governors-General were (A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage) peers.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley) Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who is reputed to have said that "India should be governed from a palace, not from a country house," constructed a grand mansion, known as Government House, between 1799 and 1803.
		The mansion remained in use until the capital moved from Calcutta to (A city in north central India) Delhi in 1912.
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	James Lawrence -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lawrence entered the navy as a midshipman (1798) and fought against the Barbary pirates.
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		These words, never forgotten, are still uttered today in urging someone to keep trying in the face of great difficulty.
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		Two epigrams, one in Latin on Italy, one in English on John Forster.
		ALS to John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Lord Sydney.
		DS as president of the Council ordering Thomas Fauconbridge, Receiver General, to pay salaries of John Hagges and John Corbet, chief justices.
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	Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence
		Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery, 1806–57, British general and administrator in India; brother of John Laird Mair Lawrence.
		In 1847, Lawrence became a British resident at Lahore and began to reorganize the Punjab.
		Resigning because of policy differences with his brother, who was also on the board, Lawrence was posted to Rajputana (1853) and then Oudh (1856).
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	Who was Who in Central Asia
		Maj (later Maj-Gen Sir) Frederic John Goldsmid (1818-1908), Madras Army 1839-75, in civil employ under Bombay Government 1862-64, Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph 1865-70, worked as Boundary Commissioner for the settlement of the Perso-Baluch frontier and Arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan dispute concerning Seistan 1870-72.
		Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-79), Bengal Civil Service 1830-59; Member, Board of Administration of the Punjab 1849-53; Chief Commissioner of the Punjab 1853-59; Member, Council of India 1859-63; Viceroy of India 1864-69
		Entered EIC 1806; Resident of Sind and Hyderabad 1820-?; negotiated Treaty of Nanking which ended the 1st Opium War and declared Hong Kong a Crown colony 1842; appointed the 1st Governor of Hong Kong the same year; Governor of Madras 1847-51.
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	John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Lawrence (of the Punjab and of Grately), John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron
		In 1830 Lawrence traveled to Calcutta (now Kolkata) with his brother Henry and then to Delhi, where he served for 19 years as an assistant judge, magistrate, …
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	Greater India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Two of the largest and most stable were the core of the Mauryan Empire, Magadha, located in the central Ganges plain, and Satavahana, in the central Deccan and the south.
		But by the 1st century BCE, the Indian subcontinent was a mass of lesser states with no pretensions to Imperial status.
		After the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, Great Britain took full political authority in India unto itself, and the Company was formally dissolved in 1873.
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