with Mr. Hanbury, King st. Westminster, moved to Great George
st.; surgeon to House of Correction; an early member of British
Medical Assoc.; president of Medical Registration Assoc.; a
medical reformer of his day. _d._ 34 Bessborough gardens,
Pimlico, London 26 Oct. 1867. _The Lancet 9 Nov. 1867 p._ 597.
LAVIES, JOSEPH SAMUEL (only son of John Lavies of 5 Great George
st. Westminster, surgeon). _b._ 1824; L.S.A. 1846; M.R.C.S.
1846; M.D. Edinb. 1847; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1884; surgeon Invalid
artillery, St. James’s park; staff surgeon households of war
office and horse guards; surgeon Westminster female refuge;
surgeon Palmer’s hospital, Westminster; surgeon Westminster
house of correction; matric. from St. Mary hall, Oxf. 19 Jany.
1872; member of Wanderers’ club; author of Our august assembly.
_d._ 96 St. George’s road, Belgravia, London 2 Nov. 1888.
LAW, AUGUSTUS HENRY (eld. son of Wm. Towry Law 1809–86). _b._
Trumpington near Cambridge 21 Oct. 1833; served in the navy
Feb. 1846 to Dec. 1853; joined the Church of Rome under the
bishop of Southwark at Mortlake 16 May 1852; entered Society of
Jesus 1 Jany. 1854; taught in coll. of St. Aloysius at Glasgow
1860–3; missionary priest in Demerara, British Guiana 1866–71;
joined the first missionary staff to the Zambesi, March 1879.
_d._ at King Umzila’s Kraal 25 Nov. 1880. _A memoir of the life
and death of A. H. Law 3 Parts_ (1882–83), 2 _portraits_; _A.
Law, S.J. Notes in remembrance_ (1886).
LAW, DAVID. _b._ 1845; ed. Edinb. univ.; editor of a Bombay
newspaper to 1873; barrister M.T. 26 Jany. 1875; on editorial
staff of The Times 1878–79. _d._ of paralysis, Edinburgh 9 April
1880.
LAW, HENRY (3 son of George Henry Law 1761–1845, bishop of
Chester and of Bath and Wells). _b._ Kelshall rectory, Herts. 28
Sep. 1797; ed. at Greenwich, Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb.,
fellow 1821, tutor, fourth wrangler 1820; B.A. 1820, M.A.
1823; V. of St. Anne, Manchester 1822–3; V. of Childwall near
Liverpool 1823; archdeacon of Richmond 5 Oct. 1824, resigned
Oct. 1826; V. of West Camel, Somerset 1825; archdeacon of Wells
4 Oct. 1826 to 1862; preb. of Wells cath. 1826; resident canon
of Wells 1828–62; largely contributed to restoration of Wells
cathedral; V. of East Brent 1839; R. of Weston-super-Mare 1834–8
and 1840–62 where he thrice enlarged the parish church and built
and endowed three other churches; presented a town-hall to
Weston-super-Mare at cost of £4000; dean of Gloucester 1 Dec.
1862 to death; one of the last of the evangelical school; author
of Christ is all, the gospel of the Pentateuch 5 vols. 1866–77,
new ed. 4 vols. 1866, more than 12,000 copies of this were sold;
Jesus set for an example in the tabernacle service 1864; The
beacons of the bible, a series of 12 tracts 1861, another series
24 tracts 1868; Awakening and inviting calls 1871; Christian
cordials 1873; Forgiveness of sins 1876; Gleanings from the book
of life 1877; Family devotion 4 vols. 1878–84; The reformation
1883; He being dead yet speaketh, sermons 1886. _d._ the
deanery, Gloucester 25 Nov. 1884. _The Record 28 Nov. and 5 Dec.
1884._
LAW, HUGH (only son of John Law of Woodlawn, co. Down). _b._
Woodlawn 19 June 1818; ed. at Royal school Dungannon and Trin.
coll. Dublin, scholar 1837, B.A. 1839; called to Irish bar
1840, Q.C. 4 July 1860; legal adviser to lord lieutenant 1868;
drafted the Irish Church act and the Irish land act 1870;
bencher of King’s inns, Dublin 1870; solicitor general for
Ireland 18 Nov. 1872 to Jany. 1874, attorney general Jany. to
March 1874 and 10 May 1880 to 11 Nov. 1881; P.C. Ireland 1874;
M.P. for Londonderry county 1874–81; conducted prosecution of C.
S. Parnell, M.P. and others for conspiracy in establishing the
Land League, Dec. 1880; lord chancellor for Ireland 11 Nov. 1881
to death. _d._ Rathmullen House, Lough Swilly, co. Donegal 10
Sep. 1883. _Law Times_, _lxxv_ 349 (1883).
LAW, JAMES. _b._ 1796; a working man; presbyterian minister
and chaplain of the Mariners’ congregation, Dundee, Dec. 1839,
chaplain there under the Free church 6 July 1843, suspended
from his ministry but soon restored; his case discussed in the
house of commons; sought admission into the Church of England;
readmitted into the established presbyterian church, minister at
South Kirriemuir, Sep. 1844 and at Inverbrothock, Nov. 1845 to
death, ordained Jany. 1846. _d._ Arbroath 4 Oct. 1860. _Norrie’s
Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 185–90.
LAW, JAMES THOMAS (brother of Henry Law 1797–1884). _b._ 8 Dec.
1790; ed. at Christ’s coll. Camb., fellow, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815;
V. of Bowden, Cheshire 1815; R. of Tattenhall, Cheshire 1816;
V. of Childwall, Lancs. 1818; preb. of Chester 9 April 1818,
resigned Dec. 1828; preb. of Lichfield 18 July 1818; chancellor
of diocese of Lichfield 1821–73; commissary of archdeaconry
of Richmond 1824–46; V. of Harborne, Staffs. 1825–45; special
commissary of diocese of Bath and Wells 1840; hon. warden of
Queen’s coll. Birmingham 1846; author of The poor man’s garden,
or rules for regulating allotments for potatoe gardens 1830; The
acts for building additional churches in populous parishes 1841,
3 ed. 1853; The ecclesiastical statutes at large 5 vols. 1847;
Materials for a history of Queen’s college, Birmingham 1869;
Lectures on the ecclesiastical law of England 1861; Lectures on
the office and duties of churchwardens 1861. _d._ Lichfield 22
Feb. 1876.
LAW, ROBERT. _b._ 1789; ensign 71 foot 8 June 1809; captain
Ceylon rifle regt. 1824; major royal Newfoundland companies 29
Aug. 1834, lieut.-col. 3 Feb. 1844 to 17 July 1859; col. 2 West
India regiment 12 Jany. 1864 to 1 April 1870; L.G. 13 March
1868; col. 71 foot 1 April 1870 to death; K.H. 1837. _d._ 55
Upper Leeson st. Dublin 16 May 1874.
LAW, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ 1786; ensign 62 foot 29 April 1813;
captain 83 foot 14 July 1825, lieut. col. 83 foot 22 Dec. 1848
to 16 May 1856 when he retired on full pay; M.G. 16 May 1856.
_d._ 29 March 1860.
LAW, WILLIAM JOHN (eld. son of Ewan Law, M.P. _d._ 29 April
1829). _b._ 6 Dec. 1786; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
student 1804–14; B.A. 1808, M.A. 1810; barrister L.I. 11 Feb.
1813; one of comrs. of bankruptcy 1825; a comr. of court for
relief of insolvent debtors 1826, chief comr. 1 Aug. 1853 to 6
Aug. 1861 when the court was abolished by 24 and 25 Vict. cap.
134; author of Some remarks on the Alpine passes of Strabo 1846;
A criticism on Mr. Ellis’ theory on the route of Hannibal 1855;
The Alps of Hannibal 2 vols. 1866; author with H. R. Reynolds of
Reports of cases in the court for relief of insolvent debtors
1830. _d._ 5 Sussex sq. Brighton 5 Oct. 1869. _Reg. and mag. of
biog. ii_ 255 (1869); _Law Journal_, _iv_ 560 (1869).
LAW, WILLIAM TOWRY (youngest son of 1 baron Ellenborough
1750–1818). _b._ 16 June 1809; ed. at Eton and Peter house
Camb., M.A. 1834; ensign 51 foot 23 Nov. 1826; served on
staff of general Maison with French army in the Morea; ensign
grenadier guards 21 Sep. 1830, sold out 1831; ordained 1831; R.
of Yeovilton, Somerset 1835–40; V. of East Brent 1840–45; V.
of Harborne, Staffs. 1845, resigned 1851; prebend. of Wells 22
Sep. 1840–51; chancellor of diocese of Bath and Wells 1839–51;
relinquished his holy orders in Church of England by deed dated
31 Aug. 1870 inrolled in Chancery 7 Sep.; joined Church of
Rome 19 Sep. 1851; author of On the restoration of the weekly
offertory 1844; Attempted usurpation of authority over the
church of England by the bishop of Rome 1850; A letter to the
parishioners of Harborne 1850; Unity and faithful adherence to
the word of God are only to be found in the catholic church
1852. _d._ Hampton court palace 31 Oct. 1886.
LAWES, EDWARD (eld. son of Edward Hobson Vitruvius Lawes,
serjeant at law, who _d._ 27 Nov. 1849 aged 67). _b._ 1817;
ed. at Charterhouse; special pleader at 3 Essex court Temple
1839–45; barrister M.T. 6 June 1845; chairman of metropolitan
commission of sewers 16 Aug. 1851 to death. _d._ Sydenham hill
near London 22 May 1852.
LAWFORD, EDWARD. Solicitor in City of London 1812 to 1854;
solicitor to East India co. 1826 to 1854; clerk to Drapers’ co.
Drapers’ hall, Throgmorton st. 1826 to 1854; member of council
of Incorporated Law Society 24 June 1845 to 1854.
LAWFORD, EDWARD. _b._ 1810; 2 lieut. Madras engineers 16 Dec.
1825, col. 18 Feb. 1861; col. commandant R.E. 21 Dec. 1865 to
death; M.G. 1 March 1867. _d._ Brighton 23 March 1871.
LAWFORD, THOMAS WRIGHT (nephew of Edward Lawford, solicitor to
H.E.I. Co.) Solicitor at Llandilo, Carmarthen 1834–40, at Brecon
1840–2, at Tyridail near Llandilo 1842–57; market gardener,
dealer in poultry and grape grower for London market at
Tyridail, hatched chickens by steam, bankrupt 21 Nov. 1854, paid
dividend of 3 pence in the £ Nov. 1856; engaged in mining in
Prussia, failed, borrowed £80,000 from life assurance companies
1849–54, repaid £36,000, paid £25,000 in commission, premiums
and interest being at the rate of £5,000 per annum. _W. J.
Lawson’s History of Banking 2 ed._ (1855) 451–53.
LAWLESS, CECIL JOHN (2 son of 2 baron Cloncurry _d._ 1853). _b._
1 Aug. 1820; M.P. Clonmel 1846 to death. _d._ 5 Nov. 1853.
LAWLESS, EDMUND BARRY. _b._ 1818; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin,
B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; called to Irish bar 1840; Q.C. 1 Aug.
1859. _d._ 13 Upper Temple st. Dublin 20 Nov. 1885.
LAWLESS, MATTHEW JAMES (son of Barry Lawless of Dublin,
solicitor). _b._ near Dublin 1837; ed. at Prior Park college
near Bath; pupil of Henry O’Neil, R. A. in London; drew
illustrations for Once a Week, Cornhill Mag., Punch and London
Society; exhibited 11 pictures at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st.
1858–63. _d._ of consumption at 4 Pembridge crescent, Bayswater,
London 6 Aug. 1864.
LAWLEY, SIR FRANCIS, 7 Baronet (2 son of sir Robert Lawley, 5
bart. _d._ 1793). _b._ 1782; ed. at Rugby and Ch. Ch. and All
Souls’ coll. Oxf., B.C.L. 1808, D.C.L. 1813; fellow of All
Souls’ till 1815; M.P. Warwickshire 1820–32; major Warwickshire
yeomanry cavalry, lieut.-col. 26 April 1845, resigned Jany.
1848; succeeded his brother as 7 bart. 10 April 1833. _d._
Middleton hall, Warwickshire 30 Jany. 1851. _I.L.N. xviii_ 106
(1851).
LAWRANCE, EDWARD. _b._ 1802; admitted solicitor Nov. 1825,
partner with David Blenkarne at 32 Bucklersbury to 1843; head
of firm of Lawrance and Plews 1843–50, of Lawrance, Plews and
Boyer 14 Old Jewry chambers 1850 to death; member of council
of Incorporated law soc. 29 June 1858 to death, vice pres.
1868–9, pres. 1869–70; had a large bankruptcy practice for 40
years; author of Bankruptcy law reform, a letter to the lord
chancellor 1859; A handbook on the law of principal and surety
1861. _d._ 1 Sussex place, Regent’s park, London 1 July 1871.
LAWRANCE, EDWARD ELEAZAR. _b._ Ipswich 1784; solicitor at
Ipswich 1808 to death; clerk to borough magistrates at Ipswich
1836; clerk to magistrates of Samford petty sessions 40 years;
coroner for the liberty of the duke of Norfolk 40 years; oldest
attorney on rolls except one who was admitted in 1805; member
British Archæol. Assoc. 1859. _d._ 170 Woodbridge road, Ipswich
20 May 1866. _Journal of British Archæol Assoc. xxiii_ 306
(1867).
LAWRANCE, MISS HANNAH. _b._ 1795; a contributor to the Athenæum;
author of Historical memoirs of the Queens of England 2 vols.
1838–40; The history of woman in England and her influence on
society and literature, Vol. i. 1843, no more published. _d._
Nov. 1875.
LAWRENCE, SIR ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON, 1 Baronet (elder son of
Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence 1806–57). _b._ Allahabad 6 Sep.
1838; served in Bengal civil service 1857 to death; created
baronet for his father’s services in India 10 Aug. 1858; assist.
commissioner in the Punjaub to death; killed accidentally
between Torahon and Tarunda about 120 miles from Simla, northern
India 27 Aug. 1864. _bur._ at Simla 29 Aug.
LAWRENCE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM. _b._ 1 July 1803; entered Madras
army 1818; major 7 Madras light cavalry 16 March 1840,
lieut.-col. 23 May 1846 to 1848, 1855–6 and 1857–8; lieut.-col.
6 Madras light cavalry 1848–54; lieut.-col. 4 Madras light
cavalry 1854–5; lieut.-col. 2 Madras light cavalry 1856–7, col.
17 May 1859 to death; M.G. 20 July 1858. _d._ Biarritz, France
21 Feb. 1868.
LAWRENCE, SIR ARTHUR JOHNSTONE (3 son of Charles Lawrence of
Fairfield, Jamaica). _b._ Gatacre, Salop 14 July 1809; ed. at
Eton; ensign 23 foot 4 April 1827; lieut. rifle brigade 17
March 1830, lieut.-col. 1 Aug. 1847, placed on h.p. 24 July
1856; commanded 2nd brigade of second division in the Crimea 25
Dec. 1855 to 10 June 1856; col. of 58 foot 6 Jany. 1870 to 13
April 1884; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 14 July
1879; col. commandant of first battalion of rifle brigade 13
April 1884 to death; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869. _d._
Fox-hills near Chertsey 25 Jany. 1892. _Daily Graphic 27 Jany.
1892 p._ 9 _col._ 4, _portrait_.
LAWRENCE, CHARLES (son of Wm. Lawrence of Cirencester, Gloucs.,
surgeon 1753–1837). _b._ 21 March 1794; took a leading part in
founding Royal agricultural college at Cirencester 1842, owner
of a farm adjoining that of the college where he conducted
experiments which led to introduction of numerous improvements
in agricultural machinery; author of Practical directions
for the cultivation of cottage gardens 1831; A letter on
agricultural education 1851; A handy book for young farmers
1859; To my labourers, on the economy of food 1860, and of
several papers in Transactions of Royal Agricultural Society.
_d._ The Querns, Cirencester 5 July 1881.
LAWRENCE, ELIAS. Midshipman R.N. 1789–93; 2 lieut. R.M. 8 May
1793, col. commandant 10 July 1837, retired on full pay 10
July 1844; general 20 June 1855; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831. _d._ 8 St.
Michael’s terrace, Devonport 25 March 1856.
LAWRENCE, FREDERICK (eld. son of John Lawrence of Bisham,
Berkshire, farmer). _b._ Bisham 1821; employed by Simpkin and
Marshall, publishers, London; entered printed book department
of British Museum, Dec. 1846, helped to compile general
catalogue to May 1849; barrister M.T. 23 Nov. 1849; chairman of
the Garibaldian committee 1864; wrote a series of articles on
literary impostures and on eminent English authors in Sharpe’s
London Journal; edited at Guildford in 1841 The Iris, a journal
of literature and science, 3 numbers; edited The Lawyer’s
Companion 5 vols. 1864–8; author of The common law procedure
act, 1852 with an introduction 1852; The life of Henry Fielding
1855; Culverwell _v._ Sidebottom. A letter to the attorney
general. By a Barrister 1857, 2 ed. 1859. _d._ suddenly at his
chambers, 1 Essex court, Temple, London 25 Oct. 1867. _Handbook
of fictitious names. By Olphar Hamst_ [_Ralph Thomas_] (1868) 2,
205; _Cowtan’s Memories of the British Museum_ (1872) 363–4.
LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (eld. son of rev. Alfred Charnley
Lawrence _d._ 1867). _b._ Braxted rectory, Essex 25 March 1827;
ed. at Rugby 1841–5 and Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1850; barrister
I.T. 17 Nov. 1852; author of Guy Livingstone, or Thorough 1857
anon., 6 ed. 1867, which describes his own boyhood and college
life; Sword and Gown 1859, 5 ed. 1888; Barren Honour 2 vols.
1862; Border and Bastile 1863, 3 ed. 1864; A bundle of ballads
1864; Maurice Dering or the quadrilateral 1864, 2 ed. 1869; Sans
Merci, or Kestrels and falcons 3 vols. 1866, 3 ed. 1869, and 5
other books all stated to be by the author of Guy Livingstone.
_d._ 134 George st. Edinburgh 24 Sep. 1876. _Edinburgh Review_,
_cviii_ 532–40 (1858); _Spectator 28 Oct. 1876 pp._ 1345–7.
NOTE.--His book Border and Bastile 1863 is a record of his journey to
the United States of America in January 1863 with the intention of
joining as a volunteer the confederate army under general Stonewall
Jackson; before he got near the confederate lines he was taken prisoner
and shut up in a guard-house, whence after correspondence with Lord
Lyons the British ambassador at Washington he was liberated on the
condition of his immediate return to England.
LAWRENCE, SIR GEORGE ST. PATRICK (3 son of lieut.-col. Alexander
Lawrence 1764–1835). _b._ Trincomalee, Ceylon 17 March 1804;
cornet 2 Bengal light cavalry 15 Jany. 1822, adjutant 1825–34,
major 26 Feb. 1860 to 18 Feb. 1861; military sec. to sir W. H.
Macnaghten the envoy of Afghanistan, Sep. 1839 to 23 Dec. 1841
when Macnaghten was murdered; assistant political agent in the
Peshawur district of the Punjaub, Oct. 1846; taken prisoner by
the Sikhs 25 Oct. 1846; deputy comr. of Peshawur 7 June 1849;
political agent in Mewar 24 July 1850 to 13 March 1857; resident
in the Rajputana states 13 March 1857 to Dec. 1864; brigadier
general of all the forces in Rajputana during the mutiny 1857;
M.G. 25 May 1861, retired on full pay 29 Oct. 1866; hon. L.G.
11 Jany. 1867; granted good service pension of £100 a year 11
Jany. 1865; C.B. 18 May 1860; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866; author
of Reminiscences of forty-three years in India, edited by W.
Edwardes 1874. _d._ 20 Kensington park gardens, London 16 Nov.
1884. _Edwardes and Merivale’s Life of Sir Henry Lawrence_,
_vol. i_ (1872); _Golden Hours_ (1869) 314–29, 397–409, 457–69,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. 29 Nov. 1884 pp._ 533, 542, _portrait_.
LAWRENCE, HENRY. _b._ 1790; entered Bengal army 1809; ensign 19
Bengal N.I. 1 Nov. 1811, lieut. 16 Dec. 1814; lieut. 67 N.I.
1823, major 3 Aug. 1837 to 3 Nov. 1843; lieut.-col. of 35 N.I.
3 Nov. 1843 to 1846, of 2nd European regiment 1846–8, of 73 N.I
1848–50, of 44 N.I. 1850 to 1851, of 24 N.I. 1851–2, of 58 N.I.
1852 to 15 April 1854; commanded Lahore field force 29 March
1854 to 1855 and Lahore district or station 1855 to 8 Aug. 1856;
col. of 72 N.I. 15 April 1854, placed on retired list 1 Oct.
1877; general 23 May 1874. _d._ 1 Camden gardens, Chislehurst
road, Richmond hill, Surrey 23 Nov. 1887.
LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (4 son of lieut.-col. Alexander
W. Lawrence 1764–1835). _b._ Mattura, Ceylon 28 June 1806; 2
lieut. Bengal artillery 10 May 1822, lieut.-col. 18 May 1856
to death; a revenue surveyor in north west province 1833–39;
political agent in charge of Ferozepore 1839; commander of
Sikh contingent in the entry into Cabul 16 Sep. 1842; British
resident at Nepaul 1 Dec. 1843, founded the Lawrence asylum for
soldiers’ children 1844; governor general’s agent for foreign
relations and the affairs of the Punjaub 3 Jany. 1846 and for
the affairs of the North West frontier 1 April 1846; C.B. 27
June 1846, K.C.B. 28 April 1848; present at Sobraon and at the
occupation of Lahore; British resident at Lahore 8 Jany. 1847
to Oct. 1847 and practically ruler of the Punjaub; removed the
maharanee from Lahore and separated her from Dhuleep Singh;
present at siege of Moultan and at Chillianwallah; president
of board of administration of Punjaub 14 April 1849 to 1853;
governor general’s agent in Ajmeer, Rajputana 9 Feb. 1853;
colonel 20 June 1854; hon. A.D.C. to queen 20 June 1854; chief
comr. and agent to governor general in Oude 14 March 1857;
brigadier general 19 May 1857 with command of all the troops in
Oudh; on breaking out of mutiny fortified Lucknow; author of
Some passages in the life of an adventurer in the Punjaub, anon.
1842; Adventures of an officer in the service of Runjeet Singh 2
vols. 1845; Essays, military and political 1859; Essays on the
Indian army and Oude 1859; struck by a shell in the residency
at Lucknow 2 July 1857 and _d._ in Dr. Fayrer’s house 4 July.
_Edwardes and Merivale’s Life of Sir H. Lawrence 2 vols._
(1872); _J. W. Kaye’s Lives of Indian officers_, _ii_ 275–352
(1867); _L. E. R. Rees’ Personal narrative of siege of Lucknow_
(1858), _portrait_.
LAWRENCE, REV. HEZEKIAH. _b._ 1800; missionary of London Jews
society more than 50 years. _d._ Danzig 10 June 1884.
LAWRENCE, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1 Baron (6 son of
lieut.-col. Alexander Wm. Lawrence 1764–1835). _b._ Richmond,
Yorkshire 4 March 1811; assist. magistrate and collector at
Delhi 1831–35; magistrate and collector of Paniput and Delhi
1844–46; administrator of Trans-Sutlej province 1 March 1846;
member of board of administration of Punjaub 1849 and chief
commissioner Feb. 1853; K.C.B. 5 Feb. 1856, G.C.B. civil 11
Nov. 1857; kept the Punjaub in security during the mutiny
and sent great assistance to the army at Delhi, gave up the
administration 28 Feb. 1859; one of the chief men in the
preservation of India during the mutiny; received freedom of
city of London 3 June 1859; cr. baronet 3 Aug. 1858; granted
annuity of £2000 by H.E.I.Co. 25 Aug. 1858; member of council of
India 21 Sep. 1858 and took his seat 11 April 1859; P.C. 13 May
1859; D.C.L. Oxf. 1859; D.C.L. Camb. 1859; refused governorship
of Bombay 1860; G.C.S.I. 25 June 1861, invested 1 Nov. 1861;
governor general of India 5 Dec. 1863, landed in India 12 Jany.
1864, resigned 12 Jany. 1869; held a great durbar at Lahore,
Oct. 1864; created baron Lawrence of the Punjaub and of Grately,
Northampton 4 April 1869; member of London school board, Chelsea
division, Nov. 1870 to 26 Nov. 1873, chairman Dec. 1870 to 26
Nov. 1873; much opposed to the Afghan war of 1878–79. _d._ 23
Queen’s gate gardens, Kensington 26 June 1879. _bur._ in nave
of Westminster abbey 5 July; statues of him have been erected
in Calcutta and in Waterloo place, London. _R. B. Smith’s Life
of Lord Lawrence_ 2 _vols._ (1883), 2 _portraits_; _G. B.
Malleson’s Recollections of an Indian official_ (1872) 1–218;
_H. A. Page’s Leaders of men_ (1880) 367–98; _Nolan’s Illust.
Hist. of British empire in India_, _iii_ 40 (1860), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. xxxiii_ 156, 162 (1858), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xx_ 29
(1879), _portrait_.
LAWRENCE, MARTHA (dau. of John Cripps of Upton house, Tetbury).
Said to have been _b._ Bow lane, Cheapside, London 9 Aug. 1758;
_bapt._ St. Mary, Aldermanbury 15 Aug. 1758; (_m._ at Streatham
12 Nov. 1783 John Lawrence). She _d._ Richmond, Surrey 17 Feb.
1862 aged 103 years and 6 months. _bur._ Ham common, Surrey. _W.
J. Thoms’ Human longevity_ (1879) 266–68.
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Lawrence of St. Agnes,
Cornwall). _b._ St. Agnes 4 Feb. 1789; a builder at Pitfield
wharf, Commercial road, Lambeth, 30 Bread st. Cheapside and 21
Pitfield st. Hoxton 1823 to death; member of common council of
City of London before 1837, alderman of Bread st. ward 1848
to death, sheriff 1849–50; chairman of board of directors of
Legal and Commercial fire and life assurance company; comr. of
Tower Hamlets commission of sewers and of Holborn and Finsbury
commission of sewers; a Unitarian and a great reformer. _d._ 94
Westbourne terrace, London 25 Nov. 1855.