George St Patrick Lawrence
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General Sir George St Patrick Lawrence KCSI, CB |
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| Born |
17 March 1804 Trincomalee, Ceylon |
| Died | 16 November 1884 (aged 80) Kensington Gardens, London, England |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch | Bengal Army |
| Years of service | 1821–1866 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Second Bengal Light Cavalry |
| Battles/wars |
First Anglo-Afghan War First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Indian Mutiny |
| Awards |
 Order of the Dooranee Empire Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal Sutlej Medal Punjab Medal India General Service Medal Indian Mutiny Medal
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| Relations | Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence |
| Other work | Colonial administrator |
General Sir George St Patrick Lawrence KCSI CB (17 March 1804 – 16 November 1884) was an officer in the British Indian Army.
Lawrence, third son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Lawrence (1764–1835), was elder brother of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence. His father, an Indian officer, led, with three other lieutenants, the storming of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799, and returned to England in 1809, after fifteen years' severe service.
George was born at Trincomalee, Ceylon, on 17 March 1804, and was educated at Foyle College, Derry. His middle name, St Patrick, derived from his birth on St Patrick's Day. In 1819 he entered Addiscombe Military Seminary, on 5 May 1821 was appointed a cavalry cadet, on 15 January 1822 joined the Second Bengal Light Cavalry in Bengal, and on 5 September 1825 was promoted to be adjutant of his regiment, a post he held until September 1834. With his regiment he took part in the Afghan War of 1838, and was present at the storming of Ghuznee (modern Ghazni) on 23 July 1839, and in the attempt to capture Dost Mahomed in his flight in August through the Bamian pass.
On returning to Kabul, Lawrence became political assistant to Sir William Hay Macnaghten, the envoy of Afghanistan, and subsequently his military secretary, a post which he kept from September 1839 to the death of his chief. On the surrender of Dost Mahomed Khan, 3 November 1840, he was placed in the charge of Lawrence until he was sent to Calcutta. In the revolution at Cabul, in November 1841, Lawrence had many narrow escapes of his life, and on the surrender of the troops he was one of the four officers delivered up on 11 December 1841 as hostages for the performance of the stipulations. On 23 December, when Macnaghten and others were treacherously murdered by Akbar Khan, he was saved by the interposition of Mahomed Shah Khan.
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