STRINGER See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• STRINGER LAWRENCE (1697–1775)

LAWRENCE (1697–1775)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1697 . He seems to have entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1727 and served in See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar and See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, subsequently taking See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• CULLODEN

Culloden . In 1748, with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major and the reputation of an experienced soldier, he went out to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India to command the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's troops . See also:

• DUPLEIX, JOSEPH FRANCOIS (1697-1763)

Dupleix's schemes for the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern India were on the point of taking effect, and not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after his arrival at Fort St See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, Stringer See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence was actively engaged . He successfully foiled an attempted French surprise at See also:

• CUDDALORE

Cuddalore, but subsequently was captured by a French See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• PATROL, (Fr. patrouiller, connected with pane, foot)

patrol at Ariancopang near See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry and kept prisoner till the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle . In 1749 he was in command at the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Devicota . On this occasion See also:

• CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873)
• CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785)
• CLIVE, ROBERT CLIVE, BARON (1725-1774)

Clive served under him and a See also:

• LIFE

life-long friendship began . On one occasion, when Clive had become famous, he honoured the creator of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian army by refusing to accept a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour unless one was voted to Lawrence also . In 1750 Lawrence returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but in 1752 he was back in India . Here he found Clive in command of a force intended for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of See also:

• TRICHINOPOLY

Trichinopoly . As See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior officer Lawrence took over the command, but was careful to allow Clive every See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit for his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the subsequent operations, which included the relief of Trichinopoly and the surrender of the entire French besieging force . In 1752 with an inferior force he defeated the French at Bahur (Behoor) and in 1753 again relieved Trichinopoly .

For the next seventeen months he fought a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of actions in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, finally arranging a three months' See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice, which was afterwards converted into a conditional treaty . He had commanded in See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief up to the arrival of the first detachment of See also:

• REGULAR

regular forces of the See also:

• CROWN

crown . In 1757 he served in the operations against See also:

• WANDIWASH

Wandiwash, and in 1758–1759 was in command of Fort St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege by the French under See also:

• LALLY, THOMAS ARTHUR, COMTE DE

Lally . In 1759 failing See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled him to return to England . He resumed his command in 1761 as major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief . Clive supplemented his old friend's inconsiderable income by settling on him an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of 500 a See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1765 he presided over the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board charged with arranging the reorganization of the See also:

• MADRAS

Madras army, and he finally retired the following year . He died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1775 . The East India Company erected a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to his memory in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . See Biddulph, Stringer Lawrence (1901) .