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Lt. Col. Alexander Lawrence Family of the British Raj

Subject: Lt.- Col. Alexander LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1764 Coleraine, Ireland

(He was an Indian officer who led, with three other lieutenants, the forlorn hope at the storming of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799. The three others were killed and Lawrence was severely wounded and left for dead in the breach)

(Governor of Upnor Castle, co. Kent 8 Feb 1816)

Death: 7 May 1835 Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Father: William LAWRENCE
Mother: Amelia FLEMING
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Marriage: 5 May 1797
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Spouse: Catherine Letitia KNOX
Death: 30 Apr 1846 England
Father: Rev. George KNOX
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Twelve Known Children
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1/M George Tomkins LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____ probably Ceylon
Death: 6 Jan 1801 probably Ceylon
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2/F Letitia Catherine LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1802 Ceylon
Marriage: __ ___ 1837 Rev. Henry Horace HAYES (b. 1770, d. 1853)
Census: 6 Jun 1841 Lynton, co. Devon, England (husband Vicar of the Church)
Census: 30 Mar 1851 3 Marlborough Bldgs, Walcot, co. Somerset, England (husband a clergyman)
Census: 7 Apr 1861 Egremont House, Delamere Terrace, Paddington, co. Middlesex, England (widowed fund holder)
Death: __ ___ 1865 co. Devon, England
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3/M Maj.- Gen. Alexander W. LAWRENCE
Birth: 1 Jul 1803 Ceylon
Death: 21 Feb 1868 Biarritz, France

Rosanna LYSTER

1/M (son) LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____ India
Death: __ ___ 1852 India

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4/M General Sir George St Patrick LAWRENCE
Biography
Birth: 17 Mar 1804 Trincomalee, Ceylon
Death: 16 Nov 1884 20 Kensington Park Gardens, London, England

Charlotte Isabella BROWNE

1/F Letitia Angeline LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1834 India
Census: 30 Mar 1851 Hadley Green School, Hadley, Berkshire, England (pupil)
Marriage: 12 Apr 1855 Henry Erskine FORBES of Kinmundy (b. 14 Jul 1821, d. 1891)
Death: 29 Oct 1857 England
2/F Isabella LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1836 India
Census: 30 Mar 1851 Hadley Green School, Hadley, Berkshire, England (pupil)

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5/M Sir Henry Montgomery LAWRENCE
Biography
Birth: 28 Jun 1806 Matura, Ceylon
Death: 4 Jul 1857 killed by an exploding shell at Siege of Lucknow, India

Honoria MARSHALL

1/M Sir Alexander Hutchinson LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1838 Allahabad, India
Marriage: 28 Aug 1862 Alice Eacy KENNEDY, daughter of Evory KENNEDY M.D
Son: 26 Feb 1864 Sir Henry Hayes LAWRENCE; Lahore, India
Death: 27 Aug 1864 accidently killed by the falling of a bridge on the Thibet Road, India)
2/F Letitia LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____ India
Death: __ Aug 1842 India
3/M Sir Henry Waldemar LAWRENCE
Birth: 24 Jan 1845 Nepal, India
Marriage: __ ___ 1873 Emily Mary BURDETT (b. 1846, d. ? ), daughter of Sir George BURDETT
Son: __ ___ 1874 Alexander Waldemar LAWRENCE; Kensington, co. Middlesex, England
Son: __ ___ 1875 Henry Louis LAWRENCE; Kensington, co. Middlesex, England
Daughter: 19 Dec 1877 Honoria Constance LAWRENCE; Kensington, co. Middlesex, England
Census: 5 Apr 1891 School House, Marthwaite, Sedburgh, Yorkshire, England (visiting Barrister At Law)
Census: 31 Mar 1901 Inner Temple, London, England (Barrister J.P)
Death: 3 Jun 1908 St George Hanover Square, London, England (age 63)
4/F Honoria Letitia LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1850 Lahore, India
Marriage: 9 Aug 1873 Henry George HART (b. 1844, d. ? ); Hertfordshire, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 School House, Sedburgh, Yorkshire, England (husband a schoolmaster)
Census: 5 Apr 1891 School House, Marthwaite, Sedburgh, Yorkshire, England (husband a schoolmaster & teacher of classics)

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6/F Honoria Angeline LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1808 Columbo, Ceylon
Marriage: __ Oct 1831 Lt.- Col. Nathaniel Dunbar BARTON (b. 1804, d. 1885), son of Lt.-Gen. Charles BARTON
Census: 2 Apr 1871 St. Mary, co. Devon, England (husband retired Colonel of Bengal Calvalry)
Census: 3 Apr 1881 lodgers, 64 Regency Square, Brighton, co. Sussex, England (husband retired Colonel of Bengal Cavalry)
Death: 27 Sep 1889 Brighton, co. Sussex, England (age 79)
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7/M James Knox LAWRENCE
Birth: 24 Oct 1809 England
Death: __ ___ 1825 England
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8/M Baron John Laird Mair LAWRENCE
Biography
Birth: 4 Mar 1811 Richmond, Yorkshire, England
Baptism: 17 Mar 1811 Richmond, Yorkshire, England
Census: 7 Apr 1861 73 Oxford Terrace, Paddington, co. Middlesex, England (Baronet & Member of Council of India)

He was Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869 and upon his return to England he was raised to the peerage as Baron of the Punjaub and of Grately in the County of Southampton

Census: 2 Apr 1871 27 Queens Gate, Kensington, London, England (Peer of the Realm)
Death: 27 Jun 1879 London, England
Burial: 5 Jul 1879 In the nave of Westminster Abbey

Harriette Katherine HAMILTON

1/F Catherine Letitia LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1844 Karnal, India
Marriage: 28 Jan 1868 Col. William Lowndes RANDALL (b. 1834, d. 13 Apr 1911)
Son: __ ___ 1868 John RANDALL; India
Son: __ ___ 1871 Henry Lowndes RANDALL; Birchington, co. Kent, England
Census: 2 Apr 1871 The Rectory, Newbury, Berkshire, England (husband Lt.- Col. H. M. Indian Army)
Son: __ ___ 1872 William Lawrence RANDALL; 26 Queens Gate, Kensington, co. Middlesex, England
Son: __ ___ 1876 James RANDALL; Binfield, Berkshire, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 Dry Hill Park West Grove, Tunbridge, co. Kent, England (husband Col. H. M. Indian Army)
Son: __ ___ 1882 Neville RANDALL; 18 Eaton Place, Hanover Square, London, England
Census: 5 Apr 1891 Banstead, co. Surrey, England (husband retired Col. H. M. Indian Army)
2/F Henriette Emily LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1845 Delhi, India
Census: 2 Apr 1871 Kensington, London, England (visiting Lady Emma Edwards)
Marriage: 28 Jul 1877 Sir Henry Stewart CUNNINGHAM
3/M John Hamilton LAWRENCE
Birth: 1 Oct 1846 Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Census: 2 Apr 1871 with parents; 27 Queens Gate, Kensington, London, England (student at law)
Marriage: circa Sep 1872 Mary Caroline Douglas CAMPBELL (b. 1851, d. 1938), d/o Richard CAMPBELL; St George Hanover Square, London, England
Daughter: __ ___ 1875 Anna Douglas LAWRENCE; Chelsea, London, England
Son: 29 Mar 1878 Alexander Graham LAWRENCE; Chelsea, co. Middlesex, England
At death of his father in 1879 he became 2nd Baron Biography
Census: 5 Apr 1891 Chetwode Manore, Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, England (Peer)
Census: 31 Mar 1901 Chetwode Manor, Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, England (Peer)
Death: 22 Aug 1913 Chelsea, London, England (age 66)
4/M Henry Arnold LAWRENCE
Birth: 17 Mar 1848 Lahore, India
He was a noted rugby player and captained England in two matches, including the first ever international against Ireland.
Census: 2 Apr 1871 with parents; The Rectory, Newbury, Berkshire, England (merchant's clerk)
Marriage: 6 May 1879 Constance Caroline DAVIES (b. 1852, d. ? ); Kelsale, co. Suffolk, England
Daughter: 26 Jan 1881 Constance Letitia LAWRENCE; Kensington, London, England
Daughter: 4 May 1882 Phyliis May LAWRENCE; Kensington, London, England
Son: 21 Sep 1883 (son) LAWRENCE; London, England
Daughter: 26 Jan 1886 Mary Paolina LAWRENCE; Kensington, London, England
Son: 2 Aug 1887 John Dalhousie LAWRENCE; Kensington, London, England
Son: 10 Mar 1889 Malcolm Eyton LAWRENCE; Kensington, London, England
Census: 5 Apr 1891 6 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London, England (merchant)
Census: 31 Mar 1901 6 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London, England (Company Director)
Death: 19 Apr 1902 Gloucestershire, England (age 54)
5/F Alice Margaret LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1850 Lahore, India
Marriage: 14 Jul 1870 Lancelot Charles WALFORD (b. 1844, d. ? ); Kensington, London, England
Census: 2 Apr 1871 Bucklesham, co. Suffolk, England (husband Rector of Bucklesham)
Daughter: __ ___ 1872 Margaret E. WALFORD; Bucklesham, co. Suffolk, England
Daughter: __ ___ 1874 Edith Mary WALFORD; Kensington, co. Middlesex, England
Daughter: __ ___ 1879 Sybyl Alice WALFORD; Turbridge Wells, co. Kent, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 The Vicarage, 15 Mount Zion, Tunbridge Wells, co. Kent, England (husband Vicar of Church)
Census: 5 Apr 1891 18 Eaton Place, St George Hanover Square, London, England (Dowager Lady living on own means)
Census: 31 Mar 1901 5 Eaton Place, Kensington, London, England (Dowager Lady living on own means)
6/F Mary Emma LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1853 Lahore, India
Marriage: 27 Feb 1872 Francis William BUXTON ( b. ?, d. 14 Nov 1911)
She was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1918.
Death: 21 Feb 1939 England
7/M Charles Napier LAWRENCE
Birth: 27 May 1855 Murrie, India
Census: 3 Apr 1881 with mother; 18 Eaton Place, St George Hanover Square, London, England (merchant)
Marriage: 22 Jun 1881 Catherine SUMNER ( b. ?, d. 7 Nov 1934), daughter of F.W. SUMNER; St George Hanover Square, London, England
Census: 5 Apr 1891 visitor, Broadlane House, Romsey, Hampshire, England (married merchant)
He was created Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate, co. Kent in 1923.
Death: 17 Dec 1927 England (age 72, without issue)
8/M Herbert Alexander LAWRENCE
Birth: 8 Aug 1861 Southgate, co. Middlesex, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England (Gentleman Cadet)
Census: 5 Apr 1891 Folkestone, co. Kent, England (Lieutenant 17th Lancers)
Marriage: 26 Apr 1892 Isabel Mary MILLS (b. 1862, d. ? ), daughter of 1st Lord HILLINGDON; Seal, co. Kent, England
Son: 5 Aug 1893 Oliver John LAWRENCE; Seal, co. Kent, England
Son: 6 Oct 1894 Michael Charles LAWRENCE; Seal, co. Kent, England
Census: 31 Mar 1901 with wife's mother; Wilderness House, Seal, co. Kent, England (Cavalry Officer 17th Lancers)
Daughter: 18 May 1902 Elizabeth Peace LAWRENCE; Seal, co. Kent, England
9/F Maude Agnes LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1864 Southgate, co. Middlesex, England
Census: 31 Mar 1901 with mother; 5 Eaton Place, Kensington, London, England (Member London School Board)
She was Chief Woman Inspector, Board of Education.

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9/F Marianne Amelia LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1813 Guernsey, Channel Islands, England
Marriage: 6 Jul 1835 James Fogo BERNARD M.D. (b. 1807, d. 1878)
Daughter: 26 Sep 1836 Susan Montague BERNARD; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Son: __ ___ 1837 Charles E. BERNARD; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter: 12 Feb 1839 Marianne Frances BERNARD; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter: 15 Mar 1840 Charlotte C. BERNARD; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter: __ ___ 1842 Eleanor E. BERNARD; Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter: __ ___ 1846 Catherine Amy BERNARD; Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter: __ ___ 1848 Emily Isabella BERNARD; Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Son: __ ___ 1849 James Henry BERNARD; Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Census: 30 Mar 1851 16 York Crescent, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England (physician)
Daughter: __ ___ 1853 Letitia Caroline BERNARD; Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Census: 2 Apr 1871 Ashburg Dale, St Marys Church, co. Devon, England (physician not practicing)
Death: __ ___ 1877 Clifton, Gloucestershire, England (age 64)
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10/F Charlotte Frances LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1814 Guernsey, Channel Islands, England
Census: 2 Apr 1871 9 Stanhope Place, Paddington, co. Middlesex, England (living on own means)
Death: __ ___ 1878 England
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11/M Maj.- Gen. Richard C. LAWRENCE
Birth: 26 Oct 1817 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 Raveley Christchurch Road, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, England (Lt.- General Bengal Staff Corps)
Census: 5 Apr 1891 N0. 113 Queens Gate, Kensington, London, England (retired Army General)

Ellen YOUNGSON

1/M Henry LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1846 India
Census: 2 Apr 1871 with mother; 12 Wyndham Place, St Marylebone, co. Middlesex, England (Lieutenant Infantry)
2/F Evelyn E.L. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1848 India
3/F Ellen Youngson LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1851 Bath, co. Somerset, England
Census: 7 Apr 1861 with aunt Letitia HAYES; Egremont House, Delamere Terrace,Paddington, co. Middlesex, England
Census: 2 Apr 1871 with mother; 12 Wyndham Place, St Marylebone, co. Middlesex, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 with parents; Raveley Christchurch Road, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, England
Census: 5 Apr 1891 with parents; N0. 113 Queens Gate, Kensington, London, England
Census: 31 Mar 1901 Kensington, London, England (boarder living on own means)
4/M Montgomery H.H. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1856 India
5/M Richard C. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1858 India
Census: 2 Apr 1871 boarder, 33 St James Square, Kensington, co. Middlesex, England (scholar)
6/F Marion Knox Caroline LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1861 St Marylebone, co. Middlesex, England
Census: 3 Apr 1881 with parents; Raveley Christchurch Road, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, England
Census: 5 Apr 1891 with parents; N0. 113 Queens Gate, Kensington, London, England

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12/F Marcia Eliza LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1823 Belgium ?
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Abraham GOODALL (b. 1814, d. ? )
Census: 3 Apr 1881 Kensington, London, England (husband Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Army & London Surgeon)