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  1. Mar 21, 2024 · Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence was an English soldier and administrator who helped to consolidate British rule in the Punjab region. After joining the Bengal artillery in 1823, Lawrence served at the capture of Arakan in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26). He studied the Urdu, Hindi, and Persian.

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  2. Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, KCB (28 June 1806 – 4 July 1857), was a British military officer, surveyor, administrator and statesman in British India. He is best known for leading a group of administrators in the Punjab affectionately known as Henry Lawrence's "Young Men" , as the founder of the Lawrence Military Asylums ...

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  4. May 18, 2018 · History. South Asian History: Biographies. Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence. Lawrence, Sir Henry. views 1,520,425 updated May 18 2018. Lawrence, Sir Henry (1806–57). Soldier. Henry Lawrence was the elder brother of John Lawrence, later viceroy of India, and younger brother of General Sir George Lawrence. All three made their careers in India.

  5. Sir Henry Lawrence (in full Henry Montgomery Lawrence) (28 June 1806-4 July 1857) was a senior British officer and administrator of British India. He was the first Chief Commissioner of the Punjab after its annexation by the British, following the Second Anglo-Sikh War .

  6. Nov 11, 2021 · November 11, 2021. The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children to life without the possibility of parole. One of those children was a boy named Henry Montgomery....

  7. 677462 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 16 — Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857), British soldier and statesman in India, brother of the 1st Lord Lawrence ( q.v. ), was born at Matara, Ceylon, on the 28th of June 1806.

  8. Nov 17, 2021 · NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana parole board granted parole on Wednesday to Henry Montgomery, whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people...