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| Keywords: Captain George Lawrence, 11th Light Cavalry, attached to the Political Service, 1842..jpg en Captain George Lawrence 11th Light Cavalry attached to the Political Service 1842 Coloured lithograph after Lieutenant Vincent Eyre Bengal Artillery 1842 c George St Patrick Lawrence 1804-1884 was elder brother of Sir Henry Lawrence and John Lawrence 1st Baron Lawrence In 1822 he joined the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry and in 1825 was made adjutant of his regiment a post which he held until September 1834 During the 1st Afghan War 1839-1842 he was present at the storming of Ghazni on 23 July 1839 and in the attempt to capture Dost Mohammad in August On reaching Kabul he was appointed political assistant to Sir William Hay Macnaghten Following the uprising against Shah Shuja and the British he took part in the ill-fated retreat from Kabul Lawrence had charge of the women and children until 8 January 1842 when he was given up to Akbar Khan as a hostage He was finally released on 17 September 1842 by Major-General Sir George Pollock's force Promoted to captain in 1844 in October 1846 he was appointed assistant political agent in the Punjab with control of the Rajputana district During the 2nd Sikh War 1848-1849 Lawrence's influence and popularity initially kept his soldiers loyal but they eventually mutinied and in October 1848 he was again taken hostage this time by Chutter Singh After the war he received the thanks of both houses of parliament and of the governor-general for remaining at his post In 1849 he was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel and appointed Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar Lawrence later commanded a militia force that accompanied Sir Charles Napier's expedition through the Kohat Pass Between 1850 and 1857 he served as political agent at Mewar before succeeding his brother Henry Lawrence as chief agent for the governor-general in Rajputana During the Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 he served as a brigadier-general in Rajputana where he did much to keep the native rulers faithful In 1860 he was created a civil Companion of the Bath and the following year was gazetted major-general In 1866 Lawrence was created a Knight Commander of the Star of India and retired from the service after four decades in India From 'Portraits of the Kabul Prisoners' a set of pre-publication coloured lithographs later published by John Murray in 1843 The artist's original drawings were made during his captivity in Afghanistan after the Retreat from Kabul during the 1st Afghan War 1838-1842 NAM Accession Number NAM 1950-11-55-16 Copyright/Ownership National Army Museum Copyright Location National Army Museum Study Collection 1842 http //www nam ac uk/online-collection/detail php q searchType 3Dsimple 26simpleText 3Dknight 26themeID 3D 26resultsDisplay 3Dlist 26page 3D2 pos 12 total 37 page 2 acc 1950-11-55-16 Coloured lithograph after Lieutenant Vincent Eyre Bengal Artillery 1842 c PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Brigadier generals | ||||
