John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence

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Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom British colonial administrator Viceroy of India human

John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, was a prominent 19th-century British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India and played a key role in consolidating British rule after the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Aliases (2)

1st Baron Lawrence ×1
John Laird Mair Lawrence ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom → British colonial administrator → Viceroy of India → human →
areaOfAdministration	North-Western Provinces (indirect influence) → Punjab →
awardReceived	Order of the Bath → Order of the Star of India →
birthDate	1811-03-04 →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
child	John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
deathDate	1879-06-27 →
education	East India Company College, Haileybury → Foyle College →
employer	British Government in India → East India Company →
era	British Raj →
familyName	Lawrence →
fullName	John Laird Mair Lawrence →
givenName	John →
honorificTitle	1st Baron Lawrence →
knownFor	administration of the Punjab → policies of non-intervention on the North-West Frontier → role in consolidating British rule in India after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 →
language	English →
militaryConflictContext	Indian Rebellion of 1857 →
monarchDuringTerm	Queen Victoria →
nobleTitle	Baron Lawrence →
notableEvent	Indian Rebellion of 1857 →
occupation	civil servant → colonial administrator →
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom →
placeOfBirth	Richmond, North Yorkshire, England →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
politicalAlignment	British imperial policy in India →
positionHeld	Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab → Member of the Council of India → Viceroy and Governor-General of India →
predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia	James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin →
religion	Anglicanism →
roleInEvent	key British administrator in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in the Punjab →
sibling	George Lawrence → Henry Lawrence →
spouse	Harriette Hamilton →
successorAsViceroyOfIndia	Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo →
termEndAsViceroyOfIndia	1869 →
termStartAsViceroyOfIndia	1864 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence ("John Laird Mair Lawrence") →	fullName
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence ("1st Baron Lawrence") →	honorificTitle
East India Company College →	notableAlumni