Stringer Lawrence
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Major-General Stringer Lawrence was a British army officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of Fort William from 1748 to 1754.
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1774–1775
Stringer Lawrence and Nawab Wallajah. Such a portrait formerly hung in the Banqueting Hall of Government House, Madras
Stringer Lawrence monument, Westminster Abbey
1795 engraving of a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), the original of which hung in Haldon House in 1832 now at location unknown. National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Clive
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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India
Stringer Lawrence
…the French until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. In 1749 he was in command at the capture of Devicota, during which one of his subordinate officers was Robert Clive (1725–1774), the future Commander-in-Chief of British India, with whom a lifelong friendship began. When Clive had become famous he honoured Lawrence…
Robert Clive in the dress uniform of a British officer (c. 1770s). Although Clive never held a commission in the British Army, officers of the Bengal Army, which was part of the East India Company Armies, wore similar uniforms.
St Mary's Church, Market Drayton, whose tower Clive is reputed to have climbed
Clive House at Fort St. George, Chennai
Plaque at Clive House