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John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence

1811–1879

John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence was a British administrator who helped govern Punjab after its annexation and later served as viceroy of India. His administrative network supported British operations during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and his later policy emphasised caution on the north-west frontier.

In non-fiction, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence is discussed in Amarpal Singh’s The Second Anglo-Sikh War. In Amarpal Singh’s The Second Anglo-Sikh War, the siege of Multan is placed within the broader spread of resistance led by Sher Singh and Chattar Singh Attariwalla, and within the political calculations of Frederick Currie, the Lawrence brothers and Governor-General Dalhousie.

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