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English: Major-General w:Stringer Lawrence (6 March 1697 – 10 January 1775), the first Commander-in-Chief, India, regarded as the "Father of the Indian Army". Life-size marble statue sculpted in 1764 by w:Peter Scheemakers (1691-1781), w:Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London. The statue is 5 ft 8 inches (172 cms) high and shows him dressed as a Roman general. It was commissioned by the East India Company in 1760 and is inscribed on the front: "Major General Stringer Lawrence. A.D. 1764" and on the side: "P. Scheemakers Ft". (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselectpd/FullDisplay.aspx?RecordId=015-000009081) A drawing of the statue was published in Neill, J.G.S., Historical Record of the First Madras European Regiment, London, 1843, p.205. |
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| Author | (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 09:33, 9 September 2015 (UTC)) |
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