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Lord (British administrator born)

a British administrator; born in Yorkshire, England, March 4, Educated at the college of Haileybury, he went to India in 1829, where his rare administrative ability caused him to receive the appointment of chief commissioner of the Punjab in 1853. The entire wisdom of this appointment was demonstrated during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. By the influence which he had gained over the Sikhs, Lawrence was able not only to keep the Punjab quiet, but to collect native forces and send them to assist in the early capture of Delhi . He was known as the savior of India, and his services were rewarded by his being made governor-general in 1869. On his return to England in in 1868 18 he was raised to the peerage under the title of Baron Lawrence of the Punjab and of Grately.

He died in London, June 26, 1879 .

LAWRENCE, ST., GULF OF. See GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.

LAWRENCE, ST., RIVER. See ST.

LAWRENCE RIVER.

LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.

See HARVARD UNIVERSITY. an LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS, English portrait painter; born in Bristol, England, May 4, 1769. At the age of 18 he entered as a student of the Royal Academy. In 1791 he was elected associate, and in 1798 full member.

After Reynolds' death he was appointed lim- Rev ner to the king in 1792 and was knighted in 1815; and on Benjamin West's death in 1820 he succeeded him as president of the Royal Academy. Lawrence was the favorite portrait painter of his time. his time .

His talent was overrated during his lifetime; his work scarcely rises above the conventional level. He died in London , Jan. 7, 1830.

LAWRENCE, WILLIAM, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, born in Boston, in 1850. He graduated from Harvard University in 1871, and from the Episcopal Theological School, in 1875.

He was ordained priest in 1876, and from that year to 1884 was rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, Mass. He was connected with the Episcopal Theological School from 1888 to 1893. In the latter year he was consecrated bishop of Massachusetts. He was the author of "Visions and Service" (1896) ; "Life of Roger Wolcott, Governor of Massachusetts" (1902); "Study of Phillips Brooks" (1903). During the World War he was chairman of the War Commission of the Protestant Episcopal Church.