Stringer Lawrence

Stringer Lawrence
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough
BornFebruary 1698
Hereford, Herefordshire
Died10 January 1775(1775-01-10) (aged 76)
London, England
AllegianceGreat Britain
East India Company
BranchBritish Army
Presidency armies
Service years1727–1766
RankMajor general
CommandsCommander-in-Chief of Fort William
ConflictsJacobite rising of 1745
Carnatic Wars
Battle of Golden Rock

Major-General Stringer Lawrence (February 1698 – 10 January 1775) was a British army officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of Fort William from 1748 to 1754.

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