The Viscount Canning


John laird Mair Lawrence is known as Sir John Lawrence, Bt. He was born on 4 March 1811 , Ulsterman and died in 27 June 1872 at the age of 68 . He served as Viceroy so India from 1864 to 2869 . Sir John was born in Richmond,  North Yorkshire and he was youngest son of his family. His  father and  two brothers had served in India as a solider in the British Army,  his brother name are George Lawrence and Henry Lawrence included in it.
John Lawrence entered the Bengal civil service and in September 1829 he set sail for India with his brother's His first job was magistrate and he was mastered in Urdu and Persion. In 1837 he became officer at Etawah.
In 1840 he returned to England and in August 1841 he got married and back to India in 1842 . Sir John Lawrence felt inclined to sent , large and large contingent of European soldiers at Peshawar to Delhi. He was one the active soldier and he was active in his work. On September 14 Delhi has b recaptured and due to his action. Lawrence was acclaimed as the saviour of India . He done his civil law from university of Oxford and Cambridge in 1859.

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