Henry Staveley Lawrence

Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence KCSI (20 October 1870 – 29 June 1949)^[1] was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. He was the Acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 20 March 1926 to 8 December 1928.^[2]

Born in County Donegal, he was the son of George Henry Lawrence, a judge in the British Civil Service, and Margaret Staveley. He was the grandson of Sir George St Patrick Lawrence KCSI CB of the British Indian Army and great-nephew of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence.^[3]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1926 New Year Honours.^[4]

References

^ Foster, Joseph (1882). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1882: Forming the Second Part of "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire". Nichols. p. 399. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 960. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "No. 33119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1925. p. 5.

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[1] Foster, Joseph (1882). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1882: Forming the Second Part of "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire". Nichols. p. 399. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[2] "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 960. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[4] "No. 33119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1925. p. 5.

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