Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lawrence, Sir John Laird Mair, Bart.

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3281466Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 — Lawrence, Sir John Laird Mair, Bart.Joseph Foster


Lawrence, Sir John Laird Mair, Bart., created D.C.L. 6 July, 1859 (son of Lieut.-Col. Alex Lawrence), G.C.B. 1857, created a baronet 16 Aug., 1858, for services at Lahore in suppressing the Indian Mutiny; governor-general of India 1864-8, created Baron Lawrence 3 April, 1869, G.C.S.I. 1861, P.C. 1858, died 27 June, 1879, buried in Westminster Abbey. See Foster's Peerage.