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| Keywords: Tablet 1 LawrenceTower HaldonHouse Devon.PNG en Biographical tablet 1 of 3 dedicated to General Stringer Lawrence 1697-1775 erected on the Haldon estate in 1788 together with the Lawrence Tower alias Haldon Belvedere in which it is housed in his memory by his friend Sir Robert Palk 1st Baronet 1717-1798 of Haldon House Dunchideock Devon Text To the memory of Major General Stringer Lawrence who for the space of twenty years commanded the British armies in India and by his superior genius consummate skill and unremitted exertion with an inferior force extinguished the power of France restored the glory of the British name and by replacing in the government Mohammed Aly Cawn Behauder the distinguished son of Anaverdee in happier times the rightful sovereign of the Carnatic established the Empire of Britain in Hindostan Nor were his talents in war more eminent than his milder virtues he aspired to and obtained a name more glorious than that of Conqueror He was the Deliverer of India At his approach every village poured forth its inhabitants every eye was rivetted with attention on his person and he seemed while blessings in different languages and from every side were showered on him to have blended in one family of which he was the common father the natives of Europe and the inhabitants of Asia own photo Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk ></span> 07 55 1 August 2015 UTC Tablet 1788; photo 2015 Haldon Belvedere | ||||
