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	\| name =Lawrence Nilson		\| name =Lawrence Nilson
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	\| caption =~~Lawrence Nilson~~		\| caption =painting by [[George Romney (painter)\|George Romney]], 1791
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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the [[Bombay Army]], formed a company of [[Pioneer (military)\|Pioneer]] [[Lascar]]s, comprising 100 men, in 1777.<ref name=bia>[http://www.bsakirkee.org/SIKHLIBombaySappers24Aug11.pdf Brothers in Arms, p. 2]</ref> His company took part in the expedition to the [[Malabar Coast]] against [[Tipu Sultan]]'s forces in 1782 during the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]].<ref name=bia/> He became the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ\|author=Great Britain India Office\|title=The India List and India Office List\|volume=I\|year=1819\|publisher=Harrison\|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ~~&printsec=toc#PRA1-PA127,M1~~ 127]\|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref>		Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the [[Bombay Army]], formed a company of [[Pioneer (military)\|Pioneer]] [[Lascar]]s, comprising 100 men, in 1777.<ref name=bia>[http://www.bsakirkee.org/SIKHLIBombaySappers24Aug11.pdf Brothers in Arms, p. 2]</ref> His company took part in the expedition to the [[Malabar Coast]] against [[Tipu Sultan]]'s forces in 1782 during the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]].<ref name=bia/> He became the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ\|author=Great Britain India Office\|title=The India List and India Office List\|volume=I\|year=1819\|publisher=Harrison\|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ 127]\|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	[[Brigadier-General]] '''Lawrence Nilson''' (1734–1811) was a [[~~British~~ Army]] officer.		[[Brigadier-General]] '''Lawrence Nilson''' (1734–1811) was an [[East India Company]] [[Bombay Army]] officer.

	==Military career==		==Military career==

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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Lawrence Nilson''' (1734–1811) was a [[British Army]] officer.

==Military career==
Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the [[Bombay Army]], formed a company of [[Pioneer (military)|Pioneer]] [[Lascar]]s, comprising 100 men, in 1777.<ref name=bia>[http://www.bsakirkee.org/SIKHLIBombaySappers24Aug11.pdf Brothers in Arms, p. 2]</ref> His company took part in the expedition to the [[Malabar Coast]] against [[Tipu Sultan]]'s forces in 1782 during the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]].<ref name=bia/> He became the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ|author=Great Britain India Office|title=The India List and India Office List|volume=I|year=1819|publisher=Harrison|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1-PA127,M1 127]|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref>

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