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	'''The Lawrence School, Lovedale''' (formerly known as Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School), the namesake of its founder [[Brigadier-General]] Sir [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence]] [[Order of the Bath\|<small>KCB</small>]], is a [[Mixed-sex education\|co-educational]] [[boarding school]] located at [[Lovedale (India)\|Lovedale]], which is a little town on the [[Nilgiri Mountains]] in the [[south India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="NDTV-150">{{cite news\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080048876\|title=Lawrence School Lovedale celebrates 150 years\|last=Ramadas\|first=Rati\|date=5 May 2008\|publisher=[[NDTV]]\|accessdate=20 July 2009}}</ref>		'''The Lawrence School, Lovedale''' (formerly known as Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School), the namesake of its founder [[Brigadier-General]] Sir [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence]] [[Order of the Bath\|<small>KCB</small>]], is a [[Mixed-sex education\|co-educational]] [[boarding school]] located at [[Lovedale (India)\|Lovedale]], which is a little town on the [[Nilgiri Mountains]] in the [[south India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="NDTV-150">{{cite news\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080048876\|title=Lawrence School Lovedale celebrates 150 years\|last=Ramadas\|first=Rati\|date=5 May 2008\|publisher=[[NDTV]]\|accessdate=20 July 2009}}</ref>

	Lawrence had mooted the idea of establishing a chain of [[British Raj]] [[Military high school\|military-style boarding schools]] at the [[hill station]]s of India to educate the children of the deceased and serving members of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Magic Mountains\|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&chunk.id=d0e4164&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=ucpress\|access-date=2020-12-26\|website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref> Although Lawrence was killed at [[The Residency, Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857~~\|First War of Independence~~]] ~~in 1857~~ his dream took shape and four such schools, known as the [[Lawrence Military Asylums]], were established: at [[The Lawrence School, Sanawar\|Sanawar]] in 1847, and at [[Mount Abu]] in 1856, both during his lifetime; then at Lovedale, Ootacamund in 1858 and at [[Ghora Gali]], [[Murree Tehsil\|Murree]], in present-day [[Pakistan]] in 1860.		Lawrence had mooted the idea of establishing a chain of [[British Raj]] [[Military high school\|military-style boarding schools]] at the [[hill station]]s of India to educate the children of the deceased and serving members of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Magic Mountains\|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&chunk.id=d0e4164&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=ucpress\|access-date=2020-12-26\|website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref> Although Lawrence was killed at [[The Residency, Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] his dream took shape and four such schools, known as the [[Lawrence Military Asylums]], were established: at [[The Lawrence School, Sanawar\|Sanawar]] in 1847, and at [[Mount Abu]] in 1856, both during his lifetime; then at Lovedale, Ootacamund in 1858 and at [[Ghora Gali]], [[Murree Tehsil\|Murree]], in present-day [[Pakistan]] in 1860.

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{{Infobox school
| name = The Lawrence School, Lovedale
| image = The Lawrence School Lovedale Logo New.png
| caption =
| motto = "Never Give In"
| established = 6 September 1858
| founder = [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Major General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence]]
| school_board = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (C.B.S.E.)
| district = Nilgiris
| former_names = The Ootacamund Lawrence Asylum, Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School (L.M.R.M.S.)
| schooltype =
| type = [[Public school (UK)|Public school]]
| chairman = Keshav N Desiraju
| headmaster = K Prabhakaran Nair
| city = [[Lovedale (India)|Lovedale]]
| coordinates = {{coord|11.379191|76.699258|display=inline,title}}
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| postcode = 643003
| country = India
| pupils = 700 (approx.)
| medium_of_language = English
| houses =
| website = {{url|www.thelawrenceschool.org}}
}}

'''The Lawrence School, Lovedale''' (formerly known as Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School), the namesake of its founder [[Brigadier-General]] Sir [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence]] [[Order of the Bath|<small>KCB</small>]], is a [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]] [[boarding school]] located at [[Lovedale (India)|Lovedale]], which is a little town on the [[Nilgiri Mountains]] in the [[south India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="NDTV-150">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080048876|title=Lawrence School Lovedale celebrates 150 years|last=Ramadas|first=Rati|date=5 May 2008|publisher=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=20 July 2009}}</ref>

Lawrence had mooted the idea of establishing a chain of [[British Raj]] [[Military high school|military-style boarding schools]] at the [[hill station]]s of India to educate the children of the deceased and serving members of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Magic Mountains|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&chunk.id=d0e4164&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=ucpress|access-date=2020-12-26|website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref> Although Lawrence was killed at [[The Residency, Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|First War of Independence]] in 1857 his dream took shape and four such schools, known as the [[Lawrence Military Asylums]], were established: at [[The Lawrence School, Sanawar|Sanawar]] in 1847, and at [[Mount Abu]] in 1856, both during his lifetime; then at Lovedale, Ootacamund in 1858 and at [[Ghora Gali]], [[Murree Tehsil|Murree]], in present-day [[Pakistan]] in 1860.

==Name, emblem and motto==
In 1913, the name of the school was changed from '''The Ootacamund Lawrence Asylum''' to '''Lawrence Memorial School'''. After being accorded royal patronage in 1922, the name of the school was changed to the '''Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School''' in 1925. In 1949, soon after [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]], the school was handed over to the civilian authorities of the [[Government of India]]; subsequently, the name of the school was changed to '''The Lawrence School''', as it is known today. As the school is located in [[Lovedale (India)|Lovedale]], the school is also simply referred to as "Lovedale".

The school's motto is "Never Give In" as that of its sister schools.

The school's logo is an armorial [[Achievement (heraldry)|achievement]] with a historical [[Heraldry|heraldic]] [[blazon]]:

'''''[[Arms (heraldry)|ARMS]]:''' Ermine, on a cross raguly gules and eastern crown or; on a chief azure two swords in saltire proper, pommels and hilts gold, between as many leopards' heads argent.''

'''''[[Crest (heraldry)|CREST]]:''' Out of an eastern crown or, a cubit arm entwined by a wreath of laurel and holding a dagger all proper''.

==The campus==

The Lawrence School, Lovedale has its campus on 750 acres leased from the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Army lays claim to land held by Lawrence|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/army-lays-claim-to-land-held-by-lawrence|access-date=2020-12-25|website=www.sunday-guardian.com}}</ref> in Lovedale, which is 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) from [[Ootacamund]]. Located at a height of 7200 feet above mean sea level, it is slightly lower than the Dodabetta peak (altitude: 8650 feet), which is the highest peak of the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiris]] mountain range.

The school campus is divided into Preparatory School (classes 5 ), Junior School (classes 6–8) and Senior School (classes 9-12). Some of the classrooms and dormitories of the schools are together in their respective buildings, whereas the girls of class (5-8) are accommodated in the Preparatory School building and the girls of classes (9-12) are accommodated in a separate residential building called Girls School. Therefore, the girls of class 5 attend classes in the Preparatory School, girls of classes (6-8) attend classes in Junior School and girls of classes (9-12) attend classes in the Senior School building.

Many notable personalities, such as former Prime Ministers and Presidents of India [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Zail Singh]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Pranab Mukherjee]], [[APJ Abdul Kalam]], and others such as [[Sam Manekshaw]] and [[Kiran Bedi]], have visited this campus to grace the school's Founder's day and other special occasions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ravichandran|first1=B|title=Ooty Lawrence school rolls out red carpet to President|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230517/ooty-lawrence-school-rolls-out-red-carpet-to-president.html|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=ravichandran|first=b|date=2015-07-30|title=Kalam had fascination for birds, say greens|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150730/nation-current-affairs/article/kalam-had-fascination-birds-say-greens|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
[[File:Lawrence Asylum, Ootakamund, Madras, India. Wood engraving b Wellcome V0014053 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Lawrence Asylum, Ootakamund, Madras Presidency, in 1873]]
[[File:Lslmain.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Main Building, The Lawrence School, Lovedale|alt=]]

The Senior School (often referred to as Boy's School) is housed in a magnificent two-story building with a towering [[Bell tower|campanile]] of 130 feet, built in [[Italian Gothic architecture|Italian Gothic]] style and designed by Architect [[Robert Chisholm (architect)|Robert Chisholm.]]

On May 31, 1988, a commemorative postage stamp was issued by [[India Post]] to commemorate 130 years of its existence with an image displaying the towering campanile section.<ref>{{cite web|title=A commemorative postage stamp on the 130th anniversary of the Lawrence School|url=http://www.istampgallery.com/lawrence-school-lovedale/|accessdate=28 April 2019|website=iStampGallery}}</ref>

== Student Body ==
The student body is from all over India and overseas, and is led by [[Prefect#Academic|prefects]] headed by a [[head girl and head boy]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2012-04-05|title=Country needs honest people: AVM Rai|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/country-needs-honest-people-avm-rai/article3283020.ece|access-date=2021-01-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The school also has a 40 percent reservation of seats and a 20 percent fee subsidy for children of [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Indian Defence]] personnel.

==Management==
The school is governed by an autonomous body, the Board of Governors, which is appointed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, and is managed operationally by the headmaster or headmistress, who is an ''ex officio'' member of the Board as well as the Member Secretary. Additionally, the General Officer Commanding - South India (GOC) [[Indian Army]] is also an ''ex officio'' member of the Board. The Board also has representation from a member of the Old Lawrencians Association (OLA), a member of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and any other nominees of the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]], Government of India.

==Alumni Association==
The school's [[alumni association]], the Old Lawrencians Association, has chapters and branches in several major Indian and international cities. Alumni are generally referred to as "OLs", "Old Lawrencians" or "Old Laws". This body is registered under the [http://www.bareactslive.com/TN/tn970.htm Tamil Nadu Societies Act] and is run by a Managing Committee consisting of an elected team drawn from the registered alumni of the association.

'''<big>Notable Alumni</big>'''

'''Public Servants and Social Workers'''

* [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Anil Chopra (admiral)|Anil Chopra]] (Retired), sailor, [[Officer (armed forces)|military officer]], former [[Flag officer|Flag Officer]] Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Naval Command]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=News Network|first=NetIndian|title=Vice Admiral Anil Chopra appointed as FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command|url=https://www.netindian.in/news/people/vice-admiral-anil-chopra-appointed-foc-c-eastern-naval-command|access-date=2020-12-25|website=NetIndian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] K. Raja Menon (Retired), sailor, military officer, author, former Assistant Chief of Naval Staff<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soldier2ndLife|url=https://soldier2ndlife.com/card/anjolie-ele-monen-and-raja-menon|access-date=2020-12-25|website=soldier2ndlife.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=K Raja Menon|url=https://maritimeindia.org/about/current-faculty/k-raja-menon/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=National Maritime Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Nikhil Dey]], [[social activist]]
*[[Nomita Chandy]], [[Social work|social worker]]
*[[Palanivel Thiagarajan]], politician, [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers]] for Finance and Human Resources Management , [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Paul Sabapathy]] [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], accountant, social worker, former [[Lord-lieutenant|Lord Lieutenant]] of the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]
*[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Philipose George Pynumootil]], Flag Officer [[Naval aviation|Naval Aviation]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rear Admiral Philipose George Pynumootil, NM Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) {{!}} Indian Navy|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-philipose-george-pynumootil-nm-assumes-charge-flag-officer-naval-aviation-fona|access-date=2020-12-25|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>

'''Justices and Lawyers'''

* [[Aryama Sundaram]], [[Senior counsel#India|Senior Advocate]], [[Supreme Court of India]]

'''Professionals, Industrialists and Entrepreneurs'''

* [[Anand Mahindra]], businessman, Chairman & Managing Director [[Mahindra Group]]
* [[Arun M. Kumar]], accountant, Chairman and CEO [[KPMG]] India, former [[United States Department of Commerce and Labor|Assistant Secretary of Commerce]] & Director General of the [[United States Commercial Service|U.S. and Foreign Commercial service]]
*[[C Vijayakumar]], business executive, President & CEO [[HCL Technologies]]
*[[K. V. L. Narayan Rao]], journalist, business executive, former CEO [[NDTV]]
*[[M. M. Murugappan]], businessman, Executive Chairman [[Murugappa Group]]
*[[Sashi Reddi]], [[serial entrepreneur]], [[venture capitalist]], [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]]
*[[Thiru Vikram]], inventor, entrepreneur, CEO [[Buffalo Automation]]<ref name=":0" />

'''Artists, Academics and Authors'''
*[[Akshaye Khanna]], film actor
*[[Alphonse Puthren|Alphonse Putharen]], film actor, director and producer
*[[Amish Tripathi]], [[novelist]]
*[[Anjolie Ela Menon]], [[Visual arts|visual artist]]
*[[Arundhati Roy]], writer and social activist
*[[Fahadh Faasil|Fahad Fazil]], film actor and producer
*[[Nalini Ambady]], [[Social psychology|social psychologist]] and author
*[[Pratap K. Pothen]], film actor, producer and director
*[[Ram Charan]], film actor and producer
*[[Sanaya Irani]], film and television actress
*[[Vijay Menon]], film actor, producer and director
'''Sportspersons'''
*[[Tashi and Nungshi Malik]], [[Mountaineering|mountaineers]]
'''Beauty Pageant Winners'''

* [[Gul Panag]], Miss India 1999, film actor, politician

==Affiliations==
*The curriculum is affiliated with the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]
*Member of [[Indian Public Schools' Conference]]
*Aegis of the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education (MoE)]]
*Member of [[Round Square]] International

==See also==

*[[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]]
* [[Lawrence School, Ghora Gali]]
* [[St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Ooty]]
* [[St. Joseph's Boys School]], [[Coonoor]]
* [[Breeks Memorial School]], [[Ooty]]
* [[Hebron School, Ooty]]
* [[The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti]], [[Ooty]]
* [[Woodside School, Ooty]]
* [[Stanes School|Stanes Hr.Sec. School]], [[Coonoor]]
* [[Good Shepherd International School, Ooty]]
* [[Montfort School, Yercaud]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-34228047
* https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/06/16/seven-people-from-shropshire-are-honoured-by-the-queen/

==External links==
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*Official website of The Lawrence School, Lovedale [https://www.thelawrenceschool.org/]
* Official Website of the registered alumni body - Old Lawrencians Association [https://olalovedale.net/]
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[[Category:Boarding schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Schools in Nilgiris district]]
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