Lawrence Nilson | |
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| File:Lawrence Nilson.jpg painting by George Romney, 1791 | |
| Born | 1734 |
| Died | 1811 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Bombay Army |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands held | Bombay Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Mysore War |
Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1734–1811) was an East India Company Bombay Army officer.
Military career[edit | edit source]
Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the Bombay Army, formed a company of Pioneer Lascars, comprising 100 men, in 1777.[1] His company took part in the expedition to the Malabar Coast against Tipu Sultan's forces in 1782 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He became the Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brothers in Arms, p. 2
- ↑ Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. Vol. I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2009.