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Despite the success of the Board of Administration, internal tensions had arisen and the new Governor General, [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|Lord Dalhousie]], preferred to invest power in the hands of single administrator. Part of the reason for this was Lawrence's insistence on compensating the Sikh nobility and aristocracy who had suffered ruin following defeat in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Lawrence, mindful of the potential for discontent to be sewn by disgruntled aristocrats, liberally offered financial assistance, a policy opposed by both his brother John and Dalhousie<ref>John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p431</ref> Both Lawrence and his brother John tendered their resignation, however Dalhousie chose John as his new Lieutenant-Governor. Dalhousie explained his decision by stating that after some years of military administration in the Punjab, there was now a need for a civil administration to which John Lawrence would be more suited.<ref>{{Cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 |page=357 |ol=23336661M }}</ref> The decision deeply hurt Henry who felt he had proved his self-taught civil administrative abilities over the course of the previous twenty years.<ref>{{Cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 |page=357 |ol=23336661M }}</ref> | Despite the success of the Board of Administration, internal tensions had arisen and the new Governor General, [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|Lord Dalhousie]], preferred to invest power in the hands of single administrator. Part of the reason for this was Lawrence's insistence on compensating the Sikh nobility and aristocracy who had suffered ruin following defeat in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Lawrence, mindful of the potential for discontent to be sewn by disgruntled aristocrats, liberally offered financial assistance, a policy opposed by both his brother John and Dalhousie<ref>John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p431</ref> Both Lawrence and his brother John tendered their resignation, however Dalhousie chose John as his new Lieutenant-Governor. Dalhousie explained his decision by stating that after some years of military administration in the Punjab, there was now a need for a civil administration to which John Lawrence would be more suited.<ref>{{Cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 |page=357 |ol=23336661M }}</ref> The decision deeply hurt Henry who felt he had proved his self-taught civil administrative abilities over the course of the previous twenty years.<ref>{{Cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 |page=357 |ol=23336661M }}</ref> | ||
== | ==Oude and Rajputana== | ||
Lawrence began his new role as the Governor-General's [[Rajputana Agency|Agent in Rajputana]] in 1853. Much of his energy was devoted to two principal causes, the abolition of widow-burning in Rajputana and reforming the prison system.<ref>John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p437</ref> Whilst in Rajputana his wife Honoria died and his health began to fail, prompting first a desire to succeed [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|Sir James Outram]] as Resident at [[Lucknow]], for which he was overlooked for a civilian, and thereafter a desire to undertake leave to England. | Lawrence began his new role as the Governor-General's [[Rajputana Agency|Agent in Rajputana]] in 1853. Much of his energy was devoted to two principal causes, the abolition of widow-burning in Rajputana and reforming the prison system.<ref>John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p437</ref> Whilst in Rajputana his wife Honoria died and his health began to fail, prompting first a desire to succeed [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|Sir James Outram]] as Resident at [[Lucknow]], for which he was overlooked for a civilian, and thereafter a desire to undertake leave to England. | ||