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The Newport Gazette
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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On March 22, a monument to Major General Stringer Lawrence was unveiled in Westminster Abbey's North aisle by the East India Company, honoring his 1746-1766 command of forces on the Coromandel Coast, including defeats of French and Indian allies in the Carnatic.
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Erected by
The East India Company,
To the Memory of
Major General Stringer Lawrence
In Testimony of their Gratitude
For his eminent Services,
In the Command of their Forces,
On the Coast of Coromandel.
From the Year 1746, to the Year 1766.
The Design partly explained by this Epigraph: it is a Figure with proper Attributes, representing the East India Company, pointing to a Bust of the General, and directing Fame to record those Actions, which have induced her to honour his Memory in this public Manner: Fame, receiving her Trumpet, has engraved the following Words on a Shield:
Discipline established.
Fortress erected,
Settlements extended,
French and Indian Allies
Defeated,
And Peace concluded
In the Carnatic.
In the Centre is a View of Trichinopoly, in Base Relievo, the principal Seat of War at that Period: and at the Feet of the Company, Trophies and Standards of the French, Marattas, and Mysoreans. The Epitaph is wrote by Mr. Orme, and the Sculpture by Mr. Tyler.
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Coast Of Coromandel
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The 22d Of March
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monument erected honoring services including discipline established, fortresses erected, settlements extended, french and indian allies defeated, and peace concluded in the carnatic.
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A handsome monument opened in Westminster Abbey's North aisle, erected by the East India Company to Major General Stringer Lawrence for his services commanding forces on the Coast of Coromandel from 1746 to 1766. Features a figure representing the Company pointing to Lawrence's bust, directing Fame to record actions; Fame engraves achievements on a shield. Central relief of Trichinopoly; trophies of French, Marattas, and Mysoreans at Company's feet. Epitaph by Mr. Orme, sculpture by Mr. Tyler.