Henry Lawrence (Indian Army officer)

==Punjab==

==Punjab==

[[File:Henry Montgomery Lawrence.jpg|thumb|{{circa|1847}} portrait of Lawrence]]

[[File:Henry Montgomery Lawrence.jpg|thumb|upright|{{circa|1847}} portrait of Lawrence]]

In 1845, instability in the [[Sikh Empire]] led to growing tensions with neighbouring provinces. Lawrence's articles in the Calcutta Review had caught the attention of Henry Hardinge, the new [[Governor-General of India]], who was impressed by his knowledge of the region.John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p. 409. Hardinge appointed Lawrence as his political assistant following the death of [[George Broadfoot|Major George Broadfoot]] at the start of the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]].John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p. 411. He was present at the decisive [[Battle of Sobraon]] which brought the war to a conclusion. As political agent, he responded to allegations that leading Sikh chiefs had betrayed their countrymen at Sobraon and sold the battle to the British, denying any knowledge of treachery on the part of the Sikh chiefs and interference by British officials.

In 1845, instability in the [[Sikh Empire]] led to growing tensions with neighbouring provinces. Lawrence's articles in the Calcutta Review had caught the attention of Henry Hardinge, the new [[Governor-General of India]], who was impressed by his knowledge of the region.John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p. 409. Hardinge appointed Lawrence as his political assistant following the death of [[George Broadfoot|Major George Broadfoot]] at the start of the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]].John William Kaye, Lives of Indian Officers, 1899, W. H. Allen, p. 411. He was present at the decisive [[Battle of Sobraon]] which brought the war to a conclusion. As political agent, he responded to allegations that leading Sikh chiefs had betrayed their countrymen at Sobraon and sold the battle to the British, denying any knowledge of treachery on the part of the Sikh chiefs and interference by British officials.