Editing Stringer Lawrence (section)

{{Short description|British army officer}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Stringer Lawrence
| image         = File:Stringer Lawrence by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg
| caption       = Portrait by [[Thomas Gainsborough]]
| birth_date    = February 1698
| birth_place   = [[Hereford]], [[Herefordshire]]
| death_date    = {{d-da|10 January 1775|February 1698}}
| death_place   = [[London]], England
| placeofburial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} -->
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} <br /> {{flagcountry|East India Company|1707}}
| branch        = [[British Army]] <br /> [[Presidency armies]]
| serviceyears  = 1727–1766
| rank          = [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]
| unit          = 
| commands      = [[Commander-in-Chief, India|India]]
| battles       = [[Jacobite rising of 1745]] <br /> [[Carnatic Wars]] <br /> [[Battle of Golden Rock]]
}}

[[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Stringer Lawrence''' (February 1698 – 10 January 1775) was a British army officer who served as the first [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief of Fort William]] from 1748 to 1754.