Editing Stringer Lawrence (section)

==Retirement, death and succession==
His retirement years in England were spent as an honoured guest of his friend [[Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet]] (1717-1798) at [[Haldon House]] in the parish of [[Dunchideock]] in Devon, a fellow officer of the British East India Company who served as Governor of the Madras Presidency.

He died in London on 10 January 1775, and was buried in Dunchideock Church in Devon, the parish church of Haldon House.

Lawrence bequeathed the huge sum of £50,000 to his friend Palk, as whose guest Lawrence spent his retirement. Palk erected lavish monuments in Lawrence's memory, namely the 26 metres (85&nbsp;ft) high triangular '[[Haldon Hills#Haldon Belvedere|Lawrence Tower]]' (at [[Haldon House]]), containing a life-size statue of Lawrence dressed as a Roman general and decorated with three large tablets inscribed with details of his career, and also a mural monument in Dunchideock Church. Palk named his son and heir Lawrence in his honour, which became a tradition in the Palk family.