Editing Stringer Lawrence (section)

==Monuments==
[[File:Stringer Lawrence monument.jpg|thumb|Stringer Lawrence monument, Westminster Abbey]]
===Westminster Abbey===
The East India Company erected a monument to Stringer<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/stringer-lawrence | title=Stringer Lawrence }}</ref> in white and coloured marble by the sculptor [[William Tyler (architect)|William Tyler]] (1728-1801), situated in the north aisle of the nave of [[Westminster Abbey]]. His bust stands on a pedestal at the top, below which is a medal inscribed "Born March 6, 1697; died January 10, 1775". On the left side below is a winged figure of Fame holding an oval shield inscribed: "For Discipline Established, Fortresses Protected, Settlements Extended, French and Indian Armies Defeated, and Peace Concluded in the Carnatic". On the right side below is a female figure seated on a bale, representing the East India Company. She points towards Lawrence's bust and at her feet are shown various French and Indian flags. An heraldic escutcheon on the front of the pedestal shows the arms of Lawrence: ''Ermine, a cross raguly gules''.<ref>Tinctures as shown on the vestry screen of Dunchideock Church</ref> Also on the pedestal is a panel containing a relief sculpted perspective of a city and an encampment, inscribed: "Tritchinopoly", which town Lawrence defended  against the French from May 1753 to October 1754. The main inscription on the black marble base is as follows:
:"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 MDCCXLVI to the year MDCCLXVI".

===Foreign and Commonwealth Office===
A life-size marble statue of him sculpted in 1764 by [[Peter Scheemakers]] (1691-1781) stands in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] in London.<ref>[http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/philipbuckley/2014/07/08/service-transformation-begins-at-the-foreign-office/ See image]</ref> The statue is 5&nbsp;ft 8&nbsp;inches (172&nbsp;cm) high and shows him dressed as a Roman general. It was commissioned by the East India Company in 1760 and is inscribed on the front: "Major General Stringer Lawrence. A.D. 1764" and on the side: "P. Scheemakers [[Fecit|Ft]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselectpd/FullDisplay.aspx?RecordId=015-000009081|title=India Office Catalogue|publisher=British Library}}</ref>
A drawing of the statue was published in Neill, J.G.S., ''Historical Record of the First Madras European Regiment'', London, 1843, p.&nbsp;205.

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| footer = '''Left''': statue of Lawrence dressed as a Roman general, in the [[Haldon Belvedere|Lawrence Tower]]. On the wall behind is one of the three large tablets inscribed with details of his career. '''Right''': his monument in [[Dunchideock]] church.
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===In Devon===
The {{convert|26|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} triangular Lawrence Tower, now known as the [[Haldon Belvedere]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haldonbelvedere.co.uk/Haldon_Belvedere_-_Home_Page_.html |title=Haldon Belvedere - Home Page |access-date=2009-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903180746/http://www.haldonbelvedere.co.uk/Haldon_Belvedere_-_Home_Page_.html |archive-date=3 September 2011 }}</ref> was erected in 1788 to Lawrence's memory by Sir Robert Palk of [[Haldon House]], where Lawrence had spent his retirement as a guest.

In the centre of the tower's ground floor stands a statue made of [[Coade stone]] similar to the one in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and on the walls are three large inscribed tablets recounting Lawrence's career.{{efn|Illustrations of these tablets and transcriptions of the text can be seen on Wikimedia Commons: [[c:File:Tablet_1_LawrenceTower_HaldonHouse_Devon.PNG|tablet 1]], [[c:File:Tablet_2_LawrenceTower_HaldonHouse_Devon.PNG|tablet 2]], and [[c:File:Tablet_3_LawrenceTower_HaldonHouse_Devon.PNG|tablet 3]]}} There is also a reproduction of the [[Thomas Gainsborough]] portrait in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Lawrence was buried in St Michael's Church, Dunchideock, the parish church of Haldon House, where Palk erected a mural monument to him. Like the larger monument in Westminster Abbey, this was also by William Tyler.<ref>''A Short Guide for the Visitor to St Michael's Church Dunchideock'', current 2015, p.5</ref> It contains a marble profile (see photograph in the gallery below) and three inscriptions.{{efn|Further details of the monument, including transcripts of the inscriptions, can be seen on [[c:File:StringerLawrence MuralMonument DunchideockChurch Devon.PNG|the photograph's page]] on Wikimedia Commons}}
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