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===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 ft 8 inches (172 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. 205. {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = StringerLawrence HaldonBelvedere Devon.PNG | width1 = 150 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = StringerLawrence MuralMonument DunchideockChurch Devon.PNG | width2 = 104 | alt2 = | caption2 = | 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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