Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1734–1811) was an East India Company Bombay Army officer.

Lawrence Nilson
Lawrence Nilson
Born1734
Died1811
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBombay Army
RankBrigadier-General
CommandsBombay Army
Battles / warsSecond Anglo-Mysore War

Military career

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Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the Bombay Army, formed a company of Pioneer Lascars, comprising 100 men, in 1777.[1] His company took part in the expedition to the Malabar Coast against Tipu Sultan's forces in 1782 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He became the Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Brothers in Arms, p. 2
  2. ^ Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. Vol. I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2009.