Lawrence Nilson

Lawrence Nilson

Lawrence Nilson
Born 1734
Died 1811
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Brigadier-General
Commands held Bombay Army
Battles/wars Second Anglo-Mysore War

Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1734–1811) was a British Army officer.

Military career

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

  1. 1 2 Brothers in Arms, p. 2
  2. Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
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