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The schools were first Military Asylum at Sanawar was founded by [[Henry Lawrence|Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence ]] to provide education for the [[orphans|orphan]] and other children of British soldiers serving or having served in India. Children of "pure European parentage" took preference over those of mixed race parentage.

Also known as Abu Lawrence School it was located at [[Mount Abu]], a hill station in Rajasthan. Established in 1856, it no longer exists.

'''===FIBIS resources===*FIBIS Gallery: [http://gallery.fibis.org/picture.php?/1808/category/47 Photograph: Lawrence Asylum, Aboo 1868] ===External links:'''===

Lt. Col. Rev. William Thomas Wright CIE, VD was Principal of Laurence Royal Cadets belonging to the Lawrence Military SchoolAsylum composed G Company, Ghora Gali He was Honorary Canon of Lahore; and a Commandant of the [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles]]. In 1925 he was made a (H Company, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles, also had its its headquarters at Murree.)<ref>[httphttps://en.wikipediaarchive.org/wikidetails/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire] <ref>[http://libraryin.ernet.dli.uvic2015.ca105626/sitepage/spcolln250/brownmode/medals1up Page 228], ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, Archive.html Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collectionorg, University mirror from Digital Library of Victoria Library], British Columbia, CanadaIndia</ref>

*[http://www.lawrencelawrencecollege.edu.pk / Lawrence College, Ghora Gali], official site

For the situation in 1856, before establishment, see [http://books.google.com/books?id=wrcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA552 ''Allen’s Indian Mail''] (1856) p552 [Google Books]. The Asylum was opened in 1858, with control passing to the Government in 1860.<ref>Francis, W. ''Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2'' p314 (1988). Probably a reprint of an earlier book, perhaps 1905.</ref> First however, the Government insisted that the religious principles adopted at the Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, must be adopted at Lovedale.<ref name=nilgiris>Francis, W. [[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n273/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''], page 262 1908 Archive.org.</ref>

The [[British Library]] has the following IOR entryentries: *The Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School, Lovedale, Nilgiris, 73rd Report, 1st April 1932-31st March 1933 [and 74th-77th, 79th-80th & 85th Reports, 1933/4-1936/7, 1938/9-1939/40 & 1944/5]. Bangalore: Board of Governors, 1933-45. 8 issues. '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2299''' 1933-1945*The Lawrence School, Lovedale. Madras, 1925. 8 photographs [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-1&cid=1-1-1-336#1-1-1-336 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2298''']

A researcher has advised in 2010 she has had a copy of " ''Never Give In : Old Lawrencians' Directory 1988-89''. Inside this book from pages 21-93 is a copy of "Historical Register of Admissions from 1858 to 1954” As the children were admitted into the school their names and date of admission were recorded chronologically in handwriting in a big Ledger which I understand is in the Archives located in the clock tower in the school. In 1988, these names were copied and typed into the above book, My brother visited the school in the 1990's and through his efforts I was able to obtain a copy of this Admission Directory.

The size of the book is 5 inches by 8 inches and each page has 2 columns of names - each column has 50 names, which means that each 5 x 8 page has 100 names - so in total there are more than seven thousand names." <ref> By Advised by email to User:Maureene, 29 March 2010.</ref>

*This An India List post<ref>Payne, Hilda [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/2010-01thread/1264996684 post7731695/ Lovedale] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 10 December 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2019.</ref>gives the names of some of the children taking part in a performance of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ in 1928.

===History===*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MhooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR4 ''The Lawrence Military Asylum :Being a brief account of the past ten years of the existence and progress of the institution established in the Himalayas by the late Sir H.M. Lawrence for the orphan and other children of European soldiers serving, or having served in India''] 1858 Google BooKs*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dpFeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA141 "Sonawur – Lawrence Military Asylum"] page 141 ''A Guide to Simla: With a Descriptive Account of the Neighbouring Sanitaria, Subathoo, Dugshaie, Sunawur, Kussowlie, Kotegurh, Chini, &c., &c., &c‬'' by W H Carey 1870 Google Books*William Hodson who became famous as the commander of [[Hodson's Horse]] was involved with the construction of the Lawrence Military Asylum in 1847. At the time he was stationed in [[Subathu]] with the [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers| 1st Bengal European Fusiliers]]. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cXgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA39 Page 39], ''Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India: being extracts from the letters of the late Major W. S. R. Hodson'External links' 2nd edition 1859 Google Books*"The Lawrence Royal Military School, Sanawar India" by W Jaques Steel. ''The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society, Issue 45, August 1961'', pages 1-4. See also correspondence in ''Issue 47''. Available at the British Library ===Records===The [[British Library]] holds a copy of ''Register of Marriages , Holy Trinity Church, Lawrence Asylum, Sanawar'' This covers a period from 1849-1948. Many girls are shown as orphans/wards of LMA and their fathers' names substituted with "Guardians and Principals , LMA" The book is on the open shelves under shelfmark OIR929.3 The British Library has Annual Reports from 1849-1873 (broken sequence) as follows: Shelfmarks Asia, Pacific & Africa ST 1257 Holdings: 1st (1849)-7th (1855), wanting: 6th (1854) UIN: BLL01008627380 and July 1858/Apr. 1859-1872/73, wanting: 1865/66; 1866/67 imperfect. BLL01008627381 (Details in the Main Catalogue). In addition, the British Library also holds two later editions [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/75f6e885-8de1-4420-a77b-a57fa0c6b628 IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2300] 1934-1936, which are also available online, refer below. The British Library also holds a publication ''School memorials. : Chapel-West Door'' published Sanawur : Lawrence Royal Military School, [195?] , shelfmark reference OIOC P/T 4814, [http://copac.ac.uk/search?title=School%20memorials.%20%3A%20Chapel-West%20Door.&crns=74000041880%20&rn=1&show-library=Register%20of%20Preservation%20Surrogates catalogue entry] from Copac Search The Sanawar School website (refer below) has many Annual Reports availble online, some of which list names of the children at the School. ===External links===*[http://www.sanawar.edu.in Lawrence School, Sanawar], official siteincluding**[http://www.sanawar.edu.in/historicalFoundation.aspx Historical Foundation] (under the category About Sanawar)***Three books have been written by teachers at Sanawar,''The Lawrence School, Sanawar : A Historical Reference'' by Dr V K Sharma 1992 , ''Sanawar : A Legacy'' by Mrs Manju Khan and Mr K J Parel, 1997, and ''Sanawar : the Lawrence School sesquicentenary, 1847-1997'', text by Harish Dhillon, drawings by Rathin Mitra. The latter two books were written to celebrate the sesquicentenary of the School and are available in the Library of Oxford University.**[http://sanawar.edu.in/ParkerHall.aspx Parker Hall] (under the category Life in Sanawar)-now the school Library and Museum. Named after Miss Ada Parker, who headed the girls school from May 1880 to February 1923 **[http://www.sanawar.edu.in/d-library.aspx Digital Library] (tab in top right hand corner of Home page). Consists of six categories including***"Admission Records" from 1904-1905. These appear to be application forms completed for admission to the school. They include date of birth, whether parents are alive, whether of European or of mixed parentage etc***"Handwritten documents", many of which are printed Annual Reports each containing much information, including****Item 24. Twelve Annual Reports for the period 1873-1885 were previously available in a 599 page pdf document which contains lists of children in the school from the year 1875-1876. '''Note''' Although a link currently appears, the file did not open (2019/07). *****Annual Report for the Year 1873-1874 page 1 *****Annual Report for the Year 1874-1875 page 40*****Annual Report for the Year 1875-1876 page 69. Revised Rules page 100 List of Boys in the school pages 110-122 with father’s regiment. List of Girls in the school pages 123-131*****Annual Report for the Year 1876-1877 page 132. Boys pages 171-176, with a page missing (page 43 of report which appears to contain the end of the boys names and beginning of the girls names). Girls pages 177-180*****Annual Report for the Year 1877-1878 page 182. Boys pages 219-223. Girls pages 224-228*****Annual Report for the Year 1878-1879 page 229. Boys pages 264-272. Girls pages 273-281*****Annual Report for the Year 1879-1880 page 282. Revised Rules page 321. Boys pages 328-333. Girls pages 329-336*****Annual Report for the Year 1880-1881 page 327. Revised rules page 360. Boys page 369-376. Girls pages 377-379 but some data missing prior to page 377*****Annual Report for the Year 1881-1882 page 380. Boys pages 422-436. Girls pages 426-430*****Annual Report for the Year 1882-1883 page 431. Boys pages 477-482. Girls pages 482-486. Money in trust for Soldiers children from 1860-1883 pages 487-489*****Annual Report for the Year 1883-1884 page 490. Boys pages 533-537. Girls pages 538-543. *****Annual Report for the Year 1884-1885 page 550. Boys pages 584-592. Girls pages 593-598 . In this report Rev AH Hildesley became Principal in place of Rev J Cole****Item 30. Five Annual Reports, for the period 1893-1898 are available in this [http://www.sanawar.edu.in/Hand%20written-typed%20documents/30_annual%20raport%20l.m.a-1893-1898.pdf 200 page pdf document] which contains lists of children in the school until the year 1895-1896.*****Annual Report for the Year 1893-1894 page 1. List of Children at the school Boys pages 26-34. Girls pages 35-42.*****Annual Report for the Year 1894-1895 page 53. Boys pages 78-86. Girls pages 87-94.*****Annual Report for the Year 1895-1896 page 105. Boys pages 127 -131. Girls pages 132-135*****Annual Report for the Year 1896-1897 page 148. *****Annual Report for the Year 1897-1898 page 173. **** Annual Reports for the years 1921-23, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935-1937, 1947 are also available**** There are items called 'Register Books' '''Other'''

*This 1998 India List [httphttps://archiverdigitalcollections.rootswebnypl.ancestry.com/th/readorg/indiaitems/1998510d47d9-07/0901353945 post] advises the researcher visited the school and saw some old records including an especially useful series of printed Annual Reports of the 1870s to early 1880s which included a listing of every child in the school. After that the practice appeared to cease. The British Library has Reports from 1849624a-1873 (broken sequence) in its [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/6H7KSYB3MB1X2Q2HSJD1HJ3Q7TU2BPIGJMKUYXRMBTQ8D16T1Ea3d9-16359?func=finde040-b&request=e00a18064a99 Photograph: The Lawrence+Military Asylum&find_code=WTI&adjacent=N&image.x=67&image.y=14 catalogue]. However, it is not known whether these are the same documents referred to in the India List post.*[http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/TheDriveUphill.asp “The Drive Uphill: On the road from Chandigarh to Sanawar, near Kasauli “] by Shalini Bahadur from chillibreezea collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.com