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The 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 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 Military School, Ghora Gali . He was Honorary Canon of Lahore; and a Commandant of the [[Punjab Rifles]]. In 1925 he was made a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire] . <ref>[httphttps://librarywww.uvic.ca/sitelibrary/locations/home/spcoll/brownfindaids/medalsbrown_collection_manuscripts.html pdf Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection, University of Victoria Library], British Columbia, Canada. Scroll to the Medals section. Drawer 4, #37a </ref> Cadets belonging to the Lawrence Military Asylum composed G Company, [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles]]. (H Company, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles, also had its its headquarters at Murree.)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n250/mode/1up Page 228], ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India</ref>

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

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.

In 1923, the Reverend George Dunsford Barne O.B.E., Principal of Lawrence Royal Military School and 2nd in Command, [[Simla Rifles| Simla Rifles Auxiliary Force]], was made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.<ref> [httphttps://www.london-gazettethegazette.co.uk/issuesLondon/issue/32830/supplementssupplement/3947 Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 June 1923]</ref> He retired c 1932.

The [[British Library]] holds a copy of [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/P5AQKQ576DP834EUCYD224X9GRXCJDVTQE3VJTUEQLTRUYDNEP-80605?func=full-set-set&set_number=043888&set_entry=000004&format=999 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 British Library has Annual Reports from 1849-1873 (broken sequence) as follows: Oriental Collections 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, ; 1866/67imperfect. BLL01008627381 (Details in the Integrated Main Catalogue). In addition, the British Library also holds there are two later editions [httphttps://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2adetails/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-1&cid=1-1-1r/75f6e885-338#18de1-14420-1a77b-338 a57fa0c6b628 IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2300] 1934-1936, which are also available online, refer below.

"The Lawrence Royal Military British Library also holds a publication ''School, Sanawar India" by W Jaques Steelmemorials. : Chapel-West Door''The Bulletin of the published Sanawur : Lawrence Royal Military Historical SocietySchool, Issue 45[195?] , August 1961''shelfmark reference OIOC P/T 4814, pages [http://copac.ac.uk/search?title=School%20memorials.%20%3A%20Chapel-West%20Door.&crns=74000041880%20&rn=1&show-4. See also correspondence in ''Issue 47''. Available at the British Librarylibrary=Register%20of%20Preservation%20Surrogates catalogue entry] from Copac Search

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**[http://www.sanawar.edu.in/ParkerHallhistoricalFoundation.aspx Parker HallHistorical Foundation] (under the category Life in About Sanawar)-now the school Library and Museum***Two Three books have been written by teachers at Sanawar, "''The Lawrence School, Sanawar : A Historical Reference" '' by Dr V K Sharma 1992 and ", ''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 Schooland are available in the Library of Oxford University.**[http://www.sanawar.edu.in/Digi_IndexParkerHall.html Digital Libraryaspx Parker Hall] (under the category News Life in Sanawar)-now the school Library and Events)Museum. Contains links Named after Miss Ada Parker, who headed the girls school from May 1880 to six categories including February 1923 ***[http://www.sanawar.edu.in/Handwritten%20Docd-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.html 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 are were previously available in this [http://sanawar.edu.in/Hand%20written-typed%20documents/24_report%20of%20lawrence%20asylum(1873-85).pdf 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).

****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 Repoers Reports for the years 1921-23, 1928, 1930,1931,1935-1937, 1947 are also available**** There are items called 'Register Books'

*[httphttps://wwwdigitalcollections.chillibreezenypl.comorg/articlesitems/TheDriveUphill.asp “The Drive Uphill510d47d9-624a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Photograph: On the road from Chandigarh to The Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, near Kasauli “] by Shalini Bahadur from chillibreezea collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.com

*[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~derekboddington/school-alumni/index.html The Lawrence Royal Military School, Sanawar]. Photographs from Derek Boddington’s website. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160411163241/http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/lawrence-asylum.html Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia, now archived.