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This school is in [[Ootacamund]] in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu. In 1925 the name was changed from the Lawrence Memorial School, Lovedale, Ootacamund to the Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School.^{[[#References|4]]}

*Situation 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]*Commenced . The Asylum was opened in 1858, with control passed passing to the Government in 1860.^{[[#References|1]]} First however, the Government insisted that the religious principles adopted at the Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, must be adoptedat Lovedale.<sup>[[http:#References|2]]<//books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA262 Limited View Google Books] page 262 ''The Nilgiris, Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers'' by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908.sup> *Amalgamation of the [[Orphan Schools in Madras#Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum|Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum]] with the Lawrence Asylum was considered from 1860. In April 1864 the land at Lovedale, near [[Ootacamund]], was selected for the combined institutions and new buildings were constructed. 220 boys from the MMMOA moved in September 1871 .<sup>[[http:#References|2]]<//books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA262 Limited View Google Books] page 262 ''The Nilgiris,Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers'' by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908.*sup> The girls from the [[Orphan Schools in Madras#Madras Military Female Orphan School|Madras Military Female Orphan School]], about 100, were transferred to the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale in October 1904 as the Government required their premises in Madras. <sup>[[http:#References|3]]<//books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA263 Limited View Google Books] page 263, The Nilgiris Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908sup> *In 1925 the name changed from the Lawrence Memorial School, Lovedale, Ootacamund to the Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School. British Library reference IOR/L/MIL/7/12528 1925*Conditions in the early 1930's are described in [http://books.google.com/books?id=pP_TdfyFDQEC&pg=PA3 Limited View Google Books] page 3 ''The Way We Are: An Anglo-Indian Mosaic'' - Chapter ] page 3, chapter "Never Give In" by Moira Breen (2008).*===Records===The [[British Library]] has the following IOR entry: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 [[British Library]] has the following two books in its catalogue:

*A researcher was able to obtain 1889 admission records from the School which indicated both parents of the boy admitted, the mother being Indian.

:1. Francis, W. ''Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2'' p314 (1988). Probably a reprint of an earlier book, perhaps 1905.:2. Francis, W. ''The Nilgiris, Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers'' p262 (1994) Probably a reprint of an earlier book, possibly 1908.:3. Francis, ''Nilgiris'' p263:4. [[British Library]] IOR/L/MIL/7/12528 1925