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'''Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (20 October 1870 – 29 June 1949)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1882: Forming the Second Part of "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire" |date=1882 |publisher=Nichols |page=399 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSswAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=Sir+Henry+Staveley+Lawrence |access-date=3 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. He was the Acting governor of [[Bombay]] during the [[British Raj]] from 20 March 1926 to 8 December 1928.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}</ref><br />
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Born in County Donegal, he was the son of George Henry Lawrence, a judge in the British Civil Service, and Margaret Staveley. He was the grandson of Sir [[George St Patrick Lawrence]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI|CB}} of the British Indian Army and great-nephew of Sir <br />
[[Henry Montgomery Lawrence]] and [[John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fox-Davies |first1=Arthur Charles |title=Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour |publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2VHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA960&dq=Sir+Henry+Staveley+Lawrence |access-date=3 February 2021|page=960 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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He was appointed a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]] in the [[1926 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |date=29 December 1925 |issue=33119 | page=5 |endpage= |supp=y}}</ref><br />
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