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| name =Lawrence Nilson<br />
| image =Lawrence Nilson.jpg<br />
| caption =painting by [[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]], 1791<br />
| birth_date =1734<br />
| death_date =1811<br />
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| allegiance =[[United Kingdom]]<br />
| branch =[[Bombay Army]]<br />
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| rank =[[Brigadier-General]]<br />
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| commands =[[Bombay Army]]<br />
| battles =[[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]<br />
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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Lawrence Nilson''' (1734–1811) was an [[East India Company]] [[Bombay Army]] officer.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the [[Bombay Army]], formed a company of [[Pioneer (military)|Pioneer]] [[Lascar]]s, comprising 100 men, in 1777.<ref name=bia>[http://www.bsakirkee.org/SIKHLIBombaySappers24Aug11.pdf Brothers in Arms, p. 2]</ref> His company took part in the expedition to the [[Malabar Coast]] against [[Tipu Sultan]]'s forces in 1782 during the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]].<ref name=bia/> He became the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ|author=Great Britain India Office|title=The India List and India Office List|volume=I|year=1819|publisher=Harrison|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ 127]|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref><br />
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