Honoria Lawrence

Honoria Marshall Lawrence, Lady Lawrence (25 December 1808 – ) was an Irish-born writer whose works, according to scholar Mary Ellis Gibson, "provide an intimate look at the domestic life of an Anglo-Indian woman during the first half of the nineteenth century". She was the first European woman known to live in several parts of the Indian subcontinent, including Kashmir and Nepal.

She arrived in Calcutta in early July, but Captain Lawrence was still on his long journey from the interior of the country, where he was engaged in surveying the Gorakhpur and Allahabad districts. They were eventually reunited and married on 21 August. From then on, she was almost always at his side as a "lady in camp", supporting and assisting in his work.

Henry Lawrence's assistant, Saunders Abbott, recorded his impression of Honoria Lawrence accompanying her husband in surveying the jungle of the Himalayan foothills:[...] tigers and wild elephants gave unmistakable signs of their presence. And, to my utter surprise, I found Mrs. Lawrence. . . . she was seated on the bank of a nullah, her feet overhanging the den of some wild animal, a portfolio on her lap, writing overland letters; her husband, at no great distance, laying his theodolite. In such roughings this admirable wife was delighted to share; and at other times she would lighten his labour by reading books he wished to consult, or making notes and extracts for his literary work.

When Henry Lawrence's duties allowed a more stable family life, Lawrence still assisted her husband with his work. In Ferozepore, where he was civil administrator, she helped run the post office.

In 1853, Sir Henry disagreed with some political decisions made regarding the region and resigned in protest. He became the Governor-General's Agent in Rajputana. Honoria Lawrence died in Rajputana, at Mount Abu, on 16 January 1854.