Lawrence Nilson
British brigadier-general
About Lawrence Nilson
Lived 1734 – 1811 (aged 76–77). Lawrence Nilson was a pioneer.
Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1734–1811) was an East India Company Bombay Army officer.
Military career Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the Bombay Army, formed a company of Pioneer Lascars, comprising 100 men, in 1777. His company took part in the expedition to the Malabar Coast against Tipu Sultan's forces in 1782 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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British brigadier-general
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Lawrence Nilson was born in 1734.
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Lawrence Nilson died in 1811.
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Lawrence Nilson was a pioneer.
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