(2nd East Lancashire) Division, with whom he remained until made chief intelligence officer on Haig's staff in January 1918. He then took over from Sir Launcelot Kiggell as Chief of Staff in France and was promoted full general. Lawrence was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1917 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1926. He also received, as well as other overseas honours, the Croix de Guerre and was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1919. In 1919 he was given the Colonelcy of the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, transferring after amalgamation to the 17th/21st Lancers, a position he held until 1938. From 1925 to 1932 he was also Colonel of the Manchester Regiment. Later life After the war he was appointed as a member of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry in 1925, a trustee of the Imperial War Graves Commission in 1926 and a governor of Wellington College. He became chairman of Vickers in 1926 and of Glyn's Bank in 1934. He was also chairman of several other banks and a director of a number of companies. He lived for some time in Dean's Place in Alfriston and later moved to Little Berkhamsted. He died in 1943 and was buried at Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent. He had married Isabel Mary Mills, the daughter of Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon in Sevenoaks in 1892. Their two sons, Oliver James Lawrence and Michael Charles Lawrence, were both killed in action during the First World War. References |- 1861 births 1943 deaths British Army generals Burials in Kent People from London People educated at Harrow School Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst British Army generals of World War I British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British bankers Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Grand Officers of the Order of Aviz Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium) Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Younger sons of barons People from Alfriston People from Little Berkhamsted Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States) Military personnel from London