Commands held Bombay Army Service/branch British Army Name Lawrence Nilson Rank Brigadier general | Died 1811 Allegiance United Kingdom | |
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Battles/wars Second Anglo-Mysore War | ||
Battles and wars Second Anglo-Mysore War | ||
Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1734–1811) was a British 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. He became the Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.
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