English: Biographical tablet (2 of 3) dedicated to General Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), erected on the Haldon estate in 1788 together with the "Lawrence Tower" (alias "Haldon Belvedere") in which it is housed, in his memory by his friend Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (1717-1798), of Haldon House, Dunchideock, Devon. Text:

The princes of India revered him as a superior being and to the end of his life their testimonies of affection were unceasing. The following inscription (from the original Persian) sent after his death perpetuates the gratitude of the Nabob of Arcot:

To the memory of the late Major-General Stringer Lawrence. His Highness the Nabob Wallajah, Ameer Al Hind, Sepah Saular, Prince of the Carnatic and ally of His Britannic Majesty, has caused this inscription to be placed in testimony of his friendship and of the high sense he entertains of the important services rendered by the General to himself and to his friends the English in India.

As he was the first founder of the English power in Hindostan the opinion entertained by the East-India Company of his merits and services is best expressed on the monument which at the public expence they caused to be erected to his memory in the Abbey Church of Westminster:

For Discipline Established, Fortresses Protected, Settlements Extended, French and Indian Armies Defeated, and Peace Concluded in the Carnatic.