The Lawrence Asylum, Sanawar, India. Photograph.

The Lawrence Asylum (Lawrence Asylum for the Children of European Soldiers) was founded by Sir Henry Lawrence of Lucknow (1806-1857) and his wife Honoria between 1846 and 1849 as a boarding school where the children of "other ranks" could be brought up in a healthy environment, receive an education and learn a trade. It was at Sanawar in the Simla hills, above Sabathu and opposite Kasauli (Kussauli etc.) The building was constructed by William Hodson (leader of "Hodson's Horse" in the Indian Rebellion): see Sir J. Lawrence, op. cit. Currently (2000) it is called the Lawrence School, Sanawar