Henry Arnold Lawrence

Henry Arnold Lawrence (17 March 1848 – 18 April 1902) was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Richmond F.C. and international rugby for England. He was the third captain of the England rugby team. Personal life Lawrence was born at Lahore in 1848, the second son of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and his wife Harriette Katherine (née Hamilton). His father was Viceroy of India between 1864 and 1869. Lawrence was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1866. He was a Director of the London office of the Ottoman Bank. He spent his later life in Box, Gloucestershire, where he died on 18 April 1902, aged 54. Rugby career Lawrence first came to note as a rugby player when he represented Richmond. In 1873, Lawrence was selected to play for the England national rugby team, in their third match in an encounter against Scotland; the game ended in a draw. Lawrence was reselected for the next encounter with Scotland the next season, and in 1875 he was given the captaincy of his country, in the team's first ever match against the newly formed Ireland team. His fourth and final game saw Lawrence retain the captaincy for the 1875 encounter with Scotland. Family In 1876, he married Constance Charlotte Davies (died 1929), daughter of the Reverend George Davies, Rector of Kelsale, in Suffolk. They had three sons, John Dalhousie (1887–1900), Malcolm Eyton (born 1889), and Christopher Hal (born 1893), and three daughters, Constance Letitia (1881–1946), Phyllis May (1882–1956), and Mary Paolina (1886–1963).