Lawrence Washington

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Lawrence Washington (1718 – 1752) was a British planter, half-brother of George Washington, and a member of the British Rite of the Templar Order, operating in the Northern American colonies.

Biography

Search for the Grand Temple

In 1738, Reginald Birch, Grand Master of the British Templars, sent Washington a letter in which he expressed his desire to find the Grand Temple, hidden somewhere in the New World, and tasked Washington with finding it.

Twelve years later, however, Washington received another letter from Birch, who was displeased with Washington's failure to find any First Civilization artifacts and with the founding of an Assassin Brotherhood in the colonies. In response, Birch arranged the transfer of his agent, Colonel George Monro, to America.

In 1751, Washington managed to find leads regarding First Civilization artifacts. While his brother George was recovering from a case of smallpox, Lawrence left for Port-au-Prince and tracked down the local Assassins under the leadership of François Mackandal. He followed the Assassin Vendredi to a cave which led to a First Civilization temple.

While Washington was lying in wait, an earthquake occured, and Vendredi's legs were crushed beneath the debris as he attempted to escape. Washington offered to free the Assassin in exchange for Mackandal's location, though he ultimately decided to slit Vendredi's throat after the agreement. Washington snuck into Mackandal's camp, and stole the Precursor box and Voynich manuscript, returning to Virginia with the artifacts.

Death

The following year, as Washington retired to his home at Mount Vernon suffering from tubercolosis, he was followed by the Assassin Shay Cormac, who eavesdropped on a conversation between Lawrence and his fellow Templars Samuel Smith, James Wardrop, and Jack Weeks, regarding their future plans for the box and the manuscript.

Lawrence also requested from his fellow Templars to not involve his brother in the dealings of the Order, a wish which they agreed to honor. Shortly after the meeting, as Lawrence walked the grounds of his mansion, Shay managed to approach and assassinate him. As he lay dying, Lawrence thanked Shay for a quick death, rather than letting his illness slowly kill him.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Rogue