| Authorised form of name | Lawson; Sir; Wilfrid (1697 - 1737) |
| Dates | 1697 - 1737 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1697 |
| Place of death | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Date of death | 13 July 1737 |
| Activity | Education:
Queen's College, Oxford (matriculated 1713); Inner Temple (admitted 1715)
Career:
Groom of the Bedchamber to George I (1720-1725); MP for Boroughbridge (1718); MP for Cockermouth (1722-death)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/12/1718 |
| Proposer | William Byrd |
| Relationships | Son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart, of Isel, near Cockermouth, Cumberland, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of George Preston of Holker, Lancashire; married Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of Henry Mordaunt, MP, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer, Bart, of Yarnton and niece of the Earl of Peterborough; succeeded his father as 3rd Bart (1705) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
Gentleman's Magazine (1737), p451 |
| Royal Society code | NA4337 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MS/390/167 | Bond of Sir Wilfrid Lawson to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 15 January 1718 |
| RR/68/279 | Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'Morphine-like properties of diphenylethylamine and related compounds' by Edward Charles Dodds, Wilfrid Lawson and P C Williams | [1943] |
| RR/68/280 | Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Synthetic oestrogenic compounds related to stilbene and diphenylethane. II' by Edward Charles Dodds, L Golberg, E I Grünfeld, Wilfrid Lawson, C M Saffer and Robert Robinson | 25 August 1943 |