Person Lawson; Sir; Wilfrid (1697 - 1737) Lawson Wilfrid Sir 1697 - 1737 British Male 1697 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 13 July 1737

Isel, Cumberland

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) 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) Fellow 11/12/1718 William Byrd Sources: Bulloch's Roll References: Gentleman's Magazine (1737), p451 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1697 - 13 Jul 1737 NA4337 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 9e3d255e-9c87-46ca-89e3-f0728fd1946e