Lawson Baronets
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There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Lawson, two in the Baronetage of England and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two creations are extant as of 2010.
passed to his nephew Henry Thomas Maire (Silvertop) Witham, son of his sister Catherine. The Brough Hall estate passed to his great-nephew, in whose favour the baronetcy was revived in 1841 (see below).
, Member of Parliament
for Cumberland
and Cockermouth
. The second, third, sixth and eighth Baronet were also Members of Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1806. See also the 1831 creation below.
. Born Wilfrid Wybergh, he was the son of Thomas Wyberg by the sister of the tenth Baronet of the 1688 creation (see above). He assumed by Royal license the surname of Lawson in lieu of his patronymic. The second and third Baronets were both Members of Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1959.
, Cumberland, a descendant of Sir Francis Howard, son of Lord William Howard, third son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
. The sixth Baronet assumed by Royal Licence in 1962 the Howard name and arms and then resumed use of the Lawson name in 1992.
On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1975 Brough Hall was left two his two daughters, Valerie Worthington (née Lawson) and Jill Lawson.. The title passed to his younger brother William, the fifth Baronet, and the seat moved to Corby Castle
, Cumbria, ancestral home of the Howard family. Corby Castle was sold in 1994 to Lord Ballyedmond. The fifth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant
of Cumbria
between 1963 and 1983.
On 7 December 2010, it was reported that Philip Howard, the son of Sir John Philip Howard-Lawson, 6th Baronet, was suing his father for unlawfully selling the ancestral home of Corby Castle. Mr Howard, is attempting to disinherit his father, the 6th Baronet, for failing to respect the wishes of Sir Philip John Canning Howard who had stated in a will that his heirs must change their name to Howard and adopt the family coat of arms. However, Philip Howard's position contradicts the Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage entry regarding the 6th Baronet's usage of the Howard name and arms.
and the Yorkshire Post
. The second Baronet was also Chairman of Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe-Barbour Ltd. The third Baronet was a Colonel in the Royal Hussars.
Lawson Baronets, of Brough Hall (1665; First creation )
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Brough Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 July 1665 for John Lawson, of Brough Hall. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in January 1834. His estate at Lartington HallLartington Hall
Lartington Hall is a 17th century country house, at Lartington, Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.The earliest part of the house, built for the Appleby family, is the three storey four bayed central block and projecting three storey porch, which dates from about 1635...
passed to his nephew Henry Thomas Maire (Silvertop) Witham, son of his sister Catherine. The Brough Hall estate passed to his great-nephew, in whose favour the baronetcy was revived in 1841 (see below).
- Sir John Lawson, 1st Baronet (1627–1698)
- Sir Henry Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1663–1720)
- Sir John Lawson, 3rd Baronet (1689–1739)
- Sir Henry Lawson, 4th Baronet (1712–1781)
- Sir John Lawson, 5th Baronet (1744–1811)
- Sir Henry Lawson, 6th Baronet (1750–1834)
Lawson Baronets, of Isell (1688)
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Isell in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 31 March 1688 for Wilfrid LawsonSir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.-Lawson Lineage:...
, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Cumberland
Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
Cumberland is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of...
and Cockermouth
Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Cockermouth was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295, and again from 1641, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough represented by two...
. The second, third, sixth and eighth Baronet were also Members of Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1806. See also the 1831 creation below.
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of IsellSir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.-Lawson Lineage:...
(c. 1610–1688) - Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of IsellSir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the son of William Lawson and inherited his title on the death in 1688 of his grandfather Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell....
(1664–1704) - Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of IsellSir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet of Isell FRS , was a British politician. He was educated Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in 1713; and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1715. He was Groom of the Bedchamber to George I from 1720 to 1725; and was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718...
(1697–1737) - Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 4th Baronet (c. 1732–1739)
- Sir Mordaunt Lawson, 5th Baronet (c. 1733–1743)
- Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th BaronetSir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th BaronetSir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet , was an English politician. He was one of the Lawson BaronetsUpon the death of Mardaunt the title and all of the estate passed to his cousin Gilfrid, the son of Wilfrid of Brayton, the second son of the first baronet...
(1675–1749) - Sir Alfred Lawson, 7th Baronet (d. 1752)
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th Baronet , was a British politician.He inherited the title on the death of Sir Alfred Lawson 7th Bart in 1752. He was one of the Lawson Baronets of Isell, Cumberland....
(c. 1707–1762) - Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 9th BaronetSir Gilfrid Lawson, 9th BaronetSir Gilfrid Lawson, 9th Baronet , one of the Lawson Baronets.Lawson married Amelia, daughter of John Lovett Esq. The marriage produced two children, a son Wilfrid and a daughter Amelia...
(c. 1710–1794) - Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th Baronet of Isell, MA , was a leading Cumberland landowner. He was one of the Lawson Baronets.Sir Wilfrid Lawson was born at Aspatria in 1764. In 1787, he married Anne, second daughter of John Hartley of Whitehaven...
(c. 1764–1806)
Lawson Baronets, of Brayton (1831)
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Brayton in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for Wilfrid LawsonSir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton , was an English landowner, businessman and investor in the new industrial age...
. Born Wilfrid Wybergh, he was the son of Thomas Wyberg by the sister of the tenth Baronet of the 1688 creation (see above). He assumed by Royal license the surname of Lawson in lieu of his patronymic. The second and third Baronets were both Members of Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1959.
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of BraytonSir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton , was an English landowner, businessman and investor in the new industrial age...
(1795–1867) - Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1829–1906)
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of BraytonSir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton was English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1916....
(1862–1937) - Sir Hilton Lawson, 4th BaronetSir Hilton Lawson, 4th BaronetSir Hilton Lawson, 4th Baronet of Brayton was the son of Mordaunt Lawson, third son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Isell.Hilton Lawson was educated at Repton School and later the Royal Military College. He served throughout the World War I in the Royal Fusiliers where he attained the rank...
(1895–1959)
Lawson, later Howard-Lawson Baronets, of Brough Hall (1841; Second creation)
The Lawson, later Howard-Lawson Baronetcy, of Brough Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 September 1841 for William Lawson. Born William Wright, he was the son of John Wright, of Kelvedon, by Elizabeth Lawson, daughter of the fifth Baronet of the 1665 creation (see above), whose surname he assumed in lieu of his patronymic. His mother had previously inherited the Lawson family seat of Brough Hall. The third Baronet married Ursula Mary Howard in 1899. She was the only living heir of Sir Philip John Canning Howard, of Corby CastleCorby Castle
Corby Castle is an ancestral home of the Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England....
, Cumberland, a descendant of Sir Francis Howard, son of Lord William Howard, third son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was taught as a child by John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist, who remained a lifelong recipient of Norfolk's patronage...
. The sixth Baronet assumed by Royal Licence in 1962 the Howard name and arms and then resumed use of the Lawson name in 1992.
On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1975 Brough Hall was left two his two daughters, Valerie Worthington (née Lawson) and Jill Lawson.. The title passed to his younger brother William, the fifth Baronet, and the seat moved to Corby Castle
Corby Castle
Corby Castle is an ancestral home of the Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England....
, Cumbria, ancestral home of the Howard family. Corby Castle was sold in 1994 to Lord Ballyedmond. The fifth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
between 1963 and 1983.
On 7 December 2010, it was reported that Philip Howard, the son of Sir John Philip Howard-Lawson, 6th Baronet, was suing his father for unlawfully selling the ancestral home of Corby Castle. Mr Howard, is attempting to disinherit his father, the 6th Baronet, for failing to respect the wishes of Sir Philip John Canning Howard who had stated in a will that his heirs must change their name to Howard and adopt the family coat of arms. However, Philip Howard's position contradicts the Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage entry regarding the 6th Baronet's usage of the Howard name and arms.
- Sir William Lawson, 1st Baronet (1796–1865)
- Sir John Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1829–1910)
- Sir Henry Joseph Lawson, 3rd Baronet (1877–1947)
- Sir Ralph Henry Lawson, 4th Baronet (1905–1975)
- Sir William Howard Lawson, 5th Baronet (1907–1990)
- Sir John Philip Howard-Lawson, 6th Baronet (b. 1934)
- The heir is Sir John's son, Philip William Howard
Lawson Baronets, of Westwood Grange (1900)
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Westwood Grange in Headingley-cum-Burley in the West Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 July 1900 for Arthur Lawson, Chairman of Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe-Barbour Ltd, and a Director of the Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
and the Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire Post
The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press...
. The second Baronet was also Chairman of Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe-Barbour Ltd. The third Baronet was a Colonel in the Royal Hussars.
- Sir Arthur Tredgold Lawson, 1st Baronet (1844–1915)
- Sir Digby Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1880–1959)
- Sir John Charles Arthur Digby Lawson, 3rd Baronet (1912–2001)
- Sir Charles John Patrick Lawson, 4th Baronet (b. 1959)
Lawson Baronets, of Knavesmire Lodge (1905)
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Knavesmire Lodge in the City of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 December 1905 for the politician John Lawson. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1973.- Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (1856–1919)
- Sir Peter Grant Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1903–1973)