Woollaston Baronets
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The Lawrence, later Woollaston Baronetcy, of Loseby in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 17 January 1748 for Edward Lawrence, the former Member of Parliament
for Stockbridge
. He was succeeded according to a special remainder in the letters patent
by his great-nephew Isaac Woollaston, the second Baronet. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1756.
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 Stockbridge
Stockbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Stockbridge was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1563 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act...
. He was succeeded according to a special remainder in the letters patent
Letters patent
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by his great-nephew Isaac Woollaston, the second Baronet. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1756.
Lawrence, later Woollaston Baronets, of Loseby (1748)
- Sir Edward Lawrence, 1st Baronet (d. 1749)
- Sir Isaac Wollaston, 2nd Baronet (d. 1750)
- Sir Isaac Lawrence Wollaston, 3rd Baronet (d. 1756)