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Biography of Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet 1829-1906
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood 1716-1798
In 1821 [his father] Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 25) and [his mother] Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 28) were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. They had eight children.
On 04 Sep 1829 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet was born to Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 33) and Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 36) at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.
In 1859 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Carlisle which seat he held until 1865.
On 13 Nov 1860 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Mary Pocklington Senhouse (age 20) were married. They had four boys and four girls.
On 21 Oct 1862 [his son] Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet was born to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Pocklington Senhouse (age 22) at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.
In or after 1864 [his son] Mordaunt Lawson was born to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 34) and [his wife] Mary Pocklington Senhouse (age 24)
On 12 Jun 1867 [his father] Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 71) died at Brayton Hall, Aspatria. His son Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.
In 1868 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Carlisle which seat he held until 1885.
On 01 Nov 1870 [his mother] Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 77) died at her residence at Arkelby Hall Aspatria.
In 1886 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 56) was elected MP Cockermouth which seat he held until 1900.
On 28 Apr 1891 [his son] Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Camilla Macan Lady Lawson (age 26) were married.
In 1903 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Camborne which seat he held until 1906.
On 01 Jul 1906 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 76) died at 18 Ovington Square, Knightsbridge. His funeral was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map] amidst a large gathering of members of Parliament, family members, personal friends, and representatives of public bodies. He was buried at St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria. His son [his son] Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Camilla Macan Lady Lawson (age 41) by marriage Lady Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.
On 21 Apr 1908 George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle (age 64) unveiled a memorial to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet, designed by Louis Frederick Roslyn, in the form of a drinking fountain surmounted by a bronze group of St. George and the dragon, at Aspatria, Allerdale, Cumberland. The fourth panel bears the following inscription:
Remember
Wilfrid Lawson
2nd Baronet of Brayton & Isel
In whose honour this fountain is erected by his many friends and admirers. Beloved for the integrity of his life and the height of his ideals. An example for all time for one who gave himself for others, believing in the brotherhood of man. A lover of truth and mercy, a brave and strenuous advocate of temperance, which sacred cause he championed in the House of Commons for forty years with gay wisdom and perseverance.
On 06 Jun 1908 the Lawson family installed a stained glass window dedicated to the memory of their Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet, in the east end of St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria.
On 18 Jan 1910 [his former wife] Mary Pocklington Senhouse (age 70) died at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Thomas Wybergh
Father: Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hartley of Whitehaven
GrandMother: Isabella Hartley
Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Graham 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Graham 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Very Reverend William Graham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend Robert Graham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Offley
GrandFather: James Graham 1st Baronet
Mother: Caroline Graham Lady Lawson 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 3rd Earl Galloway
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th Earl Galloway 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Douglas Countess Galloway 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Montgomerie Countess Galloway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cochrane
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cochrane 2nd Earl Dundonald 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Catherine Stewart Lady Graham 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Dashwood 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Reade 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Reade
Great x 4 Grandmother: Love Dring Lady Reade
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Spencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood