Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton
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Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton (21 October 1862 – 28 August 1937) was English Liberal
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1916.
Lawson was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton and his wife Mary Pocklington-Stenhouse, daughter of Joseph Pocklington-Stenhouse.
Lawson was elected at the December 1910 general election as Member of Parliament
for Cockermouth
, a seat previously held by his father, but resigned
from the House of Commons
on 23 February 1916.
He was succeeded by Sir Hilton Lawson, 4th Baronet
.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1916.
Lawson was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton and his wife Mary Pocklington-Stenhouse, daughter of Joseph Pocklington-Stenhouse.
Lawson was elected at the December 1910 general election as 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 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...
, a seat previously held by his father, but resigned
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
from the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
on 23 February 1916.
He was succeeded by Sir Hilton Lawson, 4th Baronet
Sir Hilton Lawson, 4th Baronet
Sir 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...
.