Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet was an English temperance campaigner and radical, anti-imperialist Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1859 and 1906. He was reco
Sir Wilfrid Lawson
Mary Lawson circa 1900
Wilfrid Lawson circa 1860
One of the many caricature depictions
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton, was an English landowner, businessman and investor in the new industrial age. He was of the Lawson baronets.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton
…House of Commons. Lawson was Member for Carlisle, 1859–65, 1868–85; Cockermouth, 1886–1900; Camborne, 1903–1906; and Cockermouth 1906. He was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton, who changed his name from Wybergh, and Caroline Graham, daughter of Sir James Graham. He was privately educated at home. He was a founder member of…
Sir Wilfrid Lawson 1st Baronet of Brayton
Political Song relating to the 1827 Carlisle Election
The Whisky Pond at Brayton Hall