Biography of Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet 1829-1906

In 1821 [his father] Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet [aged 25] and [his mother] Caroline Graham Lady Lawson [aged 28] were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. They had eight children.

On 4th September 1829 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet [aged 33] and [his mother] Caroline Graham Lady Lawson [aged 36] at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.

In 1859 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Carlisle which seat he held until 1865.

On 13th November 1860 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 31] and Mary Pocklington Senhouse [aged 20] were married. They had four boys and four girls.

On 21st October 1862 [his son] Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet was born to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Pocklington Senhouse [aged 22] at Brayton Hall, Aspatria. He married 28th April 1891 Mary Camilla Macan Lady Lawson.

In or after 1864 [his son] Mordaunt Lawson was born to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Mary Pocklington Senhouse [aged 24]

On 12th June 1867 [his father] Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet [aged 71] died at Brayton Hall, Aspatria. His son Wilfrid [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.

In 1868 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Carlisle which seat he held until 1885.

On 1st November 1870 [his mother] Caroline Graham Lady Lawson [aged 77] died at her residence at Arkelby Hall Aspatria.

In 1886 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 56] was elected MP Cockermouth which seat he held until 1900.

On 28th April 1891 [his son] Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Camilla Macan Lady Lawson [aged 26] were married.

In 1903 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 73] was elected MP Camborne which seat he held until 1906.

On 1st July 1906 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 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 Wilfrid [aged 43] succeeded 3rd Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland. Mary Camilla Macan Lady Lawson [aged 41] by marriage Lady Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.

On 21st April 1908 George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle [aged 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 6th June 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 18th January 1910 [his former wife] Mary Pocklington Senhouse [aged 70] died at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.