Wilfred Lawson, MP

Wilfrid Lawson (MP for Cockermouth)

Wilfrid Lawson (ca. 1636 – after 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.

Lawson was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell and his wife Jane Musgrave, daughter of Sir Edward Musgrave, 1st Baronet of Hayton Castle[1]

In 1659, Lawson was elected Member of Parliament for Cockermouth in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2] In 1660, he was re-elected MP for Cockermouth in the Convention Parliament.[2] In 1678 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland

Lawson's father conferred the estate of Brayton on him, so founding the line of ‘Brayton’ Lawson’s upon whom the baronetcy descended on failure of the Isel Lawsons.

Lawson married Sarah James, daughter of William James of Washington, County Durham. They had two sons, Gilfrid and Alfred.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Lawson_(MP_for_Cockermouth)

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• LAWSON, Wilfred (c.1636-aft.1679), of Brayton, Aspatria, Cumb.
• b. c.1636, 2nd s. of Sir Wilfred Lawson. educ. G. Inn 1654, called 1660. m. Sarah, da. of William James of Washington, co. Dur., and coh. to her bro. William, 2s. 1da.1
• Offices Held
  • Commr. for militia, Cumb. Mar. 1660, assessment Aug. 1660-1, 1673-80, sheriff 1678-9.
• Lawson’s father bought Brayton in 1658 and settled it on him, with five other Cumbrian manors. He was returned to Richard Cromwell’s Parliament for Cockermouth on the family interest, and reelected in 1660, defeating the Earl of Northumberland’s candidate by a wide margin. Lord Wharton marked him as a friend in the Convention, and he probably voted with the Opposition; but he was appointed only to the committee for the confirmation of parliamentary privileges. He gave way to his father at the general election of 1661, and apparently never stood again. As sheriff in 1679 he seems to have assisted the election of the exclusionist Richard Lamplugh. Nothing further is known of him, except that he predeceased his father. His son sat for Cumberland as a Tory with one brief interval from 1701 to 1734.2
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/la... _______________
• Wilfrid Lawson1
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• Last Edited=20 Jan 2014
• Wilfrid Lawson is the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Bt.1
• He lived at Brayton, England.1
• Child of Wilfrid Lawson
  • Catherine Lawson+2
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2320. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p49806.htm#i498055 _______________
• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Wilfrid_Lawson,_1st_Baronet,_of_I...

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Wilfred Lawson married Jane Musgrave, daughter of Sir Edward Musgrave, 1st Baronet of Hayton Castle and had four sons and four daughters. His eldest son William married Milcah Strickland daughter of Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet of Boynton, Yorkshire and had a son Wilfrid and two daughters. But William having previously lost his eyesight died within the lifetime of his father.[14] The second son Wilfrid was also MP for Cockermouth.