Robert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock
Robert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock (1768 – 10 April 1834) was a British landowner and politician, the eldest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson.
Lawley attended the military school at Brienne, France, at the time Napoleon Bonaparte was there.[1]
His seat was Canwell Hall, Staffordshire and he served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1797.
He married Anna Maria Denison (d. 1850), daughter of the banker Joseph Denison, but had no children. In 1825 he befriended John Hollins and they journeyed to Italy together.[2]
He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Salop in 1831.[3]
References
- ↑ J. H. Settle, Anecdotes of Soldiers in Peace and War (London: Methuen, no date), p. 82
- ↑ Obituary, John Hollins, Gentleman's Magazine, 1855, p539, accessed May 2009
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 18846. p. 1834. 9 September 1831.
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- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Robert Lawley
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1802–1806 With: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham |
Succeeded by Edward Bootle-Wilbraham James Macdonald |
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| New title | Baron Wenlock 1831–1834 |
Extinct |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by | Baronet (of Spoonhill) 1793–1834 |
Succeeded by Francis Lawley |
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