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2 unusual facts about Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet


Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Isell (1697–1737), MP for Boroughbridge 1718-1722 and Cockermouth

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton (1862–1937), Liberal Party politician and MP


Digby Mackworth Dolben

His father, William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.

Louis Frederick Roslyn

This fountain was erected in honour of Sir Wilfred Lawson and was inlaid with four bronze tablets.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell (c. 1610–1688), MP for Cumberland 1659 and 1660 and Cockermouth 1660-1679

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell

On 4 September 1658, Thomas Wyberg Esq., of St Bees, Joseph Patrickson of Howe, and William Barwis of Paddigil signed a deed on behalf of their wives the three co-heiresses, transferring the Brayton Manorial Estates and other property valued at one thousand pounds to Sir Wilfrid Lawson of Isel.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton (1829–1906), British Liberal Party politician and temperance leader

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Isell

In April 1705 Lawson’s widow petitioned the crown against this final bequest and in August the Treasury, following a report from the attorney-general that ‘the codicil containing the bequest is so worded that it carries a presumption with it that the testator was not in his senses when he dictated it’, awarded the £600 to Lawson’s widow.


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