The Lawson baronetcy, of Isell in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 31 March 1688 for Wilfrid Lawson. He had been a Member of Parliament for Cumberland and Cockermouth in 1659, 1660 and 1661.[1][2]
The 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th Baronets were also Members of Parliament.[3][4][5] The title became extinct on the death of the 10th Baronet in 1806.[1]
The Lawson baronets of Brayton (1831) descended from the sister of the 10th Baronet.[6]
Lawson baronets, of Isell (1688)
edit- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet (c. 1610–1688)[1][2]
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1664–1704)[1][3]
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet (1697–1737)[1][4]
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 4th Baronet (c. 1732–1739)[1]
- Sir Mordaunt Lawson, 5th Baronet (c. 1733–1743)[1]
- Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet (1675–1749)[1]
- Sir Alfred Lawson, 7th Baronet (died 1752)[1]
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th Baronet (c. 1707–1762)[1][5]
- Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 9th Baronet (c. 1710–1794)[1]
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th Baronet (c. 1764–1806)[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cokayne, George Edward (1904). Complete Baronetage. Vol. IV. W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 147–148.
- ^ a b Lawson, Sir Wilfred (c.1610-88), of Isel, Cumb., History of Parliament Online.
- ^ a b "Lawson, Sir Wilfred, 2nd Bt. (1664-1704), of Isel, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ a b "Lawson, Sir Wilfred, 3rd Bt. (1697-1737), of Isel, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ a b "Lawson Sir Wilfrid, 8th Bt. (c.1707-62), of Isell and Brayton, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 376.