Baron Wenlock
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and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. The first creation came in 1461 when the soldier Sir John Wenlock
John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock
Sir John Wenlock KG was an English soldier, courtier and politician. He fought on the side of both the Yorkists and the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses...
was summoned to Parliament as Lord Wenlock. However, he was childless and on his death in 1471 the title became extinct.
The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 when Sir Robert Lawley, 6th Baronet
Robert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock
Robert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock was a British landowner and politician, the eldest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson.Attended the military school at Brienne, France, at the time Napoleon Bonaparte was there....
, was created Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Shropshire. He had earlier represented Newcastle-under-Lyme
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in the House of Commons
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. However, he was childless and on his death in 1834 the barony became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. He was a former Member of Parliament
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for Warwickshire
Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baronet. In 1820 he had inherited the Escrick estate in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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from his uncle Richard Thompson and had assumed by Royal license the surname of Thompson in lieu of Lawley. He also represented Wenlock and the East Riding of Yorkshire
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. In 1839, twelve years before he succeeded in the baronetcy, the barony created for his elder brother was revived when he was made Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Shropshire. His son, the second Baron, was Member of Parliament for Pontefract
Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...
and served as Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
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His eldest son, the third Baron, notably served as Governor of Madras. His fourth brother, the sixth Baron (who succeeded his elder brother in 1931, who in his turn had succeeded his elder brother in 1918), served as Governor of Western Australia
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, of the Transvaal Republic and of Madras. His only son and heir Hon. Richard Edward Lawley died at an early age and on Lord Wenlock's death in 1932 both titles became extinct.
The Lawley Baronetcy, of Spoonhill in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 August 1641 for Thomas Lawley
Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1629.Lawley was the son of Francis Lawley of Spoonhill near Much Wenlock, Shropshire and his wife Elizabeth Newport, daughter of Sir Richard Newport. Lawley succeeded to estate at Spoonhill on...
, who represented Wenlock in Parliament. His son, the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament for both Wenlock and Shropshire
Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Shropshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights...
. His eldest son, the third Baronet, also represented Wenlock in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Warwickshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Wenlock in 1831. The fourth and sixth Baronets served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire
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in 1743 and 1797 respectively. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Warwickshire
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in 1839.
Lawley Baronets, of Spoonhill (1641)
- Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Lawley, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1629.Lawley was the son of Francis Lawley of Spoonhill near Much Wenlock, Shropshire and his wife Elizabeth Newport, daughter of Sir Richard Newport. Lawley succeeded to estate at Spoonhill on...
(d. 1646) - Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd BaronetSir Francis Lawley, 2nd BaronetSir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet was a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and a courtier.Lawley was the son of Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet of Spoonhill, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire. He inherited the Baronetcy and the estate on the death of his father in 1646...
(c. 1630–1696) - Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Lawley, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1684 to 1689.Lawley was the son of Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Whitmore, daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet of Apley....
(c. 1650–1729) - Sir Robert Lawley, 4th Baronet (d. 1779)
- Sir Robert Lawley, 5th BaronetSir Robert Lawley, 5th BaronetSir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet was an English landowner and politician.The family seat was Canwell Hall, Canwell, Staffordshire a thirty nine roomed mansion house built by Sir Francis, 2nd Baronet...
(1736–1793) - Sir Robert Lawley, 6th Baronet Robert Lawley, 1st Baron WenlockRobert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock was a British landowner and politician, the eldest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson.Attended the military school at Brienne, France, at the time Napoleon Bonaparte was there....
(1768–1834) (created Baron Wenlock in 1831)
Lawley Baronets, of Spoonhill (1641; Reverted)
- Sir Francis Lawley, 7th Baronet (1782–1851)
- Sir Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, 8th BaronetPaul Thompson, 1st Baron WenlockPaul Beilby Lawley Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock , born Paul Beilby Lawley, was an English nobleman and Whig politician, the youngest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson....
(1784–1852) (had already been created Baron Wenlock in 1839)
Barons Wenlock; Third creation (1839)
- Paul Thompson, 1st Baron WenlockPaul Thompson, 1st Baron WenlockPaul Beilby Lawley Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock , born Paul Beilby Lawley, was an English nobleman and Whig politician, the youngest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson....
(1784–1852) - Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron WenlockBeilby Lawley, 2nd Baron WenlockBeilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock was an English nobleman, eldest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock and 8th Baronet...
(1818–1880) - Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron WenlockBeilby Lawley, 3rd Baron WenlockBeilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock GCSI, GCIE, KCB, VD, PC was a British soldier, Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1880 and administrator who was the Governor of Madras from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...
(1849–1912) - Richard Lawley, 4th Baron WenlockRichard Lawley, 4th Baron WenlockLieutenant-Colonel Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock CB was a British Army officer who became the 4th Baron Wenlock and the 11th Lawley Baronet of Spoonhill in 1912.-Early life:...
(1856–1918) - Algernon Lawley, 5th Baron Wenlock (1857–1931)
- Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron WenlockArthur Lawley, 6th Baron WenlockArthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, GCIE, KCMG was a British politician, soldier and administrator who served as the administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of Transvaal and Governor of Madras.Lawley was born in 1860 to 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife, Lady...
(1860–1932)