Richard Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock
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Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock CB
(1856-1918) was a British Army officer who became the 4th Baron Wenlock and the 11th Lawley Baronet of Spoonhill in 1912.
the 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife Lady Elizabeth (nee Grosvenor).
between 1901 and 1902. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath
in 1902 for operations in South Africa. He was colonel commanding the 7th Hussars
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on the death of his brother Beilby Lawley
, who had no son to whom to pass on the title. In 1909 he married Rhoda Edith Knox-Little.
Wenlock died on 25 July 1918 at his home at Hestercombe near Taunton, Devon, aged 61. He had no children so his younger brother, Algernon George Lawley, became the 5th Baron Wenlock.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(1856-1918) was a British Army officer who became the 4th Baron Wenlock and the 11th Lawley Baronet of Spoonhill in 1912.
Early life
Lawley was born on 21 August 1856, the second son and sixth child of Beilby LawleyBeilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock
Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock was an English nobleman, eldest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock and 8th Baronet...
the 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife Lady Elizabeth (nee Grosvenor).
Military service
Lawley joined the British Army in 1876 and served in the Nile Expedition of 1884-1885 and the South African WarSecond Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
between 1901 and 1902. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
in 1902 for operations in South Africa. He was colonel commanding the 7th Hussars
7th Queen's Own Hussars
The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1690. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958....
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Family life
He succeded to the title of Baron WenlockBaron Wenlock
Baron Wenlock is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in 1461 when the soldier Sir John Wenlock was summoned to Parliament as Lord Wenlock...
on the death of his brother Beilby Lawley
Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock
Beilby 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:...
, who had no son to whom to pass on the title. In 1909 he married Rhoda Edith Knox-Little.
Wenlock died on 25 July 1918 at his home at Hestercombe near Taunton, Devon, aged 61. He had no children so his younger brother, Algernon George Lawley, became the 5th Baron Wenlock.