Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet (c.1630 – 25 October 1696) was a politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1660 to 1679 and a courtier.

Lawley was the son of Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet

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...

 of Spoonhill, near Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock

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, Shropshire

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. He inherited the Baronetcy and the estate on the death of his father in 1646. Lawley acquired the estate of the dissolved monastery of Canwell, in the parish of Hints, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

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, which became the family seat.

In 1660, Lawley was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Wenlock

(Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Convention Parliament. In 1661 he was elected MP for Shropshire

Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 for the Cavalier Parliament

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 and held the seat until 1679. From 1690 to 1696 he was Master of the Jewel Office

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Lawley married Anne Whitmore, daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet

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 of Apley. He was succeeded by his son Thomas

Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet

Sir 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....

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