Wilfrid Lawson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 in 1659 and 1660.

Lawson was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.-Lawson Lineage:...

 and his wife Jane Musgrave, daughter of Sir Edward Musgrave, 1st Baronet  of Hayton Castle

In 1659, Lawson was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Cockermouth

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

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. In 1660, he was re-elected MP for Cockermouth in the Convention Parliament. In 1678 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland

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Lawson's father conferred the estate of Brayton on him, so founding the line of ‘Brayton’ Lawson’s upon whom the baronetcy descended on failure of the Isel Lawsons.

Lawson married married Sarah James, daughter of William James of Washington, County Durham. They had two sons, Gilfrid and Alfred.