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Arms of Lawley: Argent, a cross formée extended to the extremes of the shield chequy or and sable [1] Arthur Lawley, 6th and last Baron 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.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, CB (1856–1918) was a British Army officer and polo champion who became the 4th Baron Wenlock and the 11th Lawley Baronet of Spoonhill in 1912.
Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, GCSI, GCIE, KCMG (12 November 1860 – 14 June 1932) was a British colonial administrator who served variously as Administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal, and Governor of Madras.
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In 1839, he was created Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Salop, [1] a title previously held by his eldest brother Robert, who died without issue. Upon ennoblement , he was given a Royal Licence to change his name to Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson , and allow his heirs to carry only the Lawley surname.
Robert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock (1768 – 10 April 1834) was a British landowner and politician, the eldest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson. Lawley attended the military school at Brienne , France, at the time Napoleon Bonaparte was there.
Lawley was the son of Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. [1] He was commissioned into the Yorkshire Hussars in 1869, and rose to the rank of Captain.
Coat of Arms of the Martin baronets of Long Melford (1667) with the badge of a Baronet of England. This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England. The first Baronetage was created in 1611. The Baronetage of England was replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1707. This list is not currently complete.