Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton
British politician
Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1829
Place of Birth: Brayton Hall, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jul-1906
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton
- Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (4 September 1829 – 1 July 1906) was an English temperance campaigner and radical, anti-imperialist Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1859 and 1906.
- He was recognised as the leading humourist in the House of Commons. Lawson was Member for Carlisle, 1859–65, 1868–85; Cockermouth, 1886–1900; Camborne, 1903–1906; and Cockermouth 1906.
- He was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton, who changed his name from Wybergh, and Caroline Graham, daughter of Sir James Graham.
- He was privately educated at home.
- He was a founder member of both the National Liberal Club and the Reform League, a prominent member of the Peace Society, and the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade.
- He was a director of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway and a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland.
- He was always an enthusiast in the cause of temperance and in 1879 he became president of the United Kingdom Alliance.
- He was, like his younger brother William, a forward thinking co-operator and agriculturalist.
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