LAWTONE, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1549 (Chapter Muniments).
LAWTON, THOMAS JOSEPH, son of Thomas Joseph Lawton, Walthamstow, Essex, and Cecilia ---; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1787; KS (aged 15) 1790; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1793, scholar 2 May 1794; BA 1798; MA 1805; ordained deacon 1798, priest 1800; Rector of Elmswell, Suffolk, from 1810; Perpetual Curate of Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk 1813; Rector of Chignal Smealy, Essex 1838; m. 22 Dec 1798 Catherine, dau. of Edward Warner, Walthamstow, Essex; d. 19 Mar 1863, aged 88.
Lawton, Philip Charles Fenner, son of Charles Studdert Lawton of Highgate and Mabel Harriet, d. of James Griffen of Broxbourne, Herts; b. 18 Sept. 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (G); left Dec. 1929; Univ. of Lond., LLB 1934; adm. a solicitor June 1935; PO AAF July 1936, FO Jan. 1938, Flt Lieut. Sept. 1940, Sqdn Ldr Dec. 1941, Wing Cdr Dec. 1942, Group Capt.; a night fighter pilot 1939-41, despatches Mar. 1941; DFC Nov. 1941; HQ. Fighter Command 1942; Station Cdr RAF Cranfield 1943-5; joined BEA 1946, commercial and sales dir. 1947-71; CBE 1967; chairman BEA Airtours 1969-72; chairman BEA 1972-3, retd 1974; dir. Stewart Wrightson (Aviation) Ltd 1975; m. 25 Oct. 1941 Emma Gertrude Letitia, d. of Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson Bt DSO MP, of Sheffield; d. 8 Dec. 1993.
LAWTON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219b); failed to obtain his election to either University 1610; Christ Church, Oxford, adm. Jan 1610/1, Canoneer Student to 1615; BA 1614.
LAWSON, RICHARD, sixth son of Andrew Lawson, Aldborough Lodge, Yorks., and Marianne Anna Maria, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv); b. 11 Apr 1835; adm. 29 Jan 1849 (Rigaud's); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1853; d. May 1863.
Lawson, Ralph, son of Gustave and Fannie Lawson, of Stamford Hill, Middlesex; b. May 22, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); left July 1921; a tea-merchant; m. Feb. 13, 1930, Joan Elizabeth, daughter of Bernard David Davis, of St. Johns Wood; d. 22 June 1982.
LAWSON, R.; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS). [Possibly = Richard Lawson, Peterhouse, Cambridge, matr. Mich 1598, BA 1601/2, MA 1605 and ordained deacon (Peterborough) 22 Sep 1622 (sic, correctly ?)].
Lawson, Nigel, Baron Lawson of Blaby, son of Ralph Lawson (qv, Vol. III); b. 11 Mar. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (H), later (W); left Dec. 1950; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1958, hon. student 1996; editorial staff The Financial Times 1956-60; city editor, The Sunday Telegraph 1961-3; special asst. to the Prime Minister 1963-4; The Financial Times columnist and BBC broadcaster 1965; ed., The Spectator 1966-70; Fellow Nuffield Coll. Oxf. 1972-3; special adviser, Conservative Party HQ 1973-4; contested (Cons. ) Eton & Slough 1970; MP (Cons. ) Blaby 1974-92; Opposition Whip 1976-7, Treasury spokesman 1977-9; Financial Sec. to the Treasury 1979-81; Sec. of State for Energy 1981-3; PC 1981; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983-9, resigned Oct. 1989 after a disagreement with the Prime Minister; created Baron Lawson of Blaby (Life Peer) 1992; dir. Barclays Bank 1990-8; chmn. Central Europe Trust Co. Ltd. 1990-2012, Oxford Investment Partners 2006-13; founder chmn., Global Warming Policy Foundn. 2009-; pres., Conservatives for Britain 2016; interim chmn, Vote Leave 2016; Governor of the Sch. 1999-2005; hon. Fellow of the Sch. 2005; Hon. DSc Buckingham 2011; m. 1st. 12 Oct. 1955 (div. 1980) Vanessa Mary Salmon, d. of Felix Salmon Addison, caterer; 2nd. 31 Oct. 1980 (div. 2012) Thérèse Mary Maclear, d. of Henry Adolphus Maclear Bate, journalist; d. 3 Apr. 2023.
Lawson, Hubert Antony Millar, son of James Lawson of Surbiton, Surrey; b. 22 Sept. 1919; adm. May 1933 (R); left Dec. 1936; East Yorks Regt 1940-4, Roy. Scots 1944-6; Hawker Aircraft Co.; m. 9 Sept. 1946 Marion Aroha, d. of Athol Graham Price of Auckland, NZ; d. Feb. 2003.
LAWSON, GEORGE, son of Francis Lawson, Inner Temple, London, barrister, and Margaret Cox (IGI); b.; adm. 15 Jan 1781; KS (aged 14) 1781; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 – res. 22 Dec 1795; admonished for irregularity and obstinacy 9 Apr 1788; BA 1789; MA 1792.