Andrew Lawson (MP)

Andrew Lawson (1800 – 28 February 1853)[2] of Aldborough Lodge and Boroughbridge Hall, both in Yorkshire, and of 26 Pall Mall, London,[3] was a British Conservative politician.[4]

Andrew Lawson
Arms of Lawson of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire: Paly of four gules and vert, on a chevron argent a greyhound's head erased sable between two cinquefoils azure on a chief or an ogress thereon a demi-lion rampant argent between two crescents of the fourth on each three plates[1]
Member of Parliament for Knaresborough
In office 29 June 1841 – 29 August 1847 Serving with William Ferrand
Preceded by	Henry Rich Charles Langdale
Succeeded by	William Lascelles Joshua Westhead
In office 8 January 1835 – 24 July 1837 Serving with John Richards
Preceded by	John Richards Benjamin Rotch
Succeeded by	Henry Rich Charles Langdale
Personal details
Born	1800
Died	28 February 1853 (aged 52–53)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

After unsuccessfully contesting the 1832 general election at Knaresborough, Lawson was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the same constituency at the 1835 general election. He, however, lost the seat two years later, before regaining it in 1841 and holding it until 1847, when he was again defeated. Once more, he contested the seat at a by-election in 1851, but was unsuccessful.[4][5]

References

1. As Lawson of Polpleton and Moreby, Yorkshire (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.590), but with chevron argent not or. As seen impaled by Dunn-Gardner in heraldic floor tiles in choir of Ely Cathedral (File:Dunn-GardnerArms ElyCathedral.xcf) in arms of John Dunn-Gardner (1811-1903), of Chatteris House, Isle of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, son-in-law of Andrew Lawson. "In the wide treading of one of the steps at the end of the stalled choir are placed the arms of some of the benefactors to the restoration of the Cathedral, executed by Messrs. Minton. In the centre are the arms of the Duke of Bedford; on the south side those of Alexander Beresford Hope, Esq., and the Rev. T. Halford; on the north those of J. Dunn Gardner, Esq., and J.C. Sharpe, Esq." (Handbook to the Cathedral Church of Ely, New Edition, Revised, 1880)
2. Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "K"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
3. History of Parliament biography
4. Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 150–155. Retrieved 15 November 2018 – via Google Books.
5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Andrew Lawson