Joseph Lawrence (British politician)
Sir Joseph Lawrence (23 September 1848 – 24 October 1919)[1] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth Boroughs at a by-election in May 1901.[2] The by-election was triggered by the unseating of the Conservative victor of the seat at the general election in October 1900, Dr Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, as a result of an election petition alleging irregularities in election spending.[3]
The Conservative majority at the by-election was half that of the previous year, and Lawrence did not stand for re-election in 1906, when the seat was won by the Liberal Party candidate.[3]
Lawrence was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours list,[4] receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 27312". The London Gazette. 10 May 1901. p. 3197.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 459. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 27494". The London Gazette. 11 November 1902. p. 7165.
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