William Lawrence (Conservative politician)

For other people named William Lawrence, see William Lawrence (disambiguation).

William Frederic Lawrence
File:William Lawrence (Liverpool).jpg
Member of Parliament for Liverpool Abercromby
In office 1885–1906
Succeeded by	J. E. B. Seely
Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree
Personal details
Born	(1844-12-29)29 December 1844
Died
Political party	Conservative

William Frederic Lawrence (29 December 1844 – 15 January 1935) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1885 to 1906.

He was the eldest son of the Rev. Charles Washington Lawrence of Liverpool. He went to Eton College, and received a B.A. from Christ Church, Oxford in 1867 and an M.A. in 1872. He began the study of law at Lincoln's Inn in 1867 and was called to the bar in 1871. He was a Justice of the Peace of Wiltshire.

Lawrence was first elected to Parliament in the 1885 general election for the new constituency of Liverpool Abercromby. He held the seat in the next four general elections. In the 1906 general election, he lost the seat by 199 votes to the Liberal candidate J. E. B. Seely. He died in Salisbury aged 90.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Lawrence
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• Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). " Lawrence, William Frederick". Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co. Wikisource. 

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Liverpool Abercromby 1885 – 1906	Succeeded by J. E. B. Seely