Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet (1675–1749)[1], was an English politician. He was one of the Lawson Baronets.
Upon the death of Mardaunt the title and all of the estate passed to his cousin Gilfrid, the son of Wilfrid of Brayton, the second son of the first baronet. Sir Gilfrid Lawson 6th Bart (1675–1749) was Member of Parliament for the Cumberland constituency from 1702–1705 and also from 1707-34.[2] In parliament he was plain Mr Lawson and two parliamentary speeches are recorded in the parliamentary proceedings (Hansard began in 1803). In 1717, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, offended several members after moving that parliament grant the King supplies to subsidise foreign powers; stating, “That those who would refuse to grant the supplies were not the king’s friend.” According to records Lawson's inflammatory response accused the speaker of ‘interfering with freedom of debate’. In 1723, Lawson objected to the bill for inflicting pains and penalties on Francis, Bishop of Rochester, on the grounds of insufficiency of evidence. He also voted with the minority in 1704, who opposed ‘tacking’ the Occasionally Conformity Bill (became the Occasional Conformity Act 1711) to the proposed Land Tax Bill. Sir Gilfrid Lawson died in 1749 without issue and the title passed to his brother Alfred.[3]
After the death of Sir Alfred Lawson 7th Bart died in 1752, his eldest son Wilfrid received the title. Sir Wilfrid Lawson 8th Bart (1712–63) became Sheriff of Cumberland in 1756. In 1761, he entered Parliament for the Cumberland constituency after James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale who had been returned for that constituency, and for Westmorland, preferred to sit for the latter.[4] Sir Wilfrid died in 1763, and having no issue the baronetcy passed to his brother Glifrid.