John Compton Lawrance

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"Long Lawrance"
Lawrance as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, March 1897

Sir John Compton Lawrance DL (30 May 1832 – 5 December 1912)[1] was an English judge and Conservative Party politician.

Biography

Lawrance was the son of Thomas Munton Lawrance of Dunsby Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife Louisa Compton. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1859, and became a Q.C. in 1877. He became Recorder of Derby in 1879 and was a J. P. for Lincolnshire.[2]

In 1878, Lawrance stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at a by-election in Peterborough,[3] but at the 1880 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Lincolnshire.[4] That constituency was abolished under Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and at the 1885 general election Lawrance was elected MP for Stamford.[5] He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in September 1886.[6]

Lawrence became a High Court Judge in 1890[7] and was also appointed as one of the Judges for the trial of election petitions.[8]

Lawrance lived at Dunsby Hall, near Bourne, Lincolnshire and died at the age of 80

Lawrance married Charlotte Georgina Smart in 1861.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "S" (part 4)
  2. ↑ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 238. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  4. ↑ Craig, op. cit, page 423
  5. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 343. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  6. ↑ "From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Sept. 7. St. James's Palace, Sept. 7". The Times (London). 8 September 1886. p. 11, col A. 
  7. ↑ The records of the honorable society of Lincoln's Inn. The Black books (1897)
  8. ↑ Hansard Millbank Systems The Worcester Election

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir William Welby-Gregory
Edmund Turnor		 Member of Parliament for South Lincolnshire
1880–1885
With: Sir William Welby-Gregory 1880-1884
Murray Finch-Hatton		 Constituency abolished
Preceded by
Marston Clarke Buszard		 Member of Parliament for Stamford
1885–1890 		Succeeded by
Henry Cust
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