Charles Lawrence, 2nd Baron Trevethin
Charles Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baron Trevethin, DSO, MA (29 May 1879[1]-25 June 1959[2]) was a peer of the British Realm.[3]
He was the eldest surviving son of Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin,a British lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1921 to 1922 ; and the brother of Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, the main British Judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II, and President of the Judicial group.
He was educated at Haileybury and New College, Oxford. He then served with distinction in the Royal Horse Artillery:[4] during World War One he was Mentioned in despatches three times and awarded the DSOand the Order of St. Anna. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Breconshire in 1949.
References
- ↑ thePeerage.com
- ↑ Lord Trevethin. The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1959; pg. 16; Issue 54497.
- ↑ ‘TREVETHIN’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 27 July 2014
- ↑ London Gazette
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin |
Baron Trevethin 1936–1959 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey |