Paul Beilby Lawley-Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock from 1839, 8th Baronet Lawley from 1851
Dates: 1784-1852
Biography
Paul Beilby Lawley-Thompson inherited the Thompson family's Yorkshire estates in 1820, entered Parliament, and was created 1st Baron Wenlock in 1839.
Notes / Sources
He was born Paul Beilby Lawley and assumed the surname Thompson by royal licence in 1820.
Research sources:
- East Yorkshire Local History Society, Landed Estates in the Nineteenth Century; Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1840, Acaster Malbis entry. — https://www.eylhs.org.uk/dl/132/landed-estates-in-the-c19
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