Aubrey Trevor Lawrence,

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, KC (15 January 1875 – 23 March 1930) was a successful English

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and author. Lawrence was born 15 January 1875, the son of Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth, Lady Lawrence. He was educated at

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and at

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where he took a first class degree in Greats. When he left university he was called to the

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. Lawrence was a member of Inner Temple. He shared his chambers – Essex Court Chambers – with a young

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(his second cousin) and was appointed

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in 1927. Lawrence was appointed as a member of

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for his legal work. He was also the author of numerous books, such as 'A practical treatise on the law relating to the church and clergy', a work he wrote with a young Cripps. Alongside his legal work, Lawrence was a successful local politician. He was Chancellor of the Dioceses of: Sheffield in 1914, Worcester in 1920, Peterborough in 1922, Southwell in 1922,

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in 1924,

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in 1927 and Portsmouth in 1927. He was also a governor of Shrewsbury School. On 8 June 1901, Lawrence married Emily Constance Fanning McGaw, an Irish heiress. Her father was Joseph McGaw, an Irish landowner who had sold his estates in Ireland to buy in Australia (earning himself the nickname the 'Bushwhacker'). By her he had two sons and one daughter: *John Trevor Lawrence (18 January 1908 – 2 May 1963) * Peter Stafford Hayden Lawrence (9 February 1913 – 18 March 2005); married Helena Frances Lyttelton (10 August 1940), daughter of G. W. Lyttelton (see Viscount Cobham), and had issue. *Ruth Christian Lawrence (14 June 1904 – 31 March 1976; married 1934 Philip Olaf Buxton JP (see

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) and had issue.

References

*Lawrence, Aubrey Trevor. ''A practical treatise on the law relating to the church and clergy''. Sweet London: 1921. *Clarke, Peter. ''The Cripps Version: The Life of Sir Stafford Cripps 1889–1952''. Penguin Books: 2003. *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *''Burkes Peerage and Baronetage'' (2003), s.v. Lawrence, Baronets, of Ealing Park {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Aubrey 1875 births 1930 deaths English King's Counsel People educated at Shrewsbury School 20th-century King's Counsel Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Younger sons of baronets

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