Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock (1 July 1784 – 9 May 1852), born Paul Beilby Lawley, was an English nobleman and Whig politician. Escrick, Queen Margaret's Girls School - geograph

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Life

Thompson was born Paul Beilby Lawley, the youngest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson. In 1820, he inherited the estate of

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from his uncle, Richard Thompson, and changed his name to Paul Beilby Thompson. He entered Parliament for Wenlock, in

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in 1828, and retained the seat until 1832. He then stood for the

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, and was member there until 1837. In 1839, he was created Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Salop, a title previously held by his eldest brother

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, who died without issue. Upon

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, he was given a Royal Licence to change his name to Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, and allow his heirs to carry only the Lawley surname. He married Caroline Neville (d. 1868), daughter of

Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke (3 July 1750 – 28 February 1825) was an English politician and peer. He was known as Richard Aldworth-Neville or Richard Aldworth Griffin-Neville to 1797. Early life Aldworth was born on 3 July 1750 in Duk ...

, by whom he had five children: * Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock (1818–1880) *Robert Neville Lawley (30 August 1819 – 1 November 1891), captain in the

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and later military historian, married Georgina Emily Somerset, daughter of

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, and died without issue *Rev. Stephen Willoughby Lawley (1823 – c. 1901), rector at Escrick 1848–1868 and sub-dean of York 1852–1862. *

Francis Charles Lawley Francis Charles Lawley (24 May 1825 – 18 September 1901) was a British journalist and Liberal Party politician. He was the youngest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock, and after schooling in Hatfield attended Rugby School in May 1837. In ...

(1825–1901), journalist and politician * Jane Lawley (1820 - 1900), married James Archibald Stuart-WortleyJane Stuart Wortley
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 31 January 2016

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* Wenlock, Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock, Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock, Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock, Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs who were granted peerages Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria {{England-UK-MP-stub