Joseph Lawrence (British politician)

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Sir Joseph Lawrence (23 September 1848 – 24 October 1919)[1] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was elected as

Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth Boroughs at a by-election in May 1901.[2] The by-election was triggered by the unseating of the Conservative victor of the seat at the general election in October 1900, Dr Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, as a result of an election petition alleging irregularities in election spending.[3]

The Conservative majority at the by-election was half that of the previous year, and Lawrence did not stand for re-election in 1906, when the seat was won by the Liberal Party candidate.[3]

Lawrence was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours list,[4] receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year.[5]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "No. 27312". The London Gazette. 10 May 1901. p. 3197.
  3. ^
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  4. ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
  5. ^ "No. 27494". The London Gazette. 11 November 1902. p. 7165.

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Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs
1901 – 1906
 Succeeded by


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