Name Edward Lawley | ||
Sir Edward Lawley (1586 – 23 May 1623) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622.
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Biography
Lawley was the son of Sir Thomas Lawley of Wenlock and his wife Elizabeth Newport, daughter of Sir Richard Newport of High Arcall, Shropshire, who was the widow of Francis Lawley of Spoonhill. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November 1605 and became prothonotary and clerk of the crown for Pembrokeshire. In 1614, Lawley was elected Member of Parliament for Wenlock. He was knighted at Whitehall on 9 November 1619. In 1621 he was re-elected MP for Wenlock.
Family
Lawley married Susan Fisher, daughter of Sir Thomas Fisher, 1st Baronet of Islington. He had one daughter Ursula who married Sir Robert Bertie.
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