Name Wilfrid Lawson | ||
Wilfrid Lawson (ca. 1636 – after 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
Lawson was the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell and his wife Jane Musgrave, daughter of Sir Edward Musgrave, 1st Baronet of Hayton Castle
In 1659, Lawson was elected Member of Parliament for Cockermouth in the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660, he was re-elected MP for Cockermouth in the Convention Parliament. In 1678 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland
Lawson's father conferred the estate of Brayton on him, so founding the Brayton line of Lawsons upon whom the baronetcy descended on the failure of the Isell line of Lawsons.
Lawson married Sarah, daughter of William James of Washington, County Durham. They had two sons, Gilfrid and Alfred.