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Aspatria, Allerdale, Cumberland is in Allerdale, Cumberland.
On 21st April 1908 George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle (age 64) unveiled a memorial to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet, designed by Louis Frederick Roslyn, in the form of a drinking fountain surmounted by a bronze group of St. George and the dragon, at Aspatria, Allerdale, Cumberland. The fourth panel bears the following inscription:
Remember
Wilfrid Lawson
2nd Baronet of Brayton & Isel
In whose honour this fountain is erected by his many friends and admirers. Beloved for the integrity of his life and the height of his ideals. An example for all time for one who gave himself for others, believing in the brotherhood of man. A lover of truth and mercy, a brave and strenuous advocate of temperance, which sacred cause he championed in the House of Commons for forty years with gay wisdom and perseverance.
Arkelby Hall Aspatria, Allerdale, Cumberland, North-West England, British Isles
On 1st November 1870 Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 77) died at her residence at Arkelby Hall Aspatria.
Brayton Hall, Aspatria, Allerdale, Cumberland, North-West England, British Isles
Before 13th December 1688 Wilfrid Lawson 1st Baronet (age 78) puchased Brayton Hall, Aspatria from the three co-heiresses of the Salkeld family.
On 21st June 1806, whilst visiting Buxton, Derbyshire [Map], Wilfrid Lawson 10th Baronet (age 42) developed an illness and died unexpectedly. Baronet Lawson of Isel Hall in Cumbria extinct. His estates, including Brayton Hall, Aspatria, were inherited by a Thomas Wybergh aka Lawson (age 12), nephew of his wife Anne Hartley (age 42). He died six years later and the estates were inherited by his brother Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 10) who was subsequently created Baronet Lawson.
On 4th September 1829 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet was born to Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 33) and Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 36) at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.
On 21st October 1862 Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet was born to Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Mary Pocklington Senhouse (age 22) at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.
On 12th June 1867 Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 71) died at Brayton Hall, Aspatria. His son Wilfrid (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.
On 18th January 1910 Mary Pocklington Senhouse (age 70) died at Brayton Hall, Aspatria.
St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria, Allerdale, Cumberland, North-West England, British Isles
On 1st July 1906 Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet (age 76) died at 18 Ovington Square, Knightsbridge. His funeral was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map] amidst a large gathering of members of Parliament, family members, personal friends, and representatives of public bodies. He was buried at St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria. His son Wilfrid (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland. Mary Camilla Macan Lady Lawson (age 41) by marriage Lady Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.
On 6th June 1908 the Lawson family installed a stained glass window dedicated to the memory of their Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet, in the east end of St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria.