Arthur Lawley KCMG GCIE
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Arthur Lawley KCMG GCIE (1860 - 1932)

Arthur Lawley KCMG GCIE
Born in London, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 71 in Freiberg, Sachsen, Germanymap
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Biography

Sir Arthur Lawley [1] (1860-1932), governor, was born on 12 November 1860 in London, fourth son of Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, née Grosvenor. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (he did not graduate), he was captain in the 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Regiment before becoming the Duke of Westminster's private secretary in 1892. He had married Annie Allen Cunard on 12 October 1885. In 1896-99 he was deputy, then administrator in Matabeleland; he was decorated for his advice to the northern district columns early in the South African War. In 1901 Lawley was appointed KCMG and commissioned as governor of Western Australia.

He travelled to Australia with the Duke and Duchess of York on board the Ophir and, after arriving at Albany and presenting his credentials in Perth, sailed on 3 May to Melbourne where he represented Western Australia at the opening of the Federal parliament. In Perth on 21 May he received Premier George Throssell's resignation, the first of a series of political crises to occur during his stewardship: between May 1901 and July 1902 Lawley asked seven times for an administration to be formed.
Three contenders, Frederick Illingworth, Frederick Piesse and (Sir) Walter Kingsmill failed; George Leake and Alfred Morgans succeeded, but soon collapsed. Refusing dissolutions to both Leake and Morgans, Lawley argued that because of Federal and State elections early in 1901, the legislature was still fresh from the constituency. When Leake, who had gathered support for a second term, died in June 1902, the governor summoned (Sir) Walter James from the cross-bench.

Sir Arthur Lawley, Governor-elect of West Australia (1901, Feb) [2]
Birth
He was born to the parents of the Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor and Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock.[3] He was born on the 12th of November 1860,[3] citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England.[4]
Marriage
He married Annie Allen Cunard, daughter of Mary McEvers and Sir Edward Cunard, 2nd Bt., on the 15th of October 1885.[3] They were married at Uppingham, Rutlandshire, England.[5]
Titles
6th Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock, co. Shropshire [U.K., 1839] on 14 June 1931.[3]
13th Baronet Lawley, of Spoonhill, Shropshire [E., 1641] on 14 June 1931.[3]
Death
He died on 14 June 1932 at age 71 at Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany, without survivng male issue. On his death, his titles became extinct

Sources

  1. Wendy Birman, Lawley, Sir Arthur (1860–1932), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
    published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 7 December 2019.
  2. Sir Arthur Lawley, (1901, February 28). Bunbury Herald
    (WA : 1892 - 1919), p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2023
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 488.
  4. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," FamilySearch Record: NCY-KFD : 1 October 2014), Arthur Lawley, 1860; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," findmypast : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  5. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," FamilySearch Record: 2DT1-FD5 13 December 2014), Arthur Lawley, 1885; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast : 2012); citing 1885, quarter 4, vol. 7A, p. 627, Uppingham, Rutlandshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.




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