{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}} {{Other people|named=titled|Lord Lawrence}} {{Infobox nobility title | name = Barony Lawrence | image = centre|150px centre|180px | image_size = | alt = | caption = ''Ermine, on a cross raguly gules an eastern crown or, on a chief azure two swords in saltire proper, pommels and hilts gold, between as many leopard's faces argent'' | creation_date = 3 April 1869<ref name="burke"/> | creation = | monarch = Queen Victoria | peerage = Peerage of the United Kingdom | baronetage = | first_holder = Sir John Lawrence, 1st Baronet | last_holder = David Lawrence, 5th Baron Lawrence | present_holder = | heir_apparent = | heir_presumptive = | remainder_to = Heirs male of the first baron's body lawfully begotten | subsidiary_titles = | status = | extinction_date = 14 August 2023 | family_seat = | former_seat = | motto = "Be Ready" | footnotes = }}
'''Baron Lawrence''', of the Punjab and of Grateley in the County of Southampton,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23483 |date=30 March 1869 |page=2006}}</ref> was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1869 for Sir John Lawrence, 1st Baronet, the former Viceroy of India.
Lawrence had already been created a Baronet, in 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=22171 |date=6 August 1858 |page=3667}}</ref> His son, the second Baron, served in the Conservative administrations of Lord Salisbury and Arthur Balfour as a government whip from 1895 to 1905. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baron on 14 August 2023.
Two other members of the Lawrence family may also be mentioned. Sir Henry Lawrence, a military officer and administrator in British India, was the elder brother of the first Baron Lawrence. Charles Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate, was a younger son of the first Baron.<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=2261–2262 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>
==Lawrence baronets, of the Army (1858)== *John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baronet (1811–1879) (created '''Baron Lawrence''' in 1869)
===Baron Lawrence (1869)=== *John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811–1879) *John Hamilton Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence (1846–1913) *Alexander Graham Lawrence, 3rd Baron Lawrence (1878–1947) *John Anthony Edward Lawrence, 4th Baron Lawrence (1908–1968) *David John Downer Lawrence, 5th Baron Lawrence (1937–2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=David John Downer Lawrence, 5th Baron Lawrence of the Punjab and Grately, |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-august-24-2023-qrqd30fhd |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=The Times |date=23 August 2023}}</ref>
===Male-line family tree=== {{chart top|width=100%|Male-line family tree, Barons Lawrence}} {{tree chart/start|align=center}} {{tree chart|JL1B|JL1B='''John Lawrence<br>1st Baron Lawrence'''<br>1811–1879}} {{tree chart| |)|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| }} {{tree chart|border=0| |!| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |BLK| | |!|BLK=''Baron Lawrence<br>of Kingsgate''}} {{tree chart|JL2B| | | | | |HHL| | | | | | | | | | | | | |CL1BK| |GSHL|JL2B='''John Lawrence<br>{{nowrap|2nd Baron Lawrence}}'''<br>1846–1913|HHL=Hon.<br>{{nowrap|Henry Lawrence}}<br>1848–1902|CL1BK='''Charles Lawrence<br>{{nowrap|1st Baron Lawrence}}<br>of Kingsgate'''<br>1855–1927|GSHL=Gen. Sir<br>{{nowrap|Herbert Lawrence}}<br>1861–1943}} {{tree chart|border=0| |)|-|-|-|.| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | |EXT| | |)|-|-|-|.| |EXT=''Barony extinct''}} {{tree chart|UNKN1| |AL3B| |UNKN2| |JL| |MaL| |CL| | | | | |OL| |MiL|UNKN1=''Unnamed son''<br>died in infancy|AL3B='''{{nowrap|Alexander Lawrence}}<br>3rd Baron Lawrence'''<br>1878–1947|UNKN2=''Unnamed son''<br>1883–1883|JL={{nowrap|John Lawrence}}<br>1887–1900|MaL={{nowrap|Malcolm Lawrence}}<br>1889–1915|CL={{nowrap|Christopher Lawrence}}<br>1893–1914|OL=Oliver Lawrence<br>1893–1915|MiL={{nowrap|Michael Lawrence}}<br>1894–1916}} {{tree chart| | | | | |!| }} {{tree chart| | | | |JL4B|JL4B='''John Lawrence<br>4th Baron Lawrence'''<br>1908–1968}} {{tree chart| | | | | |!| }} {{tree chart| | | | |DL5B|DL5B='''David Lawrence<br>5th Baron Lawrence'''<br>1937–2023}} {{tree chart|border=0| | | | |EXT|EXT=''Barony extinct''}} {{tree chart/end}} {{chart bottom}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{cite book | last=Hesilrige | first=Arthur G. M. | year=1921 | title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy | url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/547 | location=160A, Fleet Street, London, UK | publisher=Dean & Son | page=547 }} *{{cite book| title=Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage| editor-first=Charles| editor-last=Kidd| url=https://archive.org/details/b24883797/mode/2up?ref=ol| page=542| date=1903| publisher=London: Dean & Son}}
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