Richard Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock

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Richard Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock
Born(1856-08-21)21 August 1856
Escrick, Yorkshire, England
Died25 July 1918(1918-07-25) (aged 61)
Hestercombe , Taunton, Devon, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1876-1904
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Commands held7th Queen's Own Hussars
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, CB (1856–1918) was a British Army officer and polo champion who became the 4th Baron Wenlock and the 11th Lawley Baronet of Spoonhill in 1912.

Early life[]

Lawley was born on 21 August 1856, the second son and sixth child of Beilby Lawley the 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife Lady Elizabeth (née Grosvenor).[1]

Military service[]

Lawley joined the British Army and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 7th Hussars on 11 February 1876. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1884–1885, and was promoted to captain on 21 July 1885, to major on 5 May 1893, and to lieutenant-colonel on 26 June 1899.[2] In 1902 he served in South Africa during the Second Boer War,[3] for which he was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902[4]) and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[5] He was later colonel commanding the 7th Hussars.[3]

Polo[]

He won the International Polo Cup in 1886 for Britain alongside John Henry Watson, Captain , and Brigadier-General Malcolm Orme Little.[6]

Family life[]

He succeeded to the title of Baron Wenlock on the death of his brother Beilby Lawley, who had no son to whom to pass on the title.[1] In 1909 he married Rhoda Edith Knox-Little.[3]

Wenlock died on 25 July 1918 at his home at Hestercombe near Taunton, Devon, aged 61. He had no children so his younger brother, , became the 5th Baron Wenlock.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ Hart' Asrmy list, 1903
  3. ^ a b c d "Death of Lord Wenlock". News in Brief. The Times. No. 541853. London. 27 July 1918. col B, p. 3.
  4. ^ "No. 27443". The London Gazette. 17 June 1902. pp. 3967–3974.
  5. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1902. p. 4192.
  6. ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2012, p. 33
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