Lawson baronets, of Brough Hall (1665; First creation )
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Brough Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 July 1665 for John Lawson, of Brough Hall. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in January 1834. His estate at Lartington Hall passed to his nephew Henry Thomas Maire Witham, son of his sister Catherine. The Brough Hall estate passed to his great-nephew, in whose favour the baronetcy was revived in 1841.
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Brayton in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for Wilfrid Lawson. Born Wilfrid Wybergh, he was the son of Thomas Wyberg by the sister of the tenth Baronet of the 1688 creation. He assumed by Royal licence the surname of Lawson in lieu of his patronymic. The second and third Baronets were both Members of Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1959.
Lawson, later Howard-Lawson baronets, of Brough Hall (1841; Second creation)
The Lawson, later Howard-Lawson Baronetcy, of Brough Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 September 1841 for William Lawson. Born William Wright, he was the son of John Wright, of Kelvedon, by Elizabeth Lawson, daughter of the fifth Baronet of the 1665 creation, whose surname he assumed in lieu of his patronymic. His mother had previously inherited the Lawson family seat of Brough Hall. The third Baronet married Ursula Mary Howard in 1899. She was the only living heir of Sir Philip John Canning Howard, of Corby Castle, Cumberland, a descendant of Sir Francis Howard, son of Lord William Howard, third son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. The sixth Baronet assumed by Royal Licence in 1962 the Howard name and arms and then resumed use of the Lawson name in 1992. On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1975 Brough Hall was left to his two daughters, Valerie Worthington and Jill Lawson. The title passed to his younger brother William, the fifth Baronet, and the seat moved to Corby Castle, Cumbria, ancestral home of the Howard family. Corby Castle was sold in 1994 to Lord Ballyedmond. The fifth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of Cumbria between 1963 and 1983. On 7 December 2010, it was reported that Philip Howard, the son of Sir John Philip Howard-Lawson, 6th Baronet, was suing the latter for unlawfully selling the ancestral home of Corby Castle. Howard claimed that his father had defaulted on the terms of the 1934 will of his great-grandfather, Sir Philip John Canning Howard, that his heirs must change their name to Howard and apply to adopt the family coat of arms within a year in order to inherit, and that consequently he, Philip Howard, was the heir by default and the rightful owner of the proceeds of the castle sale. It was reported in February and March 2012 that the suit had been rejected by the original court and again at appeal, and that Philip Howard was intending to pursue it in the Supreme Court.
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Westwood Grange in Headingley-cum-Burley in the West Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 July 1900 for Arthur Lawson, Chairman of Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd, and a Director of the Great Eastern Railway and the Yorkshire Post. The second Baronet was also Chairman of Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe-Barbour Ltd. The third Baronet was a Colonel in the Royal Hussars.
The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Jack William Tremayne Lawson, eldest son of the 4th Baronet.
Lawson baronets, of Knavesmire Lodge (1905)
The Lawson Baronetcy, of Knavesmire Lodge in the City of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 December 1905 for the politician John Lawson. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1973.
