Person    | Male  Born 4/9/1829  Died 1/7/1906

Wilfred Lawson Sir

Wilfred Lawson Sir

Radical, MP and temperance advocate, nicknamed "Dry Wilf". Second Baronet of Brayton.

Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Cockermouth, Camborne, 1859-1906. President of the United Kingdom Alliance, 1879 - 1906.

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Wilfred Lawson Sir

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Wilfred Lawson

This statue original had figures representing Temperance, Peace, Fortitude an...

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Station Hotel, Richmond

Station Hotel, Richmond

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John Kemp-Welch

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First Pret a Manger shop

First Pret a Manger shop

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Mark Hanbury Beaufoy

Mark Hanbury Beaufoy

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