Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham

Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (15 August 1931 – 1 January 2005), was a British hereditary peer and journalist.

Early life and education Burnham was born in 1931, the younger son of Major General Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham, and his wife Marie Enid Robson. He was educated at Eton and read PPE at Balliol College, Oxford.

Career Initially working for the Cambridge Evening News, Burnham joined The Daily Telegraph prior to its 1986 takeover by Conrad Black and held the positions of general manager and deputy managing director in the 1970s and 80s.

He inherited the barony and a seat in the House of Lords upon the death of his elder brother William Lawson, 5th Baron Burnham in 1993. He had a career in the House of Lords as a Conservative defence spokesman and junior whip. He was one of the 90 hereditary peers selected to remain in the Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

Marriage and children Burnham married Hilary Hunter on 31 December 1955. They had three children:

Hon. Charlotte Ann Lawson (born 12 January 1960) Hon. Emma Lucia Lawson (born 8 August 1961) Harry Frederick Alan Lawson, 7th Baron Burnham (born 22 February 1968)

Death Lord Burnham died in January 2005 at the age of 73. He was succeeded in the barony by his only son, Harry.

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