Richard Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, CB (21 August 1856–25 July 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). In 1902 he served in South Africa during the Second Boer War, ) and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

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.

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