Sir Edward Lawrence, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Lawrence, 1st Baronet (bef. 1674–1749), of St Ives, Huntingdonshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1710.

Lawrence was born before 1674, the eldest son of Rev. Paul Lawrence, rector of Tangmere, Sussex, and his wife Jane Palmer, daughter of William Palmer of Peppering, Sussex. He succeeded his father in 1674 In 1700, he purchased for £800 the office of gentleman usher of the privy chamber, which had a salary of £200 p.a. He was knighted on 21 January or 6 February 1701 and was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in 1702, retaining the post until 1726.

Lawrence was created baronet on 17 January 1748. He died unmarried on 2 May 1749, and was succeeded by his nephew Isaac Woollaston.