Background
Lawton, Alexander Robert was born on August 16, 1884 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Alexander Rudolf and Ella Stanly (Beckwith) Lawton.
Lawton, Alexander Robert was born on August 16, 1884 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Alexander Rudolf and Ella Stanly (Beckwith) Lawton.
Educated Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1898-1902. Bachelor of Philosophy, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1905. University of Georgia Law School, 1906.
University of Virginia Law School, 1908.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1909. Member firm Lawton, O’Donnell, Sipple & Chamlee. Chairman of the Board Chatham Savings Bank.
Director Colonial Oil Industries, Lieutenant colonel, National Guard Georgia, Mexican border service, 1916.
Lieutenant colonel 118th Field Artillery, United States Army, World War. Honorary discharge, 1919.
Member Georgia General Assembly, 1925-1926. Member Alumni Advisory Board, Yale University, 1927. Member commission to draft Constitution for State of Georgia, 1931.
Ex-president Telfair Academy of Arts and Science.
Member Savannah Bar Association (president 1941), Union Society Savannah (president 1937-1939), Georgia History Society, Delta Psi. Democratic; Clubs: Saint Anthony (New York).
Married Elizabeth Wallace Shotter, December 5, 1911 (deceased July 8, 1956). Children: Alexander Robert III, Spencer.