Background
Lawrence was the third son of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and Harriette Katherine, daughter of Reverend Richard Hamilton.
Lawrence was the third son of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and Harriette Katherine, daughter of Reverend Richard Hamilton.
He was educated at Marlborough College.
Lawrence was Chairman of the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923 and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1924 as well as Chairman of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company and the Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway. In 1915 his portrait was commissioned by the shareholders of Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway in commemoration of his chairmanship of the company, a position he had held since 1908. The portrait was painted by Walter William Ouless.
In 1923 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate, of Holland House, Kingsgate, in the County of Kent.
He is recorded as having spoken twice in the House of Lords.