Background
Lawrence was the son of John Laird Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India, and Harriett Katherine Hamilton.
Lawrence was the son of John Laird Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India, and Harriett Katherine Hamilton.
He succeeded his father as second Baron Lawrence in 1879 and tooks his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. In 1895 he was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury, a post he held until 1905, the last three years under the premiership of Arthur Balfour. Lord Lawrence married Mary Caroline, only daughter of Richard Campbell, in 1872.
Lady Lawrence died in 1938.