Background
LAWRENCE, Joseph was born on September 23, 1848. Son of late Philip Lawrence, Zante, Ionian Isles.
LAWRENCE, Joseph was born on September 23, 1848. Son of late Philip Lawrence, Zante, Ionian Isles.
Chairman of Linotype and Machinery, Limited. And of International Linotype, Limited. Director of Mergenthaler Linotype Company, New New York
Commissioner of Lieutenancy for City of London.
Member of Surrey County Council. EdvA.: privately; Owens College Manchester.
Captain of 40th Lancashire Volumes 1873-1878.
Was one of the principal and earliest pioneers of the Manchester Ship Canal.
Contested Cardiff, 1900.
Sheriff of City of London, 1900-1901. Member of Parliament (Conservative) Monmouth Boroughs, 1901- 1906. Conservative and Imperialist.
Justice of the Peace Company Surrey.
Conservative.
27th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Monmouth Boroughs at by-election in May 1901.
Spouse 1873, Margaret Alice,daughter of late Joseph Jackson, Southport.