Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton  Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton (21 October 1862 – 28 August 1937) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1916. He was also a keen sportsman who excelled at cricket and steeplechasing. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton and his wife Mary Pocklington-Stenhouse, daughter of Joseph Pocklington-Stenhouse, was born at Brayton Hall, Aspatria, Cumberland on 21 October 1862. Since the family preferred a simple sporting life, they encouraged their children to enjoy a string of outdoor pursuits, including fishing, shooting, ice skating, cricket and the family obsession, foxhunting. He began his education at home. In 1873, he attended the Reverend W. Rickmore's school at Kenilworth. In 1875, he progressed to Wixenford School, run by Cowley Powles in Hampshire. In 1877 he began a four-year stay at Harrow School, where he was a member of Vanity House. At Harrow he developed into a distinguished scholar and athlete, becoming a valuable member of the cricket and football eleven. He left Harrow in 1881 and entered Trinity College, Oxford where again he displayed his scholastic and athletic abilities, becoming a very good polo player. He gained his BA degree in 1888. On 28 April 1891, Lawson married Miss Mary Camilla Macan, fourth daughter of Turner A Macan of Elstow Bedfordshire and Cariff County Armagh. They honeymooned in Australia and then resided at Isel Hall, Cumberland. Their marriage did not produce children. Lawson became a great traveller. During the years 1883-7 he visited France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In 1888, he travelled the length of the United States and returned through Canada. During the spring and summer of 1889, accompanied by his brother Arthur, he travelled in Greece and then visited Constantinople (Istanbul); before continuing through Bulgaria, Romania, the Black Sea, Danube Principalities, the Crimea and Russia; where they visited both Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1890, he took a voyage to Bombay, India, calling at Cairo on his return. He recorded many of these travelogues in the pages of the Carlisle Journal. Lawson began his political apprenticeship, standing on the platform supporting his father.