Entries for the tag ‘Lawson, Wilfrid (1829-1906)’
2nd Baronet, temperance campaigner, anti-imperialist, humorous Liberal MP (Carlisle and Cockermouth) on various occasions 1859-1906. 
- 17 January 1865: At Leeds, temperance advocate Wilfrid Lawson MP calls for the sale of alcohol to be banned
- 11 March 1879: Calling for magistrates to lose their jurisdiction over pub licences, the teetotaller Wilfrid Lawson suggests that Tory Radical William St James Wheelhouse serves the Yorkshire Brewers’ Association
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