Thomas Lawton

Thomas Lawton (c. 1558 – 1606) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1584 and from 1604 to 1606.

Lawton was the third son of John Lawton of Church Lawton, and his wife Margaret Dutton, daughter of Fulke Dutton of Chester. He was educated at St Alban Hall, Oxford in 1575 and entered Inner Temple in 1576. He was called to the bar in 1584. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for the newly enfranchised seat of Callington.[1]

Lawton practised as a lawyer in London and became Bencher of Inner Temple in 1597 and Autumn Reader in 1600. By 1602 he was recorder of Chester. In 1604 he was elected MP for Chester.[1]

Lawton died intestate in 1606.[1]

References

Parliament of England
New constituency Member of Parliament for Callington
1584
With: Thomas Harris
Succeeded by
Edward Aylworth
William Herle
Preceded by
Hugh Glasier
Thomas Gamull
Member of Parliament for Chester
1604–1606
With: Hugh Glasier
Succeeded by
Hugh Glasier
Thomas Gamull


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