Francis C. Lawrance Jr.

Francis Cooper Lawrance Jr. (May 1, 1858 – March 18, 1904) was an American lawyer and clubman who was prominent in New York society.

[1] Lawrance was a lawyer with an office at 27 Pine Street in New York City,[4] although he never practiced law.

[10][11] Susan, the eldest child of Edward Shippen Willing and Alice Caroline (née Barton) Willing,[12] was the sister of Ava Lowle Willing (who married John Jacob Astor IV).

[11][13] Before his death, they were the parents of one daughter: Lawrance died of Bright's disease on March 18, 1904, aged 45, at Pau, France.

[20] Through his youngest daughter Frances, he was the grandfather of Marie-André Poniatowski (1921–1945), a soldier who died during the World War II.