Sir Laurence Pierce Brooke Merriam (28 January 1894 – 27 July 1966) was a British Army officer, plastics manufacturer and international rugby union player of the 1920s.
Born in Islington, Merriam was educated at St Paul's School, London, and University College, Oxford, where he gained blues for rugby in the 1913 Varsity Match.
[1] Merriam enlisted at the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade.
[2] Returning to rugby after the war, Merriam gained two England caps in the 1920 Five Nations, as a second row forward against Wales at Swansea and France at Twickenham, then in 1922 ascended to the captaincy of his club Blackheath.
His wife, Marjory, was the daughter of Scottish peer Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa.