The Lawson baronetcy, of Isell in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 31 March 1688 for Wilfrid Lawson.
He had been a Member of Parliament for Cumberland and Cockermouth in 1659, 1660 and 1661.
[1][2] The 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th Baronets were also Members of Parliament.
[3][4][5] The title became extinct on the death of the 10th Baronet in 1806.
[1] The Lawson baronets of Brayton (1831) descended from the sister of the 10th Baronet.