Sir John Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Knavesmire Lodge

Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (28 July 1856 – 27 May 1919)[1] was a British Unionist politician.

He previously stood unsuccessfully in two Lancashire constituencies: Bury in 1885 and in Heywood 1886.

[3] He served under Lord Salisbury and later Arthur Balfour as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1900 to 1905.

[3] Lawson died in May 1919, aged 62, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Peter.

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