Brief Life History of Francis Charles
When Francis Charles Lawley was born on 24 May 1825, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson 1st Lord Wenlock, was 40 and his mother, Caroline Neville Wortley, was 35. He lived in Foots Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 18 September 1901, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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Sources (8)
- Francis C Lawley, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Francis Charles Lawley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Francis Charles Lawley, "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from Lawley in Shropshire, named in Old English as ‘Lafa's wood’, from the personal name Lāfa (from lāf ‘remnant, survivor’) + lēah ‘wood, glade’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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