Edwin Durning-Lawrence
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence (1836-1914)
1914 Obituary [1]
SIR EDWIN DURNING-LAWRENCE, Bart., died at his residence in Carlton House Terrace, on the 21st April, 1914, in his 78th year.
Trained under his father, the late Mr. William Lawrence, he later became a member of the firm of William Lawrence and Sons, builders and contractors, which was associated with the construction of a number of large buildings and public works.
Sir Edwin was created a baronet in 1898, when he took the additional name of Durning, and from 1895 until 1906 he represented Truro as a Liberal-Unionist in the House of Commons.
In later years he interested himself chiefly in the Bacon and Shakespeare controversy, taking up the position of an ardent Baconian.
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence was elected an Associate of The Institution on the. 7th December, 1869.