Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham

Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham ( August 15, 1931 - January 1, 2005 ) was a British peer and politician of the Conservative Party .

life and career

Lawson was born the second son of Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Lawson and Marie Enid Robson (1894–1979). It is descended from Joseph Moses Levy , who was the chief owner of the Daily Telegraph. He attended Eton College and Balliol College . He previously served in the Scots Guards .

After his military service he worked for the Cambridge Evening News and later began to work for the Peterborough column. After two years he switched to non-editorial tasks. In 1972 he reported on the Onion Patch Yachting Trophy from Bermuda , and in 1981 from the St Andrew's Day Wall Game, in which his son participated in 1985. He later worked in the advertising department and was involved in raising capital through a trip to America.

Lawson was an executive with the Daily Telegraph in the 1970s and 1980s before being acquired by Conrad Black in 1986 . Burnham was General Manager and Deputy Managing Director. He later became Director General of the King George's Fund for Sailors .

After the death of his brother William Lawson, 5th Baron Lawson , he inherited the title of Baron Burnham in 1993 and the then associated seat in the House of Lords . There he became Conservative Spokesman for Defense and Junior Whip. He was one of 92 hereditary peers who remained in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 .

Lawson died in January 2005 at the age of 73.

family

Burnham took over management of the Hall Barn family estate in Beaconsfield . In 1955 he married Hilary Hunter, with whom he had three children, two daughters and a son, who later became Harry Lawson, 7th Baron Burnham .

Web links

• Lord Burnham , obituary in: The Daily Telegraph ; January 5, 2005

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Lord Burnham Telegraph obituary , January 5, 2005

predecessor	Office	successor
William Lawson	Baron Burnham 1993-2005	Harry Lawson