Arthur Lawley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Wenlock GCSI GCIE KCMG |
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| Governor of Madras | |
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In office 28 March 1906 – 3 November 1911 |
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| Governor-General |
The Earl of Minto The Lord Hardinge |
| Preceded by | Sir Gabriel Stokes (acting) |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Carmichael |
| Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal | |
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In office 29 September 1902 – 4 December 1905 |
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| Governor |
The Viscount Milner The Earl of Selborne |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sir Richard Solomon |
| Governor of Western Australia | |
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In office 1 May 1901 – 14 August 1902 |
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| Premier |
George Throssell George Leake Alf Morgans Walter James |
| Preceded by | Sir Gerard Smith |
| Succeeded by | Sir Frederick Bedford |
| Administrator of Matabeleland | |
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In office 5 December 1896 – 24 January 1901 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Milton (as Administrator of Southern Rhodesia) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 November 1860 London, England, UK |
| Died | 14 June 1932 (aged 71) Freiberg, Germany |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Allen Cunard; (3 children); later Baroness Wenlock, GBE |
Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, GCSI, GCIE, KCMG (12 November 1860 – 14 June 1932), was a British colonial administrator who served variously as Administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal, and Governor of Madras. The fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Baron Wenlock, he attended Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, before joining the military. Serving in the Mahdist War, he reached the rank of captain before resigning his commission to pursue other interests. Lawley was then private secretary to his uncle, the 1st Duke of Westminster, and subsequently to the 4th Earl Grey, who he followed to Rhodesia.
Representing the British South Africa Company, Lawley was Administrator of Matabeleland from 1896 to 1901, during the conclusion of the Second Matabele War. He was then Governor of Western Australia for a brief period, from 1901 to 1902, before returning to Africa to serve as Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal (under Viscount Milner, the governor). The Transvaal had been incorporated into the empire following the Second Boer War, and Lawley bore much of the responsibility for administrating the colony, remaining lieutenant-governor until 1905. The following year, he was made Governor of Madras, serving until 1911 and overseeing the reform of the Madras Legislative Council. Prominent in the Red Cross during the First World War, Lawley succeeded the youngest of his brothers as Baron Wenlock in 1931, but died a year later. His only son had died in a hunting accident in 1909, and the title consequently became extinct upon his death.
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