Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock
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The Right Honourable The Lord Wenlock GCSI GCIE KCB VD PC |
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| Governor of Madras | |
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In office 23 January 1891 – 18 March 1896 |
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| Governor-General |
The Marquess of Lansdowne The Earl of Elgin |
| Preceded by | John Henry Garstin (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock |
| Member of Parliament for Chester |
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In office 1880–1880 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | John George Dodson |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Born |
12 May 1849 London, England |
| Died | 15 January 1912 (aged 62) Portland Place, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Constance Mary Lascelles (1882–1912) |
| Alma mater |
Eton College, Cambridge University |
| Religion | Christian |
Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock GCSI GCIE KCB VD PC (12 May 1849 – 15 January 1912) was a British soldier, Liberal politician and colonial administrator who was the Governor of Madras from 1891 to 1896.
Lawley was the son of Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned into the Yorkshire Hussars in 1869, and rose to the rank of Captain.
Wenlock was active in local affairs as a Justice of the Peace for the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire and as Chairman of East Riding County Council. At the 1880 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Chester but inherited his peerage later in the year and was elevated to the House of Lords.
In 1890, Lawley was appointed Governor of Madras by the Conservative Party which came to power in the United Kingdom. Beilby Lawley served as the Governor of Madras from 23 January 1891 to 18 March 1896. Lawley laid the foundation stone for the Nilgiri Mountain Railway which was begun in August 1891 when he was Governor. During 1891-92, the northern districts of Madras Presidency were gripped by a terrible famine. The government's persistence in continuing grain export from the districts of Ganjam and Viazgapatm made the situation even worse. Lawley established the Board of Mohammedan Education in 1893. In 1895, Lawley laid the foundation stone for a solar observatory at Kodaikanal. The Wenlock Ward of General Hospital, Madras was established in his memory.
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