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NameSir Thomas Selby Lawson-Tancred Bart 
[62, 107th edn of 2003, Lawson-Tancred, vol II, p. 2266]
[62, 107th edn of 2003, Lawson-Tancred, vol II, p. 2266]Birth14 May 1870, Christchurch, New Zealand
Death15 Dec 1945, Aldborough Manor, Boroughbridge, Yorks
General1st s. 9th bt. JP. In army: 1891 and WW1.
Spouses
1Margery Elinor Lawson [62, 107th edn of 2003, Lawson-Tancred, vol II, p. 2266], [3, Her birth, Q1 of 1890, Gt Ouseburn, v. 9a, p. 83]
[62, 107th edn of 2003, Lawson-Tancred, vol II, p. 2266], [3, Her birth, Q1 of 1890, Gt Ouseburn, v. 9a, p. 83]FatherAndrew Sherlock Lawson (ca1855-ca1914)
MotherElinor Frances Butler (1869-1943)
Marriage25 Apr 1912, Great Ouseburn district, Yorks [62, 107th edn of 2003, Lawson-Tancred, vol II, p. 2266], [3, Their marriage, Q2 of 1912, Gt Ouseburn dist, vol 9a, p. 163]
ChildrenElinor Mary (1913-1989)
Andrew Thomas (1914-1944)
Pauline (1916-)
Henry (1924-)
Christopher (1924-1998)
Notes for Sir Thomas Selby Lawson-Tancred Bart
His birth cannot be found on FreeBMD. I have even searched for all with a blank surname and the forenames of ‘Thomas S’ and still nothing remotely like him was found. Perhaps he was born abroad? The LDS’ index to the 1881 census indeed gives his birthplace as Christchurch, New Zealand.
In 1881 he was at Cheam School, Surrey.
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Aug 2017, TFPL: Margaret Gibson has written in to say that his birth is now on FamilySearch and that he was born with the surname solely of Tancred. The name change to Tancred-Lawson was probably as a result of a name and arms clause in the will of his wife’s father, she being a co-heir, and leading to the inheritance of Aldborough Manor.
His birth index on FamilySearch is, naming his parents:
Name Thomas Selby Tancred
Event Type Birth
Event Date 1870
Event Place New Zealand
Father's Name Thomas Selby Tancred
Mother's Name Mary Harriet Tancred
Registration Number 1870/28783
The New Zaland online database confirms this but at £25 a pop, there is no chance that I will obtain his birth certificate.
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He has an obituary in Vol 36 of 1947 of the Yorks Archaeological Journal, p. 388. This both confirms the dates already established and gives additional biographical information. He published at least five papers in the YAJ.
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In 1881 he was at Cheam School, Surrey.
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Aug 2017, TFPL: Margaret Gibson has written in to say that his birth is now on FamilySearch and that he was born with the surname solely of Tancred. The name change to Tancred-Lawson was probably as a result of a name and arms clause in the will of his wife’s father, she being a co-heir, and leading to the inheritance of Aldborough Manor.
His birth index on FamilySearch is, naming his parents:
Name Thomas Selby Tancred
Event Type Birth
Event Date 1870
Event Place New Zealand
Father's Name Thomas Selby Tancred
Mother's Name Mary Harriet Tancred
Registration Number 1870/28783
The New Zaland online database confirms this but at £25 a pop, there is no chance that I will obtain his birth certificate.
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He has an obituary in Vol 36 of 1947 of the Yorks Archaeological Journal, p. 388. This both confirms the dates already established and gives additional biographical information. He published at least five papers in the YAJ.
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DNB Main notes for Sir Thomas Selby Lawson-Tancred Bart
Obit in the Yarokshire Archaeological Journal of 1947, p. 388:
Obituarsy
It is with great regret that we record the passing of Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred, ninth baronet, whose death took place at his home, Aldborough Manor, Boroughbridge on December
15, 1945.
Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred was born on May 14, 1870, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Selby Tancred, eighth baronet, by his marriage with Mary Harriet, second daughter of Colonel Hemans. He succeeded his father as ninth baronet in 1910, and on April 25, 1912, married Marjery, elder daughter and coheir of Andrew Sherlock Lawson, ILL. of Aldborough Manor.
For some twenty years Major Tancred, as he then was, lived in India, where he served in the Central India Horse, taking part in the Miranzai expedition, for which he received a medal withclasp. HealsotookpartintheGreatWar,1914.
In India he was noted as a big game shot and secured many trophies.
Sir Thomas’s eldest son Andrew was killed while flying over Germany in January, 1944, and he is succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Henry, who was born in 1924.
In November, 1914 Sir Thomas Tancred assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Lawson. He was a J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire, sitting on the Knaresborough bench of Magistrates.
Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred became a member of The Yorkshire Archaeological Society in October, 1918, and shortly afterwards was elected a member of the Council, of which he was a valued and useful member, and his colleagues deeply deplore his loss. He was also a member of the Council of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society.
In 1921 he published The Tancreds of Brampton; in 1937 Aldborough, The Records of a Yorkshire Manor, a valuable con- tribution to Yorkshire parish history. Several papers from his pen have appeared in the Journal of the Society, among which are:
The Parliamentary History of Aldborough and Borough-
bridge, 1924.
Old British Surnames at Aldborough, 1934.
The Townships of Ellenthorpe and the Brooke Family, 1938. Records of Roecliffe, 1939.
Three Seventeenth Century Court Rolls of the Manor of Ald- borough, 1942.
And in the Record Series, conjointly with J. W. Walker, The Liberty and Soke of Aldburgh with Boroughbridge, and Extracts
from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Aldborough 1929.
J. W. W.
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Obituarsy
It is with great regret that we record the passing of Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred, ninth baronet, whose death took place at his home, Aldborough Manor, Boroughbridge on December
15, 1945.
Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred was born on May 14, 1870, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Selby Tancred, eighth baronet, by his marriage with Mary Harriet, second daughter of Colonel Hemans. He succeeded his father as ninth baronet in 1910, and on April 25, 1912, married Marjery, elder daughter and coheir of Andrew Sherlock Lawson, ILL. of Aldborough Manor.
For some twenty years Major Tancred, as he then was, lived in India, where he served in the Central India Horse, taking part in the Miranzai expedition, for which he received a medal withclasp. HealsotookpartintheGreatWar,1914.
In India he was noted as a big game shot and secured many trophies.
Sir Thomas’s eldest son Andrew was killed while flying over Germany in January, 1944, and he is succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Henry, who was born in 1924.
In November, 1914 Sir Thomas Tancred assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Lawson. He was a J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire, sitting on the Knaresborough bench of Magistrates.
Sir Thomas Lawson-Tancred became a member of The Yorkshire Archaeological Society in October, 1918, and shortly afterwards was elected a member of the Council, of which he was a valued and useful member, and his colleagues deeply deplore his loss. He was also a member of the Council of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society.
In 1921 he published The Tancreds of Brampton; in 1937 Aldborough, The Records of a Yorkshire Manor, a valuable con- tribution to Yorkshire parish history. Several papers from his pen have appeared in the Journal of the Society, among which are:
The Parliamentary History of Aldborough and Borough-
bridge, 1924.
Old British Surnames at Aldborough, 1934.
The Townships of Ellenthorpe and the Brooke Family, 1938. Records of Roecliffe, 1939.
Three Seventeenth Century Court Rolls of the Manor of Ald- borough, 1942.
And in the Record Series, conjointly with J. W. Walker, The Liberty and Soke of Aldburgh with Boroughbridge, and Extracts
from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Aldborough 1929.
J. W. W.
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