Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Honorific-Suffix:PC
Order:Leader of the Opposition
Term Start:21 January 1942
Term End:February 1942
Primeminister:Winston Churchill
Predecessor:Hastings Lees-Smith
Successor:Arthur Greenwood
Order1:Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Term Start1:11 June 1929
Term End1:24 August 1931
Monarch1:George V
Primeminister1:Ramsay MacDonald
Predecessor1:Arthur Samuel
Successor1:Walter Elliot
Order2:Secretary of State for India and Burma
Term Start2:3 August 1945
Term End2:1947
Monarch2:George VI
Primeminister2:Clement Attlee
Predecessor2:Leo Amery
Successor2:The Earl of Listowel
Birth Name:Frederick William Lawrence
Birth Place:London, England
Death Place:Hendon, London, England
Party:Labour
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge

Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, PC (né Lawrence; 28 December 1871  - 10 September 1961) was a British Labour politician who, among other things, campaigned for women's suffrage.

Background and education

Born in London as Frederick William Lawrence, he was the son of wealthy Unitarians who were members of the Liberal Party. Three of his father's brothers, William, James, and Edwin, were politically active in various roles, including as Lord Mayor of London and as members of parliament. Frederick was educated at Wixenford,[1] Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge,

Notes and References

  1. Brian Harrison, 'Lawrence, Frederick William Pethick-, Baron Pethick-Lawrence (1871–1961)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online biography at oxforddnb.com, January 2011, accessed 4 September 2013 (subscription required)