Joseph Lawrence (British politician)

Sir Joseph Lawrence (23 September 1848 – 24 October 1919)^[1] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Monmouth Boroughs at a by-election in May 1901.^[2] The by-election was triggered by the unseating of the Conservative victor of the seat at the general election in October 1900, Dr Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, as a result of an election petition alleging irregularities in election spending.^[3]

The Conservative majority at the by-election was half that of the previous year, and Lawrence did not stand for re-election in 1906, when the seat was won by the Liberal Party candidate.^[3]

Lawrence was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours list,^[4] receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year.^[5]