Harry Lawson
Politician
1875 – 1952
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Who was Harry Lawson?
Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG, Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.
Lawson was born in Dunolly, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scottish descent. He was educated at a local school and then briefly Scotch College in Melbourne. He was a noted Australian rules footballer, playing for Castlemaine. He studied law with a Melbourne law firm and was called to the bar. He then went into practice in Castlemaine, and was elected to the town council, serving as mayor in 1905. In 1901 he married Olive Horwood, with whom he had eight children.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1875
Dunolly - Spouses
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 12, 1952
East Melbourne
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on July 23, 2013
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