Radical, MP and temperance advocate, nicknamed "Dry Wilf". Second Baronet of Brayton.
Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Cockermouth, Camborne, 1859-1906. President of the United Kingdom Alliance, 1879 - 1906.
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Wilfred Lawson
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Michael Winner
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New River Head windmill
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Mary Queen of Scots
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