See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• LAWSON, CECIL GORDON (1851—1882)
• SIR JOHN LAWSON (d. 1665)
• LAWSON, SIR WILFRID

LAWSON (d. 1665)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British sailor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SCARBOROUGH

Scarborough . Joining the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• NAVY

navy in 1642, he accompanied See also:

• PENN, WILLIAM (1621–1670)
• PENN, WILLIAM (1644-1718)

Penn to the Mediterranean in 165o, where he served for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 1652 he served under See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake in the Dutch See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the first See also:

• ACTION

action in the See also:

• DOWNS

Downs and the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the Kentish Knock . At See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1653, he was See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral of the red, and his See also:

• SHIP

ship was severely handled . See also:

• LAWSON, CECIL GORDON (1851—1882)
• LAWSON, SIR JOHN (d. 1665)
• LAWSON, SIR WILFRID

Lawson took See also:

• PART

part in the battles of See also:

• JUNE

June and See also:

• JULY

July in the following summer . In 1654—1655 he commanded in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea andq the Channel . Appointed in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1655—1656 as Blake's second-in-command, Lawson was a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks later summarily dismissed from his command, probably for See also:

• POLITICAL

political reasons . He was a Republican and Anabaptist, and therefore an enemy to See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell . It is not improbable that like Penn and others he was detected in See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the exiled See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., who certainly hoped for his support . In 1657, along with See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison and others, he was arrested and, for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time, imprisoned for conspiring against Cromwell . Afterwards he lived at Scarborough until the fall of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Cromwell's See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . During the troubled months which succeeded that event Lawson, flying his See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag as admiral of the Channel See also:

• FLEET

fleet, played a marked political role .

His See also:

• SHIPS

ships escorted Charles to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and he was soon afterwards knighted . Sent out in 1661 with See also:

• MONTAGU (Family)
• MONTAGU (or MOUNTAGUE), RICHARD (1577-1641)
• MONTAGU, ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1720-1800)
• MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY (1689–1762)
• MONTAGU, RALPH, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1638-1709)

Montagu, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• SANDWICH
• SANDWICH, EDWARD MONTAGU, or MOUNTAGU, 1ST EARL OF (1625–1672)
• SANDWICH, JOHN MONTAGU, 4TH EARL OF (1718–1792)

Sandwich, to the Mediterranean, Lawson conducted a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns against the piratical states of the Algerian See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Thence summoned to a command in the Dutch War, he was mortally wounded at See also:

• LOWESTOFT

Lowestoft . He died on the 29th of June 1665 . See See also:

• CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), ROBERT (c.1663–1696)
• CHARNOCK, JOB (d. 1693)

Charnock, Biographia navalis, i . 20; See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell, Lives of the Admirals, ii . 251; Penn, See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Penn; See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys, See also:

• DIARY

Diary .