Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham

Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (15 August 1931 – 1 January 2005), was a British peer and journalist.

The second son of the 4th Baron Burnham, he was educated at Eton College and read PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. Initially working for the Cambridge Evening News, he joined The Daily Telegraph prior to its 1986 takeover by Conrad Black, and held the positions of general manager and deputy managing director in the 1970s and 80s. Upon inheriting his brother's title in 1993, he had a career in the House of Lords as a Conservative defence spokesman and junior whip.[1] He was one of the 90 hereditary peers who were selected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.[2]

In 1955, Lord Burnham married Hilary Hunter with whom he had three children – two daughters and a son, Harry, who inherited the title.[3]

Arms
Coat of arms of Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure three bars gemel Argent over all a winged morion Or 2nd & 3rd Gules a saltire double parted and fretted Or between in fess two rams' heads couped in fess Argent.
Supporters
Dexter the figure of Clio the Muse of history Proper sinister the figure of Hermes vested Argent mantled Azure on the head of a winged morion on his heels wings and in his exterior hand a caduceus Or.[4]
Motto
Of Old I Hold

References
  1. "Lord Burnham". The Daily Telegraph. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. "Mr Hugh Lawson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. "MQ MAGAZINE Issue 13 - Obituaries". mqmagazine.co.uk. April 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 1908.
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