Peerage Record – 32510

     Lt.-Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence was born illegitimately on 16 August 1888 at Tremadog, Caernarvonshire, Wales^G.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He died on 19 May 1935 at age 46 at Bovington Camp, Bovington, Dorset, England^G, from his motorcyle accident injuries.¹ He was buried at Moreton Estate, Dorset, England^G.¹
     Lt.-Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence also went by the nick-name of Lawrence of Arabia.¹ He was educated at City of Oxford High School for Boys, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was educated between 1907 and 1910 at Jesus College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was an archaeologist between 1910 and 1914 at Carchemish, Syria^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, assisting the Arabs to rise up against the Ottomans.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1917.¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He was with the Foreign Office, attending the Paris Peace Conference as part of Prince Faisal’s delegation between January 1919 and May 1919.¹ He was advisor to the Colonial Office in 1921.¹ He gained the rank of Aircraftman between August 1922 and February 1923 in the Royal Air Froce.¹ He gained the rank of officer between 1923 and 1925 in the Royal Tanks Corps.¹ He gained the rank of officer between August 1925 and March 1935 in the Royal Air Force.¹ He wrote the book Seven Pillars of Wisom, published 1926.¹ On 13 May 1935 at Wareham, Dorset, England^G, he was injured when he fell from his Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle.¹ He wrote the book The Mint.¹

     Sarah Junner was born illegitimately on 31 August 1861 at Sunderland, County Durham, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of John Lawrence and Elizabeth Junner.¹ She died in 1959.¹
     She was also known as Sarah Lawrence.¹

     Arnold Walter Lawrence was born illegitimately on 31 May 1900 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.^1,2 He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He married Barbara Thompson in January 1925 at West Ham, Essex, England^G.^1,2 He died in 1991 at Devizes, Wiltshire, England^G.^1,2
     He was an archaeologist and art historian.¹

     Montagu Robert Lawrence was born illegitimately on 27 December 1885 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.^1,2 He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He died in 1971 at Poole, Dorset, England.^1,2
     Montagu Robert Lawrence usually went by his middle name of Robert.² He was a doctor.² He was a medical missionary at China^G.¹

     William George Lawrence was born illegitimately in 1889.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He died on 23 October 1915.^1,2
     He fought in the First World War.² He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps.²

     Barbara Thompson was born on 2 February 1902 at Mysore, India^G.² She married Arnold Walter Lawrence, son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner, in January 1925 at West Ham, Essex, England^G.^1,2 She died in November 1986 at age 84 at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England^G.²
     From January 1925, her married name became Lawrence.¹

     Hon. Mabel Georgiana Crofton was born circa 1866.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Charles St. George Crofton and Theresa Augusta Bunbury-Tighe.² She died on 27 July 1956, unmarried.¹
     On 25 April 1913 she was granted the rank of a baron’s daughter.¹

     Jane Helen Thera Lawrence was born in 1927.¹ She was the daughter of Arnold Walter Lawrence and Barbara Thompson.¹ She married James Macdonald Cassels in 1947.¹ She died in 1977.¹
     From 1947, her married name became Cassels.¹

     James Macdonald Cassels was born in 1924.¹ He married Jane Helen Thera Lawrence, daughter of Arnold Walter Lawrence and Barbara Thompson, in 1947.¹ He died in 1994.¹
     He was Lyon Jones Professor of Physics in 1960 at University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Lancashire, England^G.¹ He had one son and one daughter.¹