The Lawson baronetcy, of Weetwood Grange in Headingley-cum-Burley in the West Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 July 1900 for Arthur Lawson, Chairman of Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd, and a Director of the Great Eastern Railway and the Yorkshire Post.[1]
The 2nd Baronet was also Chairman of Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe-Barbour Ltd.[2] The 3rd Baronet was a Colonel in the Royal Hussars.[3]