HF Lawford 1851 - 1925
Herbert Fortescue Lawford - HF Lawford - was born in 1851, the son of Thomas Acland Lawford, and the elder brother of General Sir Sydney Lawford and first cousin to my grandfather, Vincent Adrian. He attended Repton School and left in April 1868 and went up to Edinburgh University in October at the age of seventeen. He remained there for two years studying Logic, Rhetoric & English Literature, and Natural Philosophy but then left in 1870 without graduating, as seems to have been quite common with gentleman undergraduates at the time. He appears to have completed two years of a four year Master of Arts course although his principal activities seem to have been shooting, fishing and playing rackets. His study at Edinburgh was akin to the completion of his schooling. To the best of our knowledge, Herbert then joined the family firm of Steer, Lawford and Cuerton, (stockbrokers), became a partner in 1874 and pursued a career at the London Stock Exchange ...