Lawford Lunch at the Drapers' Hall 2014
The Lawfords at Drapers' Hall 2014. For names, see below A fine lunch was arranged at the Drapers' Hall on 28th April 2014 for 30 descendants of Samuel Lawford (1739 - 1835). Penny Fussell, the Archivist, gave a talk on the Company and a tour of the Hall. Jeremy Lawford talked about the Lawford family history and Nigel Lawford about the family's long links with the Drapers' Company , beginning in with Valentine Lawford, who was Master in 1775. Herry brought along a portrait of Edward Lawford, who worked at the Drapers' Hall for over 50 years as Clerk and Solicitor to the East India Company. Edward Lawford 1787 - 1864) Around that time the family members of the Company included four lawyers, two bankers and two stockbrokers and it continued to provide many members of the Company (at one time 26) for the next hundred years or so. See also The Drapers' Livery Company here Jeremy Lawford gave a fine overview of the family's known history b...