885 Beilby Lawley

Constituency : Chester  1880

Beilby  took  over  from  John  Dodson  at  Chester.

Beilby  was  the  son  and  heir  of  Baron  Wenlock  and  grandson  of  the  Marquess  of  Westminster. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge .He  bought  a  commission  into  the  Yorkshire  Hussars  in  1869  and  became  a  captain. He  was  a  magistrate  in  Yorkshire.

Beilby  inherited  his  father's  title  in  1880  just  before  representation  of  Chester  was  suspended.

In  1890, by  which  time  he  had  switched  allegiance  to  the  Conservatives ,  Beilby  was  appointed  Governor  of  Madras. He  served  from  1891  to  1896  during  which  time  he  had  to  deal  with  a  severe  famine. In  1901  he  was  made  a  Lord  of  the  Bedchamber  to  the  Prince  of  Wales.

He  died  in  1912  aged  62.