Person
Elizabeth Sophia Lawrence
- Slug
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- Alternative names
- Mrs
- Gender
- Assigned female at birth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Ethnicity
- White
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Landowner, Philanthropist
Lawrence was born in Kensington in 1761 and inherited Studley Royal Park from her maternal aunt after her brother predeceased her. Due to this inheritance, she owned and managed roughly two thirds for north Yorkshire, she restored the abbey alongside other features of the estate. Her charitable efforts included building schools, churches, orphanages and asylyms as well as leaving money in her will to the poor, sick or widowed tenants of her estate. She was active in local politics, having a significant effect on who was elected in her constituency. She was against the catholic emancipation