Nelson Lawson

Nelson Simmons Lawson, MLC was an Australian politician. He was born at sea on the Lady Nelson. He was the son of British explorer William Lawson and Sarah Lawson. His first wife was Honoria Mary Dickinson, whom he married on 7 January 1836, and with whom he had six children. His second wife was Sarah Anne Kirke. In August 1848, he was elected as one of two members for the County of Cumberland in the New South Wales Legislative Council, and so he succeeded his father. At the age of 42, Lawson died near Prospect in 1849.