Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford 1865–1953 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford, 1865–1953 (aged 87 years)

Name

Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford

Name: Sydney Turing Barlow /Lawford/
Name prefix: Lieutenant-General, Sir
Given names: Sydney Turing Barlow
Nickname: Swanky Syd
Surname: Lawford
Name suffix: KCB

Sex Male

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Family with Lillian Maud Cass
himself	Links Birth: 16 November 1865 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Marriage: 30 September 1893 — St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, England Marriage: 20 May 1914 — London, England Death: 15 February 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lillian Maud Cass Family with spouse Muriel Williams Family with spouse May Somerville Peter Sydney Lawford Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford 1865–1953 Birth: 16 November 1865 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Death: 15 February 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
wife	Links Marriage: 30 September 1893 — St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, England Death: 26 November 1900 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford Lillian Maud Cass …–1900 Death: 26 November 1900
Marriage	Marriage — 30 September 1893 — St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, England

Family with Muriel Williams
himself	Links Birth: 16 November 1865 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Marriage: 30 September 1893 — St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, England Marriage: 20 May 1914 — London, England Death: 15 February 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lillian Maud Cass Family with spouse Muriel Williams Family with spouse May Somerville Peter Sydney Lawford Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford 1865–1953 Birth: 16 November 1865 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Death: 15 February 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
wife	Links Marriage: 20 May 1914 — London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford Muriel Williams …–…
Marriage	Marriage — 20 May 1914 — London, England

Family with May Somerville
himself	Links Birth: 16 November 1865 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Marriage: 30 September 1893 — St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, England Marriage: 20 May 1914 — London, England Death: 15 February 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lillian Maud Cass Family with spouse Muriel Williams Family with spouse May Somerville Peter Sydney Lawford Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford 1865–1953 Birth: 16 November 1865 — Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Death: 15 February 1953 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
partner	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Colonel Ernest Aylen Family with spouse Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford Peter Sydney Lawford May Somerville …–
son	Links Birth: 7 September 1923 57 — London, England Marriage: 24 April 1954 — New York City, New York, USA Divorce: 1966 Marriage: 1971 Divorce: 1975 Marriage: 1976 Divorce: 1977 Marriage: 1984 Occupation: Actor. — USA Death: 24 December 1984 — Los Angeles County, California, USA Unique identifier: A6D346FC8B28754C80BBBEB41D204A16796A Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Patricia Kennedy Christopher Kennedy Lawford Sydney Maleia Lawford Victoria Francis Lawford Robin Elizabeth Lawford Family with spouse Mary Rowan Family with spouse Deborah Gould Family with spouse Patricia Seaton Peter Sydney Lawford 1923–1984 Birth: 7 September 1923 57 — London, England Death: 24 December 1984 — Los Angeles County, California, USA

Colonel Ernest Aylen + May Somerville
partner’s partner	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse May Somerville Colonel Ernest Aylen …–
partner	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Colonel Ernest Aylen Family with spouse Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford Peter Sydney Lawford May Somerville …–

Events of close relatives
Birth	16 November 1865 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Marriage	Lillian Maud Cass — View this family 30 September 1893 (aged 27 years) St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, England
Death of a wife	Lillian Maud Cass 26 November 1900
Marriage	Muriel Williams — View this family 20 May 1914 (aged 48 years) London, England
Birth of a son	Peter Sydney Lawford 7 September 1923 London, England
Death	15 February 1953 (aged 87 years) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Last change	1 March 2013 – 22:25:20 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Sydney Lawford served in the Boer War in South Africa as a captain in the British Army. He was promoted to the rank of major-general and commanded the 41st Division during World War I, where he was knighted in the field. Lawford was promoted to lieutenant-general, the third highest rank in the British Army, and was posted to India after the war. While serving in India in the early 1920's and still married to Muriel, he fell in love with the wife of one of his officers, May Somerville Aylen, who soon became pregnant with his child. Colonel Ernest Aylen, May's husband, upon hearing this news, and of her plans to divorce him, committed suicide in front of her. Lawford divorced Muriel, married May Aylen and returned to England, but the scandal from Colonel Aylen's suicide eventually drove the family to settle in France before they moved to the United States by the late 1930s. His nickname of 'Swanky Syd', used by others behind his back, apparently derived from his habit of donning full dress regalia for every occasion, including all medals.

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Sydney Lawford served in the Boer War in South Africa as a captain in the British Army. He was promoted to the rank of major-general and commanded the 41st Division during World War I, where he was knighted in the field. Lawford was promoted to lieutenant-general, the third highest rank in the British Army, and was posted to India after the war.

While serving in India in the early 1920's and still married to Muriel, he fell in love with the wife of one of his officers, May Somerville Aylen, who soon became pregnant with his child. Colonel Ernest Aylen, May's husband, upon hearing this news, and of her plans to divorce him, committed suicide in front of her. Lawford divorced Muriel, married May Aylen and returned to England, but the scandal from Colonel Aylen's suicide eventually drove the family to settle in France before they moved to the United States by the late 1930s.

His nickname of 'Swanky Syd', used by others behind his back, apparently derived from his habit of donning full dress regalia for every occasion, including all medals.