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     Lt.-Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence was born illegitimately on 16 August 1888 at Tremadog, Caernarvonshire, Wales.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He died on 19 May 1935 at age 46 at Bovington Camp, Bovington, Dorset, England, from his motorcyle accident injuries.¹ He was buried at Moreton Estate, Dorset, England.¹
     Lt.-Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence also went by the nick-name of Lawrence of Arabia.¹ He was educated at City of Oxford High School for Boys, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was educated between 1907 and 1910 at Jesus College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was an archaeologist between 1910 and 1914 at Carchemish, Syria.¹ He fought in the First World War, assisting the Arabs to rise up agains tthe Ottomans.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1917.¹ He was decorated with the award of Legion of Honour.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918.¹ He was decorated with the award of Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.).¹ He was with teh Foreign Office, attending the Paris Peace Conference as part of Prince Faisal's delegation between January 1919 and May 1919.¹ He was advisor to the Colonial Office in 1921.¹ He gained the rank of Aircraftman between August 1922 and February 1923 in the service of the Royal Air Froce.¹ He gained the rank of officer between 1923 and 1925 in the service of the Royal Tanks Corps.¹ He gained the rank of officer between August 1925 and March 1935 in the service of the Royal Air Force.¹ He wrote the book Seven Pillars of Wisom, published 1926.¹ On 13 May 1935 at Wareham, Dorset, England, he was injured when he fell from his Borugh Superior SS100 motorcycle.¹ He wrote the book The Mint.¹

     Sarah Junner was born illegitimately on 31 August 1861 at Sunderland, County Durham, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Lawrence and Elizabeth Junner.¹ She died in 1959.¹
     Sarah Junner was also known as Sarah Lawrence.¹

     Arnold Walter Lawrence was born illegitimately in 1900.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He married Barbara Thompson in 1925.¹ He died in 1991.¹
     Arnold Walter Lawrence was an archaeologist and art historian.¹

     Montagu Robert Lawrence was born illegitimately in December 1885 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He died in 1971.¹
     Montagu Robert Lawrence was a medical missionary at China.¹

     William George Lawrence was born illegitimately in 1889.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner.¹ He died in 1915.¹

     Barbara Thompson married Arnold Walter Lawrence, son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Bt. and Sarah Junner, in 1925.¹
     From 1925, her married name became Lawrence.¹

     Hon. Mabel Georgiana Crofton was born circa 1866.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Charles St. George Crofton and Theresa Augusta Bunbury-Tighe.² She died on 27 July 1956, unmarried.¹
     On 25 April 1913 she was granted the rank of a baron's daughter.¹

     Jane Helen Thera Lawrence was born in 1927.¹ She was the daughter of Arnold Walter Lawrence and Barbara Thompson.¹ She married James Macdonald Cassels in 1947.¹ She died in 1977.¹
     From 1947, her married name became Cassels.¹

     James Macdonald Cassels was born in 1924.¹ He married Jane Helen Thera Lawrence, daughter of Arnold Walter Lawrence and Barbara Thompson, in 1947.¹ He died in 1994.¹
     James Macdonald Cassels was Lyon Jones Professor of Physics in 1960 at University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.¹ He had one son and one daughter.¹