First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Appointed Commandant
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Source:
Historical Records of NSW
Details:
Of N.S.W. Corp. To hold himself in readiness to embark for Newcastle to take command of the settlement in the room of Ensign Villiers who is to return to Headquarters
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Daughter Hannah married Henry Bayly of Bayly Park at Castlereagh
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Place:
Veteran Hall, Prospect
Details:
Death of William Lawson on 16th June aged 79. (Commandant at Newcastle 1809)
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Proceeding to Newcastle with Lieutenant John Putland on public service
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Commanding Newcastle settlement in the absence of Charles Throsby. Returning to Sydney on the 'Lady Nelson' with Lieut. Putland
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Source:
HR NSW, Vol. VII, Bligh & Macquarie 1809 - 1811., pp. 316, 317, 318, 319.
Details:
In July 1809 when Commandant at Newcastle threatened to flog Sir Henry Browne Hayes and put him to work in the shell boat
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Appointed to the Command at the settlement at Newcastle. To proceed there immediately
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Accompanied to Newcastle on the 'Estramina' by Charles Throsby
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Walked 30 miles to Newcastle after the Estramina was driven past Newcastle to Port Stephens in strong winds.
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Arrived in Sydney from Newcastle on the 'Lady Nelson' intending to return shortly. Lieutenant Wright of the 73rd regt. Commandant in Lawson's absence
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Returned to duties at Newcastle the previous Thursday
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Details:
Informed that Lieutenant John Purcell of the 73rd regt. Was to take command at Newcastle. Lawson was to return to head quarters on the Sally
First Name:
Lieutenant William
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Index
Details:
Arrived as Ensign with New South Wales Corps per "Royal Admiral", 1800. In 1806 and 1809 he was Commandant at Newcastle and 1819-24 Commandant at Bathurst; in 1813 he joined Blaxland and Wentworth in the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains and while at Bathurst undertook journeys of exploration which helped open up the Mudgee district. He had properties at Prospect, Bathurst, Mudgee and Springwood, was a magistrate and, later, a Member of the Legislative Council.