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      • In 1901, Mount Lawley was formally proclaimed as a suburb named in recognition of Sir Arthur Lawley, Governor of Western Australia from 1901-02.
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  2. [37] [38] The town of Lawley in Transvaal is named after Arthur Lawley. [39] Mohandas Gandhi founded his Tolstoy model farm near the town of Lawley. Lawley encountered Mohandas Gandhi in the Transvaal and Gandhi wished him well when he was appointed Governor of the Madras Presidency in India.

  3. The suburb Mount Lawley in Perth is named after him. Following the Boer War the newly acquired Transvaal Colony was in need of an administrator, and Lawley was appointed the first Lieutenant-Governor.

  4. www.freotopia.org › people › lawleyarthurArthur Lawley

    Apr 5, 2022 · Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, GCSI, GCIE, KCMG (12 November 1860 – 14 June 1932) was a British colonial administrator who served variously as Administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal, and Governor of Madras.

  5. Jun 28, 2024 · Mount Lawley was named in honour of Sir Arthur Lawley, the Governor of Western Australia from May 1901 to August 1902. Mount Lawley was built on land surveyed between 1833 and 1839 and granted to William Layton and John Gregory.

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  6. 4 days ago · Mount Lawley was named in honour of Sir Arthur Lawley, the Governor of Western Australia from May 1901 to August 1902. His wife, Lady Annie Lawley, reputedly agreed to the naming of what was then primarily bushland in her husband's name on the condition that no licensed hotels be built in the suburb.

  7. Aug 25, 2024 · A road in Coimbatore in southern India is named after him. [68] The Lawley Institute in Ooty, a gentlemen's club, commemorates his governorship of the Madras Presidency. [69] Mount Lawley, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia is named after him, as is Lawley, Gauteng, a township in Johannesburg.