Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, 1837-1914

Durning-Lawrence was born in London in 1837 and went on to be educated at University College London. He was an MP for Truro between the years 1895-1906 but his main passion was the study of literature, especially the field of Bacon/ Shakespeare. In 1910 he wrote Bacon is Shakespeare and in 1912 The Shakespeare Myth . He died in 1914. His papers and library were bequeathed by his widow to the University of London in 1929 and transferred in total in 1931.

From the guide to the Papers of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, 1556-1883, (Senate House Library, University of London)