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Lawrence, William Beach

lawyer, jurist, author, governor, was born Oct. 23, 1800, in New York city. He was lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1851 and 1852, and for a portion of the time acting governor. He was the author of an address before the New York Academy of Fine Arts in 1826; of a translation of Marbois' History of Louisiana, with Essays and Notes, in 1830; Discourse before the New York Historical Society in 1832, of which society he was vice-president from 1836 to 1845. His other principal works are: Letters on the Treaty of Washington; an edition of Wheaton's Elements of International Law; Visitation and Search Institutions of the United States; Commentaire sur les éléments du droit international; and Administration of Equity Jurisprudence. He died March 26, 1881, in New York city.