Name/Title
Alexander Robert LawtonEntry/Object ID
Lawton, Alexander RobertDescription
Three-quarters right profile of a mature balding man with a full neatly coiffed grey beard. His head hair has retreated to over and above his ears.Collection
Private CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Brandt, Carl Ludwig, 1831-1905Date made
1870 - 1880Notes
Signed and dated (unreadable) on lower leftGeneral Notes
Note Type
Historical NoteNote
Subject was born in St. Peters Parish, Beaufort, SC 11/4/1818 and died 7/2/1896. Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He led a colorful career, graduating from West Point and Harvard Law School; serving in the Georgia legislature and on railroad boards. He performed distinguished duty in the Confederate quartermaster general's department. After the war he resumed politics, and was appointed US minister to Austria in 1887. Married to Sarah Alexander and father of Alexander Rudolph Lawton.Create Date
July 30, 2026Update Date
July 30, 2026