By an unknown photographer
Thomas Chapman and his companion Sarah may have moved to Tremadoc because there were
regular sailings to Ireland from nearby ports. In the first years after his separation
from Edith Chapman, Thomas had to concern himself with the administration of his affairs
in Ireland. His father was still alive, and it was finally agreed that his younger brother
Francis should take over the family estates while Thomas lived abroad as a 'remittance
man'. This arrangement was formalised in an indenture dated 12 March 1888 under which
Thomas Chapman assigned his life interest in the estates to Francis Chapman in exchange
for an annuity of £200 p.a. After this, Thomas Lawrence had no further need to visit
Ireland, although he did so occasionally.
Thomas Edward, his second son, was born at Tremadoc in the early hours of 16 August
1888. When the baby was thirteen months old the family moved to Kirkcudbright in Scotland.
Although he had little Welsh blood (his mother’s grandfather came form Wales) and
never lived in Wales again, Lawrence’s Welsh birthplace would later entitle him to a
restricted Exhibition worth £50 a year at Jesus College, Oxford.
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