Michael Henry Lakin

Lakin joined the business of his uncle Richard Greaves, who had no legitimate children. The firm called Greaves Bull & Lakin quarried limestone and manufactured lime and cement, the main works being at Bishop's Itchington and Harbury.^[1]

He served as a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of Warwickshire, mayor of Warwick, chairman of Warwickshire County Council and, in 1899, as High Sheriff of Warwickshire. On 22 July 1909 he was created a baronet.^[2]

The cement business was sold in 1927. Lakin died in 1931, leaving a daughter and four sons. The eldest son Richard Lakin succeeded him as second baronet.

Kellys Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes for 1923 url http://www.mocavo.com/Kellys-Handbook-to-the-Titled-Landed-Official-Classes-for-1923/621348/1059 [retrieved 30 September 2015]