- Not to be confused with Henry Lawson, Australian writer and poet.
Henry John Lawson, also known as
Harry Lawson, (1852–1925) was a British bicycle designer, racing cyclist, motor industry pioneer, and fraudster. As part of his attempt to create and control a British motor industry Lawson formed and floated
The Daimler Motor Company Limited in London in 1896. It later began manufacture in
Coventry. Lawson organised the 1896 Emancipation Day drive now commemorated annually by the
London to Brighton car run on the same course.