Chapman and Junner called themselves Mr and Mrs Lawrence, using the surname of Sarah's likely father her mother had been employed as a servant for a Lawrence family when she became pregnant with Sarah. Chapman left his wife and family in Ireland to cohabit with Junner. He was born out of wedlock in August 1888 to Sarah Junner (1861–1959), a governess, and Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet (1846–1919), an Anglo-Irish nobleman. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities. Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) Ĭolonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB DSO (16 August 1888 – ) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer, who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
