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Who were T.E. Lawrence’s parents?

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T.E. Lawrence was the son of Sir Thomas Chapman and Sara Maden. Sara Maden had been the governess to Sir Thomas’s daughters in Westmeath, and the couple eventually left their previous lives in Ireland to live together as Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence.1