Dennison J. Lawlor

Dennison J. Lawlor, (January 1, 1824 – January 1, 1892) was a Canadian-Irish shipbuilder and yacht designer. He apprenticed under shipbuilder Whitmore & Holbrook. Lawlor had his own shipyard, building and designing for 40 years some of the finest yachts, pilot boats and 150 merchant vessels built from his designs. The most notable were the Hesper, Florence and D. J. Lawlor. Lawlor died in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1892.