Henry Spencer Law DL (10 May 1802 – 15 July 1885) was the fifth son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, and Anne Towry. He graduated from Cambridge University with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was a practising barrister at the Inner Temple, and was called to the bar in Michaelmas term, 1833.[1] He served in the Life Guards and 28th Regiment. Law was a barrister and Private Secretary to his brother Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, when First Lord of the Admiralty in 1846 and President of the Board of Control in 1858.[2][3] He was appointed as a justice of the Liberty of the Cinque Ports in 1850.[4] He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Kent, to which he was appointed in 1853.[5] He was also Clerk of the Docquets (or Dockets) until the abolition of that office, when he was awarded a pension.[3]
Law married on 16 May 1839 Dorothea Anne Rochfort (d. 25 November 1871), eldest daughter of Colonel John Staunton Rochfort, of Clogregane, co. Carlow, by his wife Mary Burgh,[2] and had issue:
- Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough
- Horatio "Horace" John Law born 12 October 1843, died 2 July 1855 in Lowndes Street, Middlesex, and was buried at Kensal Green.[6]
- Cecil Henry Law, 6th Baron Ellenborough
- Louisa Isabella Law (died on 14 October 1899)
- Hon. Ethel Beatrice Law (granted the style and precedence of a Baron's daughter by royal warrant 1902, Sister of the Community of Bethany, Lloyd's Square, London WC1, and died on 13 November 1937)[2]
Law died on 15 July 1885 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.
References edit
- ^ "Calls to the Bar: Michaelmas Term, 1833". The Legal Examiner and Law Chronicle. 11 December 1833. p. 316.
- ^ a b c Burke's Peerage. 2003. p. 1307.
- ^ a b "Obituary". The Times. 16 July 1885. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Promotions, Appointments, etc". The Law Times. No. 370. 4 May 1850. p. 124.
- ^ "Promotions, Appointments, etc". The Law Times. No. 549. 8 October 1853. p. 23.
- ^ "The Morning Post". 3 July 1855.