Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, was born September 8, 1790. He was a British Tory politician, was four times President of the Board of Control and also served as Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844.
Ellenborough was the eldest son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, and Anne, daughter of George Towry. He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge. [1]
Lord Ellenborough was married twice. He married firstly Lady Octavia Catherine, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, in 1813. They had no children. After Lady Octavias's death in March 1819 he married secondly Jane Digby, daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Digby. They had one child, the Hon. Arthur Dudley Law (1828–1830). Lord and Lady Ellenborough were divorced by Act of Parliament in 1830. Ellenborough died at his seat, Southam House, near Cheltenham, in December 1871, aged 81. On his death the viscountcy and earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, Charles.[2]
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–20, 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922.
1841 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 732; Book: 1; Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 32; Page: 18; Line: 17; GSU roll: 438834.
Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Name: Edward Law, Estimated, Birth Year: abt 1790, Registration Year: 1871, Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec, Age at Death: 81, Registration district: Winchcomb, Parishes for this Registration, District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District, Inferred, County: Gloucestershire, Volume: 6a, Page: 280.
Ancestry.com. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Name: Jane Elizabeth Digby, Spouse: The Right Honourable Edward Lord Ellenborough, Record Type: Marriage, Event Date: 15 Sep 1824, Parish: St Marylebone, Borough: Westminster, Register Type: Parish Register.
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