Baron Ellenborough

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1st Baron Ellenborough Lord-ellenborough.jpg
Edward Law,
1st Baron Ellenborough

Baron Ellenborough, of Ellenborough in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 19 April 1802 for the lawyer, judge and politician Sir Edward Law, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1802 to 1818. His son, the second Baron, notably served as Governor-General of India. On 22 October 1844 the second Baron was created Viscount Southam, of Southam in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Ellenborough, in the County of Cumberland. [2] These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His only son predeceased him and on his death in 1871 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct.

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However, he was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Law, Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, second son of the first Baron. In 1885 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Towry (which was that of his father's mother). On the death of his son, the fourth Baron, this line of the family failed. He was succeeded by his cousin, the fifth Baron. When he died the title passed to his younger brother, the sixth Baron. As of 2016 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the ninth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2013. [3]

Baron Ellenborough (1802)

Earl of Ellenborough (1844)

Baron Ellenborough (1802; reverted)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. James Rupert Thomas Law (born 1983).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Edward Thomas Carmichael Law (born 2020).

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Barons Ellenborough.
Edward Law
1st Baron Ellenborough

1750–1818
Viscount Southam
Earl of Ellenborough
Edward Law
1st Earl of Ellenborough

2nd Baron Ellenborough

1790–1871
Hon.
Charles Law
1792–1850
Hon.
Henry Spencer Law
1802–1885
Viscountcy and
earldom extinct
Edward Law
1819–1838
Charles Towry-Law
3rd Baron Ellenborough

1820–1890
Henry Towry-Law
1830–1855
Edward Law
5th Baron Ellenborough

1841–1915
Horatio Law
1843–1855
Cecil Law
6th Baron Ellenborough

1849–1931
Charles Towry-Law
4th Baron Ellenborough

1856–1902
Henry Law
7th Baron Ellenborough

1889–1945
Richard Law
8th Baron Ellenborough

1926–2013
Rupert Law
9th Baron Ellenborough

born 1955
Hon.
James Law
born 1983
Edward Law
born 2020

Line of succession

Line of succession

Arms

Coat of arms of the Barons Ellenborough [5]
Coat of arms of Law, Baron Ellenborough.svg
Crest
A cock gules charged on the breast with a mitre pendant from a chain round the neck or.
Escutcheon
Ermine on a bend engrailed between two cocks gules three mullets pierced or.
Supporters
Two eagles, wings elevated, sable, each gorged with a chain or, and pendant therefrom on the brest of the dexter supporter a mitre, and on the sinister a covered cup gold.
Motto
Compositum Jus Fasque Animi (Law and equity combined)

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References

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  2. "No. 20394". The London Gazette . 15 October 1844. p. 3518.
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  4. "8th Baron Ellenborough". Peerage News. 12 June 2013.
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