Henry Spencer Law DL (10 May 1802 – 15 July 1885)
He 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 Col. John Staunton Rochfort, of Clogrennane Castle, County Carlow, by his wife Mary Burgh, [2] and had issue:
Law died on 15 July 1885 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.
Henry Spencer Law DL (10 May 1802 – 15 July 1885)
He 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 Col. John Staunton Rochfort, of Clogrennane Castle, County Carlow, by his wife Mary Burgh, [2] and had issue:
Law died on 15 July 1885 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.