Baron Ellenborough, of Ellenborough in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1802 for the lawyer, judge and politician Sir Edward Law

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough PC KC was an English judge. After serving as a Member of Parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice.-Early life:...

, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

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 from 1802 to 1818. His son, the second Baron, notably served as Governor-General of India

Governor-General of India

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. In 1844 he was created Viscount Southam, of Southam

Southam, Gloucestershire

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 in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Ellenborough, in the County of Cumberland. These title 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.

However, he was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Law

Charles Law (British politician)

The Honourable Charles Ewan Law QC , was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...

, Member of Parliament

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 for Cambridge University

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, second son of the first Baron. In 1885 he assumed by Royal license 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. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1945.

Barons Ellenborough (1802)

• Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
  Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
  Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough PC KC was an English judge. After serving as a Member of Parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice.-Early life:...
  
   (1750–1818)
• Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
  Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
  Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough GCB, PC was a British Tory politician. He was four times President of the Board of Control and also served as Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844.-Background and education:...
  
   (1790–1871) (created Earl of Ellenborough in 1844), Governor-General of India
  Governor-General of India
  The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William...
  
   (1842-1844).

Barons Ellenborough (1802;Reverted)

• Charles Edmund Towry-Law, 3rd Baron Ellenborough (1820–1890)
• Charles Towry Hamilton Towry-Law, 4th Baron Ellenborough
  Charles Towry-Law, 4th Baron Ellenborough
  Charles Towry Hamilton Law, 4th Baron Ellenborough -Biography:He was the only child of Charles Edmund Towry-Law, 3rd Baron Ellenborough and his second wife, Anne Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Day. His parents were married at Lymington on 28 June 1855, and he was born on 21 April 1856...
  
   (1856–1902)
• Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough (1841–1915)
• Cecil Henry Law, 6th Baron Ellenborough (1849–1931)
• Henry Astell Law, 7th Baron Ellenborough (1889–1945)
• Richard Edward Cecil Law, 8th Baron Ellenborough (b. 1926)

The heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Rupert Edward Henry Law (b. 1955)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son James Rupert Thomas Law (b. 1983)