Charles Law (British politician)

The Honourable Charles Ewan Law QC (14 June 1792 – 13 August 1850), was a judge and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Background and education

Charles Ewan Law
by Francis William Wilkin

Law was the second son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, by Anne, daughter of Captain George Philip Towry, of Shipley, Northumberland. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, was his elder brother.[1] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating M.A. in 1812.[2]

Legal and political career

Law was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Cambridge University in 1835, a seat he held until his death in 1850.[1][3] He was also a Recorder of London and a Queen's Counsel.[1]

Family

Law married Elizabeth Sophia (1789–1864), daughter of Sir Edward Nightingale, 10th Baronet, first on 8 May 1811 at Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and again on 22 May 1811.[4] They had ten children:

Law died in August 1850, aged 58. His wife survived him by 14 years and died in June 1864.[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Goulburn
Charles Manners-Sutton
Member of Parliament for Cambridge University
1835–1850
With: Henry Goulburn
Succeeded by
Henry Goulburn
Loftus Wigram
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