Henry Spencer Law (10 May 1802 – 15 July 1885) was the fifth son of

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, (16 November 1750 – 13 December 1818), was an English judge. After serving as a member of parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice. Early life Law was born at Great Salkeld, in Cum ...

, and Anne Towry. He graduated from

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with a Master of Arts (

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). He was a practising

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at the

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, and was

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, 1833. 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 Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, (8 September 1790 – 22 December 1871) 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 ...

, when

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in 1846 and President of the Board of Control in 1858. He was appointed as a

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of the Liberty of the Cinque Ports in 1850. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of

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, to which he was appointed in 1853. He was also Clerk of the Docquets (or Dockets) until the abolition of that office, when he was awarded a pension. Law married on 16 May 1839 Dorothea Anne Rochfort (d. 25 November 1871), eldest daughter of Colonel John Staunton Rochfort, of Clogregane, co. Carlow, by his wife Mary Burgh, and had issue: # Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough # Horatio "Horace" John Law born 12 October 1843, died 2 July 1855 in Lowndes Street, Middlesex, and was buried at Kensal Green. # Cecil Henry Law, 6th Baron Ellenborough # Louisa Isabella Law (died on 14 October 1899) # Hon. Ethel Beatrice Law (granted the style and precedence of a Baron's daughter by royal warrant 1902, Sister of the Community of Bethany, Lloyd's Square, London WC1, and died on 13 November 1937) Law died on 15 July 1885 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.

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