The Honourable Charles Ewan Law QC (14 June 1792 – 13 August 1850), was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.
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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]
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]
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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| Preceded by Henry Goulburn Charles Manners-Sutton |
Member of Parliament for Cambridge University 1835–1850 With: Henry Goulburn |
Succeeded by Henry Goulburn Loftus Wigram |