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Baron Ellenborough

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Baron Ellenborough
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Baron Ellenborough, of Ellenborough in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 19 April 1802 for the lawyer, judge and politician Sir Edward Law, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1802 to 1818. His son, the second Baron, notably served as Governor-General of India. On 22 October 1844 the second Baron was created Viscount Southam, of Southam in the County of Gloucester, and Earl of Ellenborough, in the County of Cumberland.[2] These titles 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.

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Edward Law,
1st Baron Ellenborough

However, he was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Law, Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, second son of the first Baron. In 1885 he assumed by Royal licence 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. As of 2016 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the ninth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2013.[3]

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Baron Ellenborough (1802)

Earl of Ellenborough (1844)

Baron Ellenborough (1802; reverted)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. James Rupert Thomas Law (born 1983).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Edward Thomas Carmichael Law (born 2020).

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Arms

Coat of arms of the Barons Ellenborough[5]
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Crest
A cock gules charged on the breast with a mitre pendant from a chain round the neck or.
Escutcheon
Ermine on a bend engrailed between two cocks gules three mullets pierced or.
Supporters
Two eagles, wings elevated, sable, each gorged with a chain or, and pendant therefrom on the brest of the dexter supporter a mitre, and on the sinister a covered cup gold.
Motto
Compositum Jus Fasque Animi (Law and equity combined)
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