# Baron Ellenborough

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

## Baron Ellenborough (1802)

* Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750–1818)
* Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough (1790–1871) (created Earl of Ellenborough in 1844)

### Earl of Ellenborough (1844)

* Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790–1871)

### Baron Ellenborough (1802; reverted)

* Charles Edmund Towry-Law, 3rd Baron Ellenborough (1820–1890)
* Charles Towry Hamilton Towry-Law, 4th Baron Ellenborough (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 (1926–2013)
* Rupert Edward Henry Law, 9th Baron Ellenborough (born 1955)
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).

### Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Barons Ellenborough. :
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750–1818 | Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750–1818 | Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750–1818 | Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750–1818 | Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750–1818 | Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750–1818 |
| Viscount Southam Earl of Ellenborough | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Viscount Southam Earl of Ellenborough | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | | | | | | | | | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | | | | | | | | | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 |
| Viscountcy and earldom extinct | Viscountcy and earldom extinct | Viscountcy and earldom extinct | Viscountcy and earldom extinct | Viscountcy and earldom extinct | Viscountcy and earldom extinct | | | | | | | | | | | | | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough 2nd Baron Ellenborough 1790–1871 | | | | | | | | | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | Hon. Charles Law 1792–1850 | | | | | | | | | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 | Hon. Henry Spencer Law 1802–1885 |
| | | | | | | Edward Law 1819–1838 | Edward Law 1819–1838 | Edward Law 1819–1838 | Edward Law 1819–1838 | Edward Law 1819–1838 | Edward Law 1819–1838 | Charles Towry-Law 3rd Baron Ellenborough 1820–1890 | Charles Towry-Law 3rd Baron Ellenborough 1820–1890 | Charles Towry-Law 3rd Baron Ellenborough 1820–1890 | Charles Towry-Law 3rd Baron Ellenborough 1820–1890 | Charles Towry-Law 3rd Baron Ellenborough 1820–1890 | Charles Towry-Law 3rd Baron Ellenborough 1820–1890 | | | Henry Towry-Law 1830–1855 | Henry Towry-Law 1830–1855 | Henry Towry-Law 1830–1855 | Henry Towry-Law 1830–1855 | Henry Towry-Law 1830–1855 | Henry Towry-Law 1830–1855 | Edward Law 5th Baron Ellenborough 1841–1915 | Edward Law 5th Baron Ellenborough 1841–1915 | Edward Law 5th Baron Ellenborough 1841–1915 | Edward Law 5th Baron Ellenborough 1841–1915 | Edward Law 5th Baron Ellenborough 1841–1915 | Edward Law 5th Baron Ellenborough 1841–1915 | | | Horatio Law 1843–1855 | Horatio Law 1843–1855 | Horatio Law 1843–1855 | Horatio Law 1843–1855 | Horatio Law 1843–1855 | Horatio Law 1843–1855 | Cecil Law 6th Baron Ellenborough 1849–1931 | Cecil Law 6th Baron Ellenborough 1849–1931 | Cecil Law 6th Baron Ellenborough 1849–1931 | Cecil Law 6th Baron Ellenborough 1849–1931 | Cecil Law 6th Baron Ellenborough 1849–1931 | Cecil Law 6th Baron Ellenborough 1849–1931 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Charles Towry-Law 4th Baron Ellenborough 1856–1902 | Charles Towry-Law 4th Baron Ellenborough 1856–1902 | Charles Towry-Law 4th Baron Ellenborough 1856–1902 | Charles Towry-Law 4th Baron Ellenborough 1856–1902 | Charles Towry-Law 4th Baron Ellenborough 1856–1902 | Charles Towry-Law 4th Baron Ellenborough 1856–1902 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Henry Law 7th Baron Ellenborough 1889–1945 | Henry Law 7th Baron Ellenborough 1889–1945 | Henry Law 7th Baron Ellenborough 1889–1945 | Henry Law 7th Baron Ellenborough 1889–1945 | Henry Law 7th Baron Ellenborough 1889–1945 | Henry Law 7th Baron Ellenborough 1889–1945 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Richard Law 8th Baron Ellenborough 1926–2013 | Richard Law 8th Baron Ellenborough 1926–2013 | Richard Law 8th Baron Ellenborough 1926–2013 | Richard Law 8th Baron Ellenborough 1926–2013 | Richard Law 8th Baron Ellenborough 1926–2013 | Richard Law 8th Baron Ellenborough 1926–2013 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rupert Law 9th Baron Ellenborough born 1955 | Rupert Law 9th Baron Ellenborough born 1955 | Rupert Law 9th Baron Ellenborough born 1955 | Rupert Law 9th Baron Ellenborough born 1955 | Rupert Law 9th Baron Ellenborough born 1955 | Rupert Law 9th Baron Ellenborough born 1955 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hon. James Law born 1983 | Hon. James Law born 1983 | Hon. James Law born 1983 | Hon. James Law born 1983 | Hon. James Law born 1983 | Hon. James Law born 1983 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Edward Law born 2020 | Edward Law born 2020 | Edward Law born 2020 | Edward Law born 2020 | Edward Law born 2020 | Edward Law born 2020 | | | | | | |

### Arms

Coat of arms of the Barons Ellenborough :
* CrestA cock gules charged on the breast with a mitre pendant from a chain round the neck or.
* EscutcheonErmine on a bend engrailed between two cocks gules three mullets pierced or.
* SupportersTwo 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.
* MottoCompositum Jus Fasque Animi (Law and equity combined)