Edward Law, first earl of Ellenborough

(1790-1871)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of, 1790-1871 NRA: Law Edward (1790-1871) Earl of Ellenborough Governor General of India DNB: Law, Edward, first earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), politician and governor-general of India LBT ID: LdEllen2 VIAF ID: 15142030 LOC ID: n88175822	B/BAP: 1790-09-08 DIED: 1871-12-22
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Tory MP; he succeeded his father as second baron Ellenborough in 1818 and was president of the Board of Control (1828-30, 1834-35, 1841, 1858) and governor-general of India (1841).
REFERENCES TO Edward Law, first earl of Ellenborough: John Cam Hobhouse to John Murray, November 1820 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1828 Found 1: ¶ 2 John Gibson Lockhart to Henry Hart Milman, 27 December 1845 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 3 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXII Found 2: ¶ 16 ¶ 18 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter XVI. Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 18: 1837-43