Peerage Record – 39761

     Edmund Law married Frederica Law, daughter of Hon. Charles Ewan Law and Elizabeth Sophia Nightingale, on 17 May 1848.¹ He died on 26 March 1867.¹

     Hon. Henry Spencer Law was born on 10 May 1802.¹ He was the son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough and Anne Towry.² He married Dorothea Anne Rochfort, daughter of Colonel John Staunton Rochfort and Mary Burgh, on 16 May 1839.¹ He died on 15 July 1885 at age 83.¹
     He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was a practising barrister.¹ He gained the rank of in the 1st Life Guards and 28th Regiment.¹ He was Private Secretary to the First Lord Admiralty in 1846.¹ He was Private Secretary to the President of the Board Control
in 1858.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Kent.¹

     Colonel John Staunton Rochfort was the son of John Rochfort and Dorothea Burgh.² He married, firstly, Harriette Mann, daughter of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Bt. and Lady Lucy Noel, in 1802.³ He married, secondly, Mary Burgh, daughter of Thomas Burgh and Anne Aigion, in 1814.⁴ He died on 6 May 1844.⁴
     He lived at Clogrenane, County Carlow, Ireland^G.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1823.³

     Dorothea Anne Rochfort was the daughter of Colonel John Staunton Rochfort and Mary Burgh.^2,3 She married Hon. Henry Spencer Law, son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough and Anne Towry, on 16 May 1839.¹ She died on 25 November 1871.¹
     From 16 May 1839, her married name became Law.

     Edward Downes Towry-Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough was born on 9 May 1841.¹ He was the son of Hon. Henry Spencer Law and Dorothea Anne Rochfort.² He married Hermione Octavia Croghan Schenley, daughter of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley and Mary Elizabeth Croghan, on 19 December 1906 at Chelsea, London, England.^1,3 He died on 9 December 1915 at age 74, without issue.¹
     He fought in the Baltic Campaign in 1855.¹ He fought in the China War between 1857 and 1861.¹ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the Gold Coast Ashanti War between 1873 and 1874.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baron Ellenborough, of Ellenborough, co. Cumberland [U.K., 1802] on 26 June 1902.¹

     Elizabeth Pole Schenley was born circa 1842 at Dutch Guinea.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley.¹ She married Hon. Ralph Harbord, son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield and Emily Harriet Shirley, on 5 September 1865 at Westminster, London, England.¹ She died on 6 March 1915 at London, England.¹
     From 5 September 1865, her married name became Harbord.¹

     Hermione Octavia Croghan Schenley was born circa 1859.² She was the daughter of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley and Mary Elizabeth Croghan.^3,2 She married Edward Downes Towry-Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough, son of Hon. Henry Spencer Law and Dorothea Anne Rochfort, on 19 December 1906 at Chelsea, London, England.^1,2 She died on 26 August 1942.¹
     From 19 December 1906, her married name became Towry-Law. After her marriage, Hermione Octavia Croghan Schenley was styled as Baroness Ellenborough on 19 December 1906.

     Cecil Henry Towry-Law, 6th Baron Ellenborough was born on 25 November 1849.¹ He was the son of Hon. Henry Spencer Law and Dorothea Anne Rochfort.² He married Alice Caroline Astell, daughter of John Harvey Astell, on 22 July 1884.¹ He died on 22 January 1931 at age 81.¹
     He was also known as Cecil Henry Law.² He fought in the Afghan War between 1878 and 1879.¹ He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the Dorset Regiment.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dorset.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1900.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Ellenborough, of Ellenborough, co. Cumberland [U.K., 1802] on 9 December 1915.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Dorset.¹

     Louisa Isabella Law was born circa 1851 at London, England.² She was the daughter of Hon. Henry Spencer Law and Dorothea Anne Rochfort.³ She married Augustus George Crowder on 26 October 1889 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,4 She died on 14 October 1899.¹
     From 26 October 1889, her married name became Crowder.

     Augustus George Crowder was born circa 1844.² He married Louisa Isabella Law, daughter of Hon. Henry Spencer Law and Dorothea Anne Rochfort, on 26 October 1889 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,2 He married Mary Elizabeth Palgrave, daughter of Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave and Grace Battley, in 1903 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.²