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Charles Towry-Law, 3rd Baron Ellenborough

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Charles Edmund Towry-Law by Sir Leslie Ward

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Edmund Towry-Law, 3rd Baron Ellenborough (1820-1890 ) was a member of the House of Lords.

Law succeeded to the title on the death of his uncle, Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough in 1871. He served in the British Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 6th Regiment of Foot.

In 1885, Charles Edmund Towry Law assumed, by royal licence, the additional surname of Towry.

Law married four times: firstly in 1840 he married Lady Eleanor Cecil Howard (daughter of the 4th Earl of Wicklow) who died in 1852. Secondly in 1855, Anna Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Day who died in 1860. Thirdly, in 1863, Isabella Ogilby who died in 1874 and fourthly Beatrice Joanna Knatchbull in 1874.

Charles Towry-Law died in 1890 and was succeeded by his son Charles Towry-Law, 4th Baron Ellenborough. His fourth wife Beatrice died in 1932.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kidd, Charles (Editor), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2015, p.419