Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
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The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC KC FSA |
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| Lord Chief Justice | |
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In office 11 April 1802 – 2 November 1818 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | The Lord Kenyon |
| Succeeded by | Charles Abbott |
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| Born |
Edward Law 16 November 1750 Great Salkeld, Cumberland, England, UK |
| Died | 13 December 1818 (aged 68) London, England, UK |
| Resting place | Charterhouse, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, PC, KC, FSA (16 November 1750 – 13 December 1818) was an English judge. After serving as a member of parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice.
Law was born at Great Salkeld, in Cumberland, of which place his father, Edmund Law (1703–1787), afterwards Bishop of Carlisle, was at the time rector. Educated at the Charterhouse and at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he passed as third wrangler, and was soon afterwards elected to a fellowship at Trinity. In spite of his father's strong wish that he should take orders, he chose the legal profession, and on quitting the university was entered at Lincoln's Inn.
After spending five years as a special pleader under the bar, he was called to the bar in 1780. He chose the northern circuit, and in a very short time obtained a lucrative practice and a high reputation. In 1787 he was appointed principal counsel for Warren Hastings in the celebrated impeachment trial before the House of Lords, and the ability with which he conducted the defence was universally recognised. He was made a King's Counsel that year. In 1798, he was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
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