Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine

The Right Honourable The Lord Coleraine PC
A portrait of Richard Law commissioned by the Ministry of Information during the Second World War
Minister of Education
In office 24 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
Preceded by	Rab Butler
Succeeded by	Ellen Wilkinson
Member of Parliament for Haltemprice
In office 24 February 1950 – 12 February 1954
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Patrick Wall
Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull South West
In office 28 October 1931 – 26 July 1945
Preceded by	John Arnott
Succeeded by	Sydney Smith
Personal details
Born	Richard Kidston Law (1901-02-27)27 February 1901
Died	15 November 1980(1980-11-15) (aged 79)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Domestic partner	Mary Virginia Nellis
Children	James, 2nd Baron Coleraine and Hon. Andrew Law
Parents	Bonar Law and Annie Law
Education	Shrewsbury School
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford
Occupation	Politician

Richard Kidston Law, 1st Baron Coleraine, PC (27 February 1901 – 15 November 1980) was a British Conservative politician.

He was the youngest son of the former Conservative Prime Minister Bonar Law and his wife Annie. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Oxford.

Law was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull South West in the general election of 1931 and held the seat until 1945. In 1940 he was appointed Financial Secretary to the War Office. He was then transferred to the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until 1943. While in the latter post he took part in the Bermuda Conference on the fate of European Jewry and was sworn of the Privy Council in the 1943 New Year Honours.

He was then Minister of State, also at the Foreign Office, until 1945, when he served briefly as Minister of Education in Churchill's caretaker government. In a by-election in November 1945 he became MP for Kensington South, which he held until February 1950.