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LAW, MATTHEW, of London; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1613, adm. scholar 1614, matr. Mich. 1613; BA 1617/8; MA 1621; ordained deacon (London) 23 Dec 1621; Vicar of Wedmore, Somerset 27 Apr 1627-47; Rector of Allerton, Somerset 1636 – 1673; m.

Law, Henry Duncan Graves, son of Thomas Graves Law, of Duddington, Midlothian, by Wilhelmina Frederica, daughter of Capt. John James Allen, R. N., of Errol Park, Forfarshire; b. Aug. 13, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; left July 1901; Edin. Univ.; M.A. 1905; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; l. C. S. 1905; arrived in India Dec. 4, 1906; asst. magistrate and collector Bengal; 2nd asst., Hyderabad, June 1912; asst. secretary Foreign and Political Dept. Govt. of India Oct. 1915, under secretary April 1916; 1st asst. agent of Gov.-Gen. of Baluchistan Oct. 1919; Consul at Kerman, Persia; C. l. E. Jan. 1, 1927; Consul­ General at Meshek, Persia, 1929-30; retired 1932; m. April 10, 1909, Jean, daughter of Peter Graham, R. A., of St. Andrews, Fifeshire; d. 1964.

Law, George Llewellyn, brother of Richard William Evan Law (qv); b. 8 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left Dec. 1947; in the army; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. 1949 (open schol. ), BA 1952; adm. solicitor Dec. 1955; asst. solicitor Slaughter & May 1955-61, partner 1961-7; man. dir. Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd. 1968-89; non-exec. dir. various industrial cos. 1968-89; Morgan Grenfell Group Plc 1971-, vice-chmn. 1987-9, retd.; FRSA; trustee Spitalfields Festival 1994-2006, chmn. 2001-6; MBE Jun 2006; trustee Ancient Monuments Soc. 1992-; trustee and hon. treasurer GamCare 1998-2004; endowed George Law Junior Organ Scholarship at Clare Coll. Camb. 2010; m. 26 Mar. 1960 Anne Stewart Wilkinson, solicitor, d. of Arthur Adolphus Wilkinson, dental surgeon; d. 25 Dec. 2018

LAW, GEORGE EWAN, brother of William John Law (qv); b. 28 Oct 1796; adm. second quarter 1805; KS 1810; left 1810; at Haileybury Coll. 1812-3; Writer, EICS Bengal 1813; arrived in India 30 Sep 1814; Assistant to Secretary, Secret Political and Foreign Dept., 1816, First Assistant 22 Feb 1817; Secretary to General Foreign and Commercial Dept. 1819; m. 22 Jun 1815 Charlotte Price, eldest dau. of Commodore Sir John Hayes, Kt, EI Marine Service, Master Attendant, Port of Calcutta; d. at Calcutta 6 Nov 1820.

LAW, EDWARD, brother of William John Law (qv); b. 7 Aug 1790; adm. 7 Dec 1798 (Clapham); in school list 1801; KS (Capt. ) 1804; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student; BA 1812; MA 1815; BD and DD 1844; ordained; Chaplain to his uncle Right Rev. George Henry Law DD, Bishop of Chester; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Preston, Lancs., 1814-20; Chaplain, Russia Company and British Factory, St. Petersburg May 1820, British Embassy, St. Petersburg Oct 1836-64; m. 2 May 1816 Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Rev. John Peploe Mosley, Rector of Rolleston, Staffs.; d. 10 Nov 1868.

LAW, EDMUND, eldest son of William John Law (qv); b. 2 Mar 1818; adm. 14 Jan 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; left 1834; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1835, scholar 1839; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Inner Temple 3 Jun 1843, called to bar 5 Jun 1846; Surrey Sessions; m. 17 May 1848 his cousin Frederica, fifth dau. of Hon. Charles Ewan Law QC MP; d. 26 Mar 1867.

LAW, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS at Mich. 1609, apparently a Third Election (Chapter Muniments 41289).

LAVIE, GERMAIN, brother of Tudor Lavie (qv); b. 17 Mar 1836; adm. 18 Jan 1849; QS 1850; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1854, matr. 8 Jun 1854, Westminster Student 1854-61; 1st. Cl. Mods 1856; 4th cl. Lit. Hum. and 4th cl. Law and History 1857; BA 1858; MA 1861; Clements Inn Prize; adm. solicitor Trinity 1861; one of the Chancery Registrars from 1882; Busby Trustee 27 Jun 1897; author, The Westminster Play, its Actors and its Visitors, 1855; m. 3 Sep 1861 Myra Isabella, sister of Wilson Ashurst Hetherington (qv); d. 16 Jul 1901.

LATIMER, STURMAN, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 4 Jan 1812; adm. 15 Jun 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1830, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1830, scholar 1831; BA 1834; adm. solicitor Mich. 1837; practised at Headington, Oxfordshire; m. 8 Aug 1850 Emma Jarrett, youngest dau. of Rev. Charles Lyne DD, Rector of Mevagissey, Cornwall; d. 24 Jun 1892.

LATIMER, GEORGE BURTON POTTS, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 28 Jun 1809; adm. 24 Sep 1822 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; left 1827; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1828; BA 1833; MA 1852; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 6 Aug 1834, priest 30 Oct 1836; Perpetual Curate of St. Paul’s, Birmingham 1848-67; bankrupt 1871; m. 22 Feb 1866 Elizabeth Sarah, third dau. of William Clark, Belford Hall, Northumberland.