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, 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, 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, Richard William Evan, son of George Edward Law MC FIPA, of Ewell, Surrey, and Margaret Dorothy Evans OBE, encyclopaedist, d. of Thomas Robert Evans, grain broker, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; b. 17 May 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1943; left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA, MA 1951; RNVR 1944-7 (Sub-Lieut. ); a merchant banker; Seligman Bros 1951-3; Gillett Bros Discount Co. 1953-83, man. dir. 1968-83; dir. Kirkland-Whittaker Ltd. (Foreign Exchange and Currency Deposits) and chmn. Kirkland-Whittaker (Italia) 1974-8; dir. BCI Ltd. 1983-7; chmn. Euromed Investments Plc 1986-97; MBE Jun 1996, for services to UK/Italian cultural relations; music critic for Opera and other periodicals 1950-; author (as Evan Hughes), Banking 1974; m. 11 Feb 1955 Joy Patricia Spira, art historian, d. of Jean-Jacques Spira MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner; d. 20 June 2007.
LAW, WILLIAM JOHN, eldest son of Ewan Law MP, formerly EICS Bengal, and Henrietta Sarah, eldest dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 6 Dec 1786; adm. 16 May 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797; KS (Capt. ) 1800; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1804, matr. 16 May 1804, Westminster Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1807; 1st cl. Classics 1808; BA 1808; MA 1810; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jun 1808, called to bar 10 Feb 1813; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1816-31, when post abolished); a Commissioner of Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors 30 Jun 1824 – Aug 1853, Chief Commissioner 1 Aug 1853-61; author, On The Passage of Hannibal over the Alps, 1866, and several legal works; m. 1 Jan 1817 Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Sympson, Middlethorpe Hall, Yorks. ; d. 5 Oct 1869. DNB.
Lawrence, Edward Feurtado, brother of John Henry Lawrence (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1892; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left July 1911; d. Feb. 14, 1913.
LAWSON, GEORGE, son of Francis Lawson, Inner Temple, London, barrister, and Margaret Cox (IGI); b.; adm. 15 Jan 1781; KS (aged 14) 1781; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 – res. 22 Dec 1795; admonished for irregularity and obstinacy 9 Apr 1788; BA 1789; MA 1792.
LAWSON, R.; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS). [Possibly = Richard Lawson, Peterhouse, Cambridge, matr. Mich 1598, BA 1601/2, MA 1605 and ordained deacon (Peterborough) 22 Sep 1622 (sic, correctly ?)].
LAWTON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219b); failed to obtain his election to either University 1610; Christ Church, Oxford, adm. Jan 1610/1, Canoneer Student to 1615; BA 1614.
LAWTON, THOMAS JOSEPH, son of Thomas Joseph Lawton, Walthamstow, Essex, and Cecilia ---; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1787; KS (aged 15) 1790; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1793, scholar 2 May 1794; BA 1798; MA 1805; ordained deacon 1798, priest 1800; Rector of Elmswell, Suffolk, from 1810; Perpetual Curate of Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk 1813; Rector of Chignal Smealy, Essex 1838; m. 22 Dec 1798 Catherine, dau. of Edward Warner, Walthamstow, Essex; d. 19 Mar 1863, aged 88.