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.
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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
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