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.
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.
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, 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).