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  Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of — Infoplease.com
Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of — Infoplease.com
], 1790–1871, British statesman; son of the 1st Baron Ellenborough.
After his return to England he was created (1844) earl, was first lord of the admiralty (1846), and served again as president of the Board of Control (1858).
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  Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (September 8, 1790 - December 22, 1871) was a British politician.
Ellenborough was an active administrator, and took a lively interest in questions of Indian policy.
Dost Mahommed Khan was quietly dismissed from a prison in Calcutta to the throne in the Bala Hissar, and Ellenborough presided over the painting of the elephants for an unprecedented military spectacle at Ferozepur, on the south bank of the Sutlej.
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 Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The eldest son of the 1st Lord Ellenborough, he was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge.
Dost Mahommed Khan was quietly dismissed from a prison in Calcutta to the throne in the, and Ellenborough presided over the painting of the elephants for an unprecedented military spectacle at Ferozepur, on the south bank of the Sutlej.
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 EDWARD LAW, 1ST BARON ELLENBOROUGH - LoveToKnow Article on EDWARD LAW, 1ST BARON ELLENBOROUGH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the trial of William Hone (q.v.) for blasphemy in 1817, Ellenborough directed the jury to find a verdict of guilty, and their acquittal of the prisoner is generally said to have hastened his death.
Ellenborough was succeeded as 2nd baron by his eldest son, Edward, afterwards earl of Ellenborough; another son was Charles Ewan Law (1792-1850), recorder of London and member of parliament for Cambridge University from 1835 until his death in August 1850.
These were John Law (1745-1810), bishop of Elphin; Thomas Law (1759-1834), who settled in the United States in 1793, and married, as his second wife, Anne, a granddaughter of Martha Washington; and George Henry Law (1 761i 845), bishop of Chester and of Bath and Wells.
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Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of, British And Irish History, Biographies
Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of[el´unbUr´´u] Pronunciation Key, 1790–1871, British statesman; son of the 1st Baron Ellenborough.
After his return to England he was created (1844) earl, was first lord of the admiralty (1846), and served again as president of the Board of Control (1858).
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 Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough (September 8, 1790 - December 22, 1871) was a British politician.
On his arrival there the news that greeted him was that of the massacre of Kabul, and the sieges of Ghazni and Jalalabad, while the sepoys of Madras were on the verge of open mutiny.
Ellenborough was led on till events were beyond his control, and his own just and merciful instructions were forgotten.
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 DERBY - LoveToKnow Article on DERBY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
These earlier earls of Derby were also known as Earls Ferrers, or de Ferrers, from their surname; as earls of Tutbury from their residence; and as earls of Nottingham because this county was a lordship under their rule.
(P. EDwARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, 14th earl of Derby (1799 1869), the Rupert of Debate, born at Knowsley in Lancashire on the 29th of March 1799, grandson of the 12th earl and eldest son of Lord Stanley, subsequently (1834) I3th ear] of Derby (1775-1851).
EDWARD HENRY STANLEY, 15th earl of Derby (1826 1893), eldest son of the I4th earl, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a high degree and became a member of the society known.
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 Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (November 16, 1750 - December 13, 1818), English judge, was born at Great Salkeld, in Cumberland, of which place his father, Edmund Law (1703-1787), afterwards bishop of Carlisle, was at the time rector.
In the trial of William Hone for blasphemy in 1817, Ellenborough directed the jury to find a verdict of guilty, and their acquittal of the prisoner is generally said to have hastened his death.
These were John Law (1745-1810), bishop of Elphin; Thomas Law (1759-1834), who settled in the United States in 1793, and married, as his second wife, Anne, a granddaughter of Martha Washington; and George Henry Law (1761-1845), bishop of Chester and of Bath and Wells.
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 Baron Ellenborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Baron Ellenborough is a title that was created in Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1802 for Edward Law upon his ascent to the King's Bench.
His son was styled Earl of Ellenborough in 1844, but as he died childless, the earldom went extinct with his death and the barony reverted to his nephew, the 3rd Baron.
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871) (earldom extinct)
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 Company rule in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among them were Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1798-1805), William Pitt Amherst (1823-1828), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1836-1842), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1842-1844), and James Andrew Brown Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1848-1856; also known as the Marquess of Dalhousie).
The sometimes described as the "half-loaf system," as it sought to mediate between Parliament and the company directors, enhanced Parliament's control by establishing the Board of Control, whose members were selected from the cabinet.
Both Hindu pandits and Muslim qazis (sharia court judges) were recruited to aid the presiding judges in interpreting their customary laws, but in other instances, British common and statutory laws became applicable.
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 ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871) - Encyclopedia Britannica - ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871) ...
ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871), the eldest son of the 1st Lord Ellenborough, was born on the 8th of September 1790.
In the Wellington administration of 1828 Ellenborough was made lord privy seal; he took a considerable share in the business of the foreign office, as an unofficial assistant to Welling-ton, who was a great admirer of his talents.
Ellenborough went to India in order " to restore peace to Asia," but the whole term of his office was occupied in war.
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Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Governor-General of India.
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Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, was not a popular man even among his own set.
Ellenborough was notorious for his acid tongue, which multiplied his enemies on both sides of the political fence.
Their honeymoon was apparently a failure and, according to rumour, Edward paid more attention to the daughter of the hotel's pastry-cook than to his bewildered bride.
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 Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court.
Originally, the three high common law courts, the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of the King's (or Queen's) Bench, and the Court of the Exchequer, each had their own Chief Justice.
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (April 11, 1802 - November 2, 1818)
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 ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871) - Online Information article about ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF ...
EARL OF (1790-1871), the eldest son of the 1st See also:
On his return to England Ellenborough was created an earl and received the thanks of parliament; but his administration speedily became the theme of hostile debates, though it was successfully vindicated by Peel and Wellington.
Stanley, afterwards earl of Derby, in 1858, so closely even in details, that Lord Ellenborough must be pronounced the author, for See also:
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At the end of the manuscript are copied "The Earl of Bristolls letter to the King March 1663/4; and "A letter from the Earle of Shaftsbury on his retirement in 74 to the Earle of Carlisle." Bristol, George Digby, 2nd earl of, 1612-1677.
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 Robert Peel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
More importantly, his sponsor for the election (besides his father) was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, with whom Peel's political career would be entwined for the next twenty-five years.
Though he knew repealing the laws would mean the end of his ministry, Peel decided to do so out of humanity.
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He was President of the Board of Control under Charles Grey, 2nd Earl GreyEarl Grey and William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneLord Melbourne from November 1830 to November 1834.
At the board of control Grant was primarily responsible for the act of 1833, which altered the constitution of the government of India.
He was still secretary when the Canadian rebellion broke out in 1837; his wavering and feeble policy was fiercely attacked in parliament; he became involved in disputes with the John George Lambton, 1st Earl of DurhamEarl of Durham, and the movement for his supercession found supporters even among his colleagues in the cabinet.
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Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe (January 30, 1785 - September 5, 1846), Indian and colonial administrator, was born at Calcutta.
He was the second son of Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, then a major in the Bengal army, who afterwards became a director of the East India Company, and was created a baronet in 1802.
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 Category:Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 1st earl of Edward Law Ellenborough - Encyclopedia.com
Edward Law Ellenborough, 1st earl of, 1790-1871, British statesman; son of the 1st Baron Ellenborough.
He served as president of the Board of Control of the East India Company (1828-30, 1834-35, 1841) and as governor-general of India (1841-44).
Author not available, ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, 1ST EARL OF.
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Ellenborough wears the Star and Ribbon of the Bath, awarded him in 1844.
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 EDWARD HENRY STANLEY - Online Information article about EDWARD HENRY STANLEY
Derby (1826—1893), eldest son of the 14th earl, was educated at See also:
Cambridge, where he took a high degree and became a member of the society known as the Apostles.
SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d.
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 Admiralty
The Admiralty Board replaced the Board of Admiralty (officially the Lords Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, etc.) when the functions of that office were incorporated into the Ministry of Defence in 1964.
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