Ewan Law

Ewan Law (1747 – 24 April 1829) was a British politician, MP for Westbury (1795–1800) and Newtown.

Biography

He was baptised on 30 October 1747, the son of Edmund Law, later Bishop of Carlisle.

Entering the East India Company in Bengal in 1763, Law rose through the ranks, joining the council in Patna in 1770, becoming junior merchant in 1772, senior merchant in 1776, and company chief in Patna in 1777. He returned to the UK in 1780, and retired in 1782. He had numerous connections in British India: his brother Thomas Law was an East India Company official; his wife's brother William Markham was Private Secretary to Governor-General Warren Hastings; a sister married Sir Thomas Rumbold, Governor of Madras; his nephew Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough later became Governor-General. but there was a delay in his taking his seat, caused by his name being spelled wrongly ("Evan" rather than "Ewan") in the election return.

He died on 24 April 1829.

Harriette Law Maria Law, married Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik William John Law, barrister Edward Law, clergyman Elizabeth Frederica Law, married Rev. Peter Guerin Crofts George Ewan Law Cecilia Anne Law, married Rev. John Barlow