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Lot Essay
The initials on the bases are those of William D. Sloane (1845-1915), President of W.J. Sloane. He married Emily Vanderbilt, grand-daughter of the Commodore.
A matching pair of sauce tureens and covers from the same service were sold Christie's New York, 18th October 1989, Lot 41.
Edward Law (1790-1871) 2nd Baron Ellenborough and later 1st Earl of Ellenborough, eldest son Edward Law (1750-1818), 1st Baron Ellenborough and his wife, Anne Towry (d. 1843), daughter of Captain George Phillips Towry RN, was born on 8 September 1790. Educated at Eton College, where he was captain of the Oppidans, and St John's College, Cambridge he went on to have a long career in politics and diplomacy.
He first married Lady Octavia (1792-1819), daughter of Robert Stewart, the 1st marquess of Londonderry, and sister of Lord Castlereagh, the foreign secretary and secondly to Jane Elizabeth (1807-1881) daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Digby and his wife, Lady Andover in 1824 (15 September). Jane though had little in common with her husband and followed her lover, Prince Schwarzenberg, to Paris in 1829. Ellenborough fought a duel with the prince, got £25,000 damages from him in the courts, and obtained his divorce by a private bill in 1830.
His career in politics included a stint as M.P. for St. Michael's 1813-18. He was also Lord Privy Seal 1828; President of the Board of Control 1828-30, 1834-5, 1841 and 1858; Governor-General of India 1841-4 and First Lord of the Admiralty. He died at his Gloucestershire seat, Southam House on 22 December 1871. As he had no illegitimate heir his nephew, Charles Law, succeeded him as the third baron.
A matching pair of sauce tureens and covers from the same service were sold Christie's New York, 18th October 1989, Lot 41.
Edward Law (1790-1871) 2nd Baron Ellenborough and later 1st Earl of Ellenborough, eldest son Edward Law (1750-1818), 1st Baron Ellenborough and his wife, Anne Towry (d. 1843), daughter of Captain George Phillips Towry RN, was born on 8 September 1790. Educated at Eton College, where he was captain of the Oppidans, and St John's College, Cambridge he went on to have a long career in politics and diplomacy.
He first married Lady Octavia (1792-1819), daughter of Robert Stewart, the 1st marquess of Londonderry, and sister of Lord Castlereagh, the foreign secretary and secondly to Jane Elizabeth (1807-1881) daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Digby and his wife, Lady Andover in 1824 (15 September). Jane though had little in common with her husband and followed her lover, Prince Schwarzenberg, to Paris in 1829. Ellenborough fought a duel with the prince, got £25,000 damages from him in the courts, and obtained his divorce by a private bill in 1830.
His career in politics included a stint as M.P. for St. Michael's 1813-18. He was also Lord Privy Seal 1828; President of the Board of Control 1828-30, 1834-5, 1841 and 1858; Governor-General of India 1841-4 and First Lord of the Admiralty. He died at his Gloucestershire seat, Southam House on 22 December 1871. As he had no illegitimate heir his nephew, Charles Law, succeeded him as the third baron.