18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Augusta Champagne Graves    
                Born: ABT 1812               
                Died: 16 Oct 1844          in Somerset  1,2,3 (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: William Towry Law     
             Married: 15 Mar 1831          in Berkshire  1,4
                Born: 16 Jun 1809          in London  1,5
          Occupation:                      Chancellor of the diocese of Bath and Wells  6
                Died: 1886                 in Surrey  2 (see note 2)
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media link: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_32.djvu/227
          Media desc: Biography
           F Child 1: Helen Anne Law      
                Born: 27 Apr 1832          in Cambridge  
          Christened:  4 Nov 1832          in Trumpington   (see note 3)
                Died: 1892                 in Surrey  2 (see note 4)
           M Child 2: Augustus Henry Law      
                Born: 21 Oct 1833            1
          Christened:  2 Dec 1833          in Trumpington   (see note 5)
                Died: 1880                 in South Africa  5,6
          Media link: https://archive.catholic-heritage.net/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ABSI%2FSJ%2F32
          Media desc: Biography
           M Child 3: Francis Towry Adeane Law      
                Born:  9 Jan 1835          in Trumpington  1
              Census: 1851                 in Woolwich Barracks, London   (see note 6)
          Occupation: 1851                 Gentleman Cadet  
          Occupation:                      Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Artillery  
              Census: 1891                 in London   (see note 7)
                Died: 1901                 in London  2 (see note 8)
          Media link: http://www.1879zuluwar.com/t1750-lieutenant-colonel-francis-towry-adeane-law-cb-royal-artillery
          Media desc: Military Biography

Sources:
(1) The Peerage website. 
(2) FreeBMD website. 
(3) GRO index. 
(4) Ancestry Select Marriages. 
(5) Ancestry family tree. 
(6) Biography online. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Dec 1844 Axbridge 10 239   age 32
Note (2) Dec 1886 Kingston 2a 199   age 77
Note (3) Nov 4 LAW Helen Anne dau of William Towry [BT William Henry Towry] the Honble
& Augusta Champagne the Honble otp [blank] born 27 Apr 1832 born at Cambridge
Note (4) Mar 1892 Croydon 2a 230   age 59
Note (5) Dec 2 LAW Augustus Henry son of William Towry the Honble & Augusta Champagne
the Honble otp [blank]
Note (6) Age 16, born Trumpington, Gentleman Cadet
Note (7) Age 56, born Trumpington, single.  British Army Officer
Note (8) Mar 1901 Westminster 1a 375   age 66

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