married secondly Jane Digby, daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Digby. They had one child, the Hon. Arthur Dudley Law (15 February 1828 – 1 February 1830). Arthur's biological father was Jane's cousin; after her cousin ended their affair, she had at least two more affairs. After the news of her affair with Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg became public, Lord and Lady Ellenborough were divorced by Act of Parliament in 1830. He did not remarry, although he had illegitimate children with his mistress. The stage actor St. Clair Bayfield (born John St. Clair Roberts) was his grandson through his illegitimate daughter, Ida Roberts. Death Ellenborough died at his seat, Southam House, near Cheltenham, in December 1871, aged 81. On his death, the viscountcy and earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, Charles Towry-Law, 3rd Baron Ellenborough. He was buried in the family mausoleum at Oxenton Church. Ancestry Notes References External links 1790 births 1871 deaths Lords Privy Seal Governors-General of India Lords of the Admiralty British people of the First Anglo-Sikh War Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Mitchell UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs who inherited peerages UK MPs who were granted peerages Edward Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Presidents of the Board of Control People educated at Eton College