Thomas Graves Law was an English Oratorian priest, and later in life a historian and bibliographer.
Background
He was a grandson of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough. Born on 4 December 1836 at Yeovilton in Somerset, Law was third son and fourth of eight surviving children of William Towry Law (1809–1886), Lord Ellenborough"s youngest son, by his first wife, Augusta Champagné (died 1844), fourth daughter of Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves.
Education
University College London.
Career
His father obtained for him a cadetship in the military service of the East India Company. In 1879 Law was appointed keeper of the Signet Library in Edinburgh, and there he passed the remainder of his life. He was one of the founders, in 1886, of the Scottish History Society, and acted as its honorary secretary.
In 1898 the University of Edinburgh made him honorary
Doctor of Laws After a long illness he died at his home at Duddingston, near Edinburgh, on 12 March 1904.