Ellenborough

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Ellenborough

(ˈɛlənbrə)
n
(Biography) Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
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References in classic literature
Erskine was counsel for the defendants; Lord Ellenborough was the judge.
Being Private Letters of Lords Ellenborough, Hardinge, Dalhousie and Gough and of Political Assistants Addressed to Sir Frederick Currie as British Resident at Lahore, etc.
The Ellenborough AC member completed the course in 53 minutes and 56 seconds, nearly seven minutes clear of runner-up Stephen Winter of Shettleston Harriers.
WELCOME to Ellenborough Hall, a beautiful Victorian House converted into self-contained holiday lets, centrally located within two minutes walk from the seafront and only five minutes walk from Weston-super-Mare's variety of shops and restaurants.
The girls beat Fusion of London 5-1, Ashford from Heathrow 4-2, lost to Cardiff 4-2, lost to Draycott of Derby 4-2 and drew with Ellenborough of North London 3-3.
All the boys were horrified at the name and McMurdo rode about, bleeding like a pig from his wound, after the battle, to find another village to call after: Lord Ellenborough has settled it for us Hyderabad.' Excerpt from the book
In 1842, after the battle of Ghazni, Lord Ellenborough, the Governor General, had put down the number of Muslims at 10 per cent of the population, perhaps without counting those in northwest India, which was still outside the British realm.
Pulling into the driveway at Ellenborough Park, a 61-room hotel, 20 minutes' drive from Cheltenham Spa train station, I can easily visualise myself as a member of the British aristocracy.
Passing through several hands, with grand stair-cases, oak panelling and bay windows being added along the way, it eventually ended up with the Earl of Ellenborough in the 1800s, whose second wife, Jane Digby, reportedly caused scandal with her numerous affairs.
Curzon and Northbrook resigned and Ellenborough and Lytton were recalled.
Dodd (1808), Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough avoided
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