Colonel Cecil Henry Law, 6th Baron Ellenborough, CB, DL (23 November 1849 – 22 January 1931), was a British Army officer and a member of the House of Lords.
Promoted to captain on 24 January 1883, to major on 21 June 1890, and to lieutenant colonel on 19 November 1897, he commanded the 2nd battalion Dorsetshire Regiment during the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1900 to 1902 where he was present during the Relief of Ladysmith, and the battles of Laing's Nek and the Tugela Heights.
For his services in the war, he was mentioned in despatches three times, received the Queen's Medal with five clasps and the King's Medal with two clasps,[1][2] and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the April 1901 South Africa Honours list.
[3][a] After the end of the war in June 1902, he returned to the United Kingdom in the RMS Dunottar Castle, which arrived at Southampton the following month.
[7] After his retirement from the British Army, Law took an active interest in local philanthropic and patriotic institutions.