Henry Law

Henry Law was Dean of Gloucester from 1862 until his death on 25 November 1884.

Law was born at Kelshall rectory, Hertfordshire, on 29 September 1797. He was the third son of George Law who was Bishop of Chester from 1812 to 1824 and later Bishop of Bath and Wells until his death in 1845. Henry Law was thus the grandson of Edmund Law who had been the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1756 to 1768 and then Bishop of Carlisle until his death in 1787.