Edward Greely Loring (1802-1890)
Judge of the Court of Claims, Washington D.C.; previously of Boston, Massachusetts
He ignited controversy in Massachusetts and the North by ordering escaped slaves Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns to be returned to slavery under the federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. In 1858, he moved to the U.S. Court of Claims where he remained until his retirement 1877. He married Harriet Boott, daughter of Francis and Mary Boott, of London. Harriet's sister, Frances Boott, was married to the architect Henry Greenough of Boston. They lived at 1512, K Street NW, Washington D.C., and he died at his summer home in Winthrop, Massachusetts. They had eight children.