Edward Ellice (merchant)
Edward Ellice | |
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Secretary at War | |
In office 1833–1834 | |
Preceded by | Sir John Hobhouse |
Succeeded by | John Charles Herries |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 1830–1832 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Charles Wood |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Ellice, Jr. | 27 September 1783
Alma mater | Marischal College, University of Aberdeen University of St Andrews |
Edward Ellice the Elder (27 September 1783 – 17 September 1863), known in his time as the "Bear", was a British merchant and politician. He was a Director of the
Biography
Ellice was born on 27 September 1783 in London, the son of Alexander Ellice and Ann Russell. In 1795, his father purchased the Seigneury of Villechauve in Canada from Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière. His younger brother was General Robert Ellice.
He was educated at
He engaged in the Canada fur trade from 1803, and as a result was nicknamed "the Bear". On 30 October 1809 he married Hannah Althea Bettesworth, née Grey, daughter of
In 1820, he was, with the brothers William and Simon McGillivray, active in bringing about the union of the North West and the Hudson's Bay Companies; and it was actually with him and the McGillivrays that the union was negotiated. He amalgamated the North West, XY, and Hudson's Bay companies in 1821.
In 1825 Ellice was a director of the New Zealand Company, a venture chaired by his brother-in-law, the wealthy John George Lambton, Whig MP (and later 1st Earl of Durham), that made the first attempt to colonise New Zealand. His brother Russell Ellice was also a director.[1][2][3]
He was
He was awarded a DCL by
Ellice was a co-owner of eight sugar estates in Grenada, British Guiana, Tobago and Antigua. In the 1830s, the British government emancipated the slaves, and Ellice received compensation to the tune of about £35,000 for the liberation of over 300 slaves.[5]
In 1843, he married, secondly, Anne Amelia Leicester, née Keppel, daughter of
Ellice acquired the large Scottish Highlands sporting estates of Invergarry, with David Bryce building Invergarry House for him, in 1866 to 1869[6] and of Glenquoich further inland, where he entertained up to a thousand guests a year,[7] notable visitors including Sir Edwin Landseer, William Gladstone and Sir Henry Holland. In 1859 his son's wife, Katherine Ellice served as host when the artist Richard Doyle visited and she was given an illustrated diary of a journey to the islands of Rona and Skye. Katherine was an amateur artist and diarist.[8]
His brother General Robert Ellice married Eliza Courtney; one of their grandsons became his son's heir in 1880.
Legacy
The
are named after him.See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-927277-19-5. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
...first published in 1977.
- ^ McDonnell, Hilda (2002). "Chapter 3: The New Zealand Company of 1825". The Rosanna Settlers: with Captain Herd on the coast of New Zealand 1826-7. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
including Thomas Shepherd's Journal and his coastal views, The NZ Company of 1825.
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ignored (help)[permanent dead link] - Wakefield, Edward Jerningham (1845). Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands. John Murray. p. 4. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery".
- ^ AmBaile – Highland History and Culture: House (now Glengarry Castle Hotel).
- ^ Hamilton, John Andrew (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 17. pp. 246–247.
- ^ The Log of the Ladye, Scan.org, retrieved 20 June 2017
- ^ History in Winnipeg Street Names at the Manitoba Historical Society
Bibliography
- W. Stewart Wallace, ed. (1948). The Encyclopedia of Canada, vol. II. Toronto: University Associates of Canada. pp. 287–288.
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(help) - Colthart, James M. (1976). "Edward Ellice". ISBN 0-8020-3319-9.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Watkin, Edward William. Canada and the States. Forgotten Books. ISBN 1-60620-892-6.
- "Archival material relating to Edward Ellice". UK National Archives.
- "Our History: Acquisitions". Hudson's Bay Company. Retrieved 12 April 2009.