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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Ellis was the second but only surviving son of the Most Reverend [[Welbore Ellis (bishop)|Welbore Ellis]], [[Bishop of Kildare]] and [[Bishop of Meath]]. |
Ellis was the second but only surviving son of the Most Reverend [[Welbore Ellis (bishop)|Welbore Ellis]], [[Bishop of Kildare]] and [[Bishop of Meath]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] from 1727 to 1732 and then entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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In 1741, he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)|Cricklade]], then moved to [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] (1747–1761), [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]] (1761–1768), [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]] (1768–1774), Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1774–1790) and Petersfield (1791–1794). In 1762, he succeeded [[Charles Townshend]] as [[Secretary at War]], and in 1763, he proposed the appropriation of twenty army [[regiment]]s to the [[thirteen colonies|colonies]] of America. In [[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament]], with many others, he opposed the reception of papers from the American [[Continental Congress]]. He became [[Treasurer of the Navy]] on 1777, then succeeded to the [[Secretary of State for the Colonies|Colonial Secretaryship]] in 1782, which he held for a matter of months, before the American colonies were lost. In 1784, he became the longest-serving member of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] (having served for 43 years noncontinuously), becoming the honorary [[Father of the House]]. He was created '''Baron Mendip''', of Mendip in the County of Somerset, in 1794 in recognition of his governmental service. The peerage was created with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister Anne by her husband Henry Agar, of [[Gowran]] and [[Gowran Castle]]. |
In 1741, he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)|Cricklade]], then moved to [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] (1747–1761), [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]] (1761–1768), [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]] (1768–1774), Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1774–1790) and Petersfield (1791–1794). <ref name = HOP>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/ellis-welbore-1713-1802| title= ELLIS, Welbore (1713-1802), of Tylney Hall, Hants.| publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 3 January 2018}}</ref> |
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In 1762, he succeeded [[Charles Townshend]] as [[Secretary at War]], and in 1763, he proposed the appropriation of twenty army [[regiment]]s to the [[thirteen colonies|colonies]] of America. In [[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament]], with many others, he opposed the reception of papers from the American [[Continental Congress]]. He became [[Treasurer of the Navy]] on 1777, then succeeded to the [[Secretary of State for the Colonies|Colonial Secretaryship]] in 1782, which he held for a matter of months, before the American colonies were lost. In 1784, he became the longest-serving member of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] (having served for 43 years noncontinuously), becoming the honorary [[Father of the House]]. |
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He was created '''Baron Mendip''', of Mendip in the County of Somerset, in 1794 in recognition of his governmental service. The peerage was created with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister Anne by her husband Henry Agar, of [[Gowran]] and [[Gowran Castle]]. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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In 1738 he inherited a large fortune from his uncle, [[John Ellis (Harwich MP)|John Ellis]]. |
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Revision as of 11:02, 27 February 2018
The Lord Mendip | |
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| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office February 1782 – 8 March 1782 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Lord North |
| Preceded by | Lord George Germain |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1713 |
| Died | 2 February 1802 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS (15 December 1713 – 2 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 53 years from 1741 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mendip. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.
Background
Ellis was the second but only surviving son of the Most Reverend Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Kildare and Bishop of Meath. He was educated at Westminster School from 1727 to 1732 and then entered Christ Church, Oxford.
Political career
In 1741, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cricklade, then moved to Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1747–1761), Aylesbury (1761–1768), Petersfield (1768–1774), Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1774–1790) and Petersfield (1791–1794). [1]
In 1762, he succeeded Charles Townshend as Secretary at War, and in 1763, he proposed the appropriation of twenty army regiments to the colonies of America. In Parliament, with many others, he opposed the reception of papers from the American Continental Congress. He became Treasurer of the Navy on 1777, then succeeded to the Colonial Secretaryship in 1782, which he held for a matter of months, before the American colonies were lost. In 1784, he became the longest-serving member of the House of Commons (having served for 43 years noncontinuously), becoming the honorary Father of the House.
He was created Baron Mendip, of Mendip in the County of Somerset, in 1794 in recognition of his governmental service. The peerage was created with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister Anne by her husband Henry Agar, of Gowran and Gowran Castle.
Personal life
In 1738 he inherited a large fortune from his uncle, John Ellis.
He married firstly in 1747 Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Sir William Stanhope and secondly in 1765 Anne, the daughter of George Stanley of Paultons, Hanpshire. Ellis nevertheless died childless in February 1802, aged 88, and was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his great-nephew, Henry Welbore Agar, 2nd Viscount Clifden, who assumed the surname of Ellis two years later.
See also
References
- ^ "ELLIS, Welbore (1713-1802), of Tylney Hall, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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