John Ellis (Liberal politician)

The Right Honourable John Ellis
Ellis in 1895.
Under-Secretary of State for India
In office 12 December 1905 – 29 January 1907
Prime Minister	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded by	The Marquess of Bath
Succeeded by	Charles Hobhouse
Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe
In office 18 December 1885 – 5 December 1910
Preceded by	constituency created
Succeeded by	Leif Jones
Personal details
Born	1841
Died	5 December 1910
Political party	Liberal Party

John Edward Ellis (1841 – 5 December 1910), was a British colliery owner and Liberal politician.

Ellis was returned to Parliament for the newly created constituency of Rushcliffe in the 1880 general election. In December 1905 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for India in the Liberal administration of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, a post he held until 1907, and was sworn into the Privy Council in January 1906. A radical Liberal. Ellis was amongst those Liberals who supported Lloyd George's progressive "People's Budget" of 1909.

Ellis remained Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe until his death in December 1910, during the general election of that month. He married Maria Rowntree. Their twin daughters, Edith Ellis and Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor, were anti-war activists.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Ellis
• The Life of the Rt. Hon. John Edward Ellis, M. P. (1914) by Arthur Tilney Bassett