Robert Ellice
Robert Ellice | |
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Born | 13 October 1784 |
Died | 18 June 1856 71) | (aged
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Rank | General |
Commands held |
Western District British troops in Malta |
General Robert Ellice (13 October 1784 – 18 June 1856)[1] was a British Army officer.
Military career
Born the son of Alexander Ellice and brother of Edward Ellice,[2] Ellice was commissioned as an ensign on 8 November 1798.[3] He saw action at Buenos Aires in 1807 before becoming Deputy Adjutant-General in Canada in 1809.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Western District in 1840[4] and General Officer Commanding the British troops in Malta in 1847.[5]
He was also colonel of the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.[6]
He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Family
On 10 December 1814, Ellice married Eliza Courtney, the illegitimate daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire;[2] they had five children:
- Robert Ellice (1 January 1816-19 December 1858), married Eglantine Balfour, sister of Jane Ellice. These two sisters were captured and held captive for a week during the Battle of Beauharnois. The couple had one son:
- Major Edward Charles Ellice (1858-21 February 1943) he married Margaret Thomas on 11 April 1889. They had ten children:
- Edward Ellice (6 December 1891-about 1893)
- Isobel Ellice (18 November 1892)
- Alexander Ellice (19 November 1894-16 October 1916) died in World War I at the age of twenty-one
- Margaret Ellice (19 March 1896)
- Andrew Robert Ellice (13 October 1897-28 September 1916) died in World War I at the age of eighteen
- William Ellice (19 December 1898-26 November 1914) died in World War I, at the age of fifteen, when an internal explosion sank the HMS Bulwark
- Eglantine Ellice (9 January 1900-1989)
- Russell Ellice (14 November 1902–1989)
- Charles Ellice (7 March 1905)
- Georgiana Ellice (12 October 1817-12 October 1907), married Hugh Horatio Seymour (grandson of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) on 4 November 1846. They have two children:
- Charlotte Susan Seymour (5 August 1948) she married Charles Campion on 27 May 1879
- Hugh Francis Seymour (23 December 1855-14 June 1930) he married Rachel Lascelles (granddaughter of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood through his sixth son James) on 15 April 1884. They have five children:
- Sir Horace James Seymour (26 February 1885-8 September 1978)
- Lieutenant Francis Seymour (30 May 1886-30 July 1915)
- Mabel Seymour (d. 21 July 1973)
- Kathleen Georgiana Seymour (d. 29 May 1946)
- Mary Gwendolen Seymour (d 18 September 1974)
- Major Edward Charles Ellice (1858-21 February 1943) he married Margaret Thomas on 11 April 1889. They had ten children:
- Eliza Ellice (1818-8 March 1899), married Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden on 16 April 1838, and they had ten children.
- General Sir Charles Ellice (10 May 1823 – 12 November 1888), married Louisa Lambton in 1862.
- Alexandra Ellice
References
- ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ellice-34
- 1 2 "Robert Ellice". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Robert Ellice". Napoleon Series. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "The United Service Magazine, Part 1". p. 119.
- ↑ "A history of the British Army in Malta". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "No. 20158". The London Gazette. 7 November 1842. p. 3066.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir Willoughby Cotton |
GOC Western District 1840–1842 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Murray |
Preceded by James Frederick Lyon |
Colonel of the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1842–1856 |
Succeeded by John Finch |
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