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Robert Ellice

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Robert Ellice
Grave, Kensal Green Cemetery
Born(1784-10-13)13 October 1784
Died18 June 1856(1856-06-18) (aged 71)
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
Unit24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
CommandsWestern District
British troops in Malta
Battles / wars
Spouse
(m. 1814)
Children4
FatherAlexander Ellice
RelativesAlexander Ellice (brother)
Russell Ellice (brother)
General Sir Charles Ellice (son)
Henry Brand (son-in-law)

General Robert Ellice (13 October 1784 – 18 June 1856) was a British Army officer.

Military career

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Born the son of Scottish merchant and fur trader Alexander Ellice and brother of Edward Ellice and Alexander Ellice,[1] Ellice was commissioned as an ensign on 8 November 1798.[2] He saw action at Buenos Aires in 1807 before becoming Deputy Adjutant-General in Canada in 1809.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Western District in 1840[3] and General Officer Commanding the British troops in Malta in 1847.[4]

He was also colonel of the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.[5]

He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

Family

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On 10 December 1814, Ellice married Eliza Courtney, the illegitimate daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire;[1] they had at least four children:

  • Robert Ellice (1 January 1816 – 19 December 1858), married Eglantine Balfour,[6] 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 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 had two children:[7]
    • Charlotte Susan Seymour (5 August 1848) 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)
  • Elizabeth Georgiana Ellice (1818-8 March 1899), married Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden on 16 April 1838, and they had ten children.[8]
  • General Sir Charles Ellice (10 May 1823 – 12 November 1888), married Louisa Lambton in 1862.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Robert Ellice". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Ellice". Napoleon Series. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ^ "The United Service Magazine, Part 1". 1842. p. 119.
  4. ^ "A history of the British Army in Malta". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  5. ^ "No. 20158". The London Gazette. 7 November 1842. p. 3066.
  6. ^ Marriages Solemnized at St George’s Hanover Square, vol. 1a, 277: “BALFOUR Eglantine Charlotte Louisa and ELLICE Robert”
  7. ^ Burke’s Peerage, volume 1 (2003), p. 784
  8. ^ Westminster Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935: “Name: Henry Bouverie William Brand; Marriage Age: Full Age; Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1838; Marriage Place: St George, Hanover Square; Parish as it Appears: St George, Hanover Square; Father: Henry Trevor; Spouse: Elizabeth Georgiana Ellice”
Military offices
Preceded by GOC Western District
1840–1842
Succeeded by
Preceded by Colonel of the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
1842–1856
Succeeded by
John Finch