| Authorised form of name | Ellis; George (1753 - 1815); author |
| Dates | 1753 - 1815 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Jamaica, North and Central America |
| Date of birth | 19 December 1753 |
| Place of death | Connaught Place, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 10 April 1815 |
| Occupation | Poet; politician; plantation and slave owner |
| Research field | Poetry |
| Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Career:
Produced 'Poetical Tales by Sir Gregory Gander' (1778); received an income from the sugar pantations Ellis Caymanas and Crawle Pen in St Caherine, Jamaica, owned by his late father and manged by his uncle John Ellis, took control of the plantation on his uncle's death (1782);employed as an aide by his friend the Whig diplomat Sir James Harris (later Lord Malmesbury), with whom he travelled widely on the continent and accompanied his embassy to the Hague (1784); subsequently wrote a history of the Dutch revolution (1789); later accompanied Malmesby to the peace conference at Lille (1797) at which the British line was to restore the French monarchy; likely author of 'A Memoir of a Map of the Countries Comprehended between the Black Sea and the Caspian'', published anonymously (1788); MP for Seaford (1796-1802) did not speak in the house but identified as a member with West India interests willing to support limitation to the British trade in enslaved people but not abolition; published 'Specimens of the Early English Poets' (1790); founded the 'Anti-Jacobin' with Canning and Gifford, an ultra-Tory political periodical printed from 1797-1798; published 'Specimens of early English Romances in metre' (1805); friend of Sir Walter Scott
Memberships:
FSA |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/05/1797 |
| Age at election | 43 |
| Relationships | Posthumous son of George Ellis (author, sugar plantation and slave owner); married (1805) Anne, daughter of Sir Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet; no children; nephew of Edward Long |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Wikipedia; UCL LBS
References:
'George Ellis', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632390 [accessed 9th July 2020]. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27099724 |
| Royal Society code | NA2811 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1797/06 | Ellis, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/2/12 | Letter from George Ellis, St John's Wood to Secretary of the Royal Society (Michael Foster) | 31 May 1886 |