ELLIS, THOMAS, son of John Ellis, Glanywern, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire; b.; adm. Jul 1752 (in school list 1752 as Ellis, Christian name not stated) (Watts'); KS (aged 15) 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; d. 12 Mar 1759. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel.

ELLIS, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS ; failed to obtain his election to either University 1598; probably Thomas Ellis, London, “arm. ”, who was a Canoneer Student at Christ Church, Oxford 1598-1603, matr. 16 Feb 1598/9, aged 18; BA 1602.

ELLIS, SAMUEL, brother of John Ellis (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1665; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 May 1669; Marshal of the King’s Bench 1688; fled from England at the revolution of 1688.

ELLIS, PHILIP (in religion, MICHAEL), brother of John Ellis (KS 1660, qv); b. 1652; adm.; KS 1667; a Roman Catholic convert; professed as Benedictine monk at Douai 30 Nov 1670; ordained; a missionary priest in England; Chaplain to James II; Vicar Apostolic of Western division of England 30 Jan 1687/8; consecrated Bishop of Aureliopolis (in partibus) at Chapel Royal, St. James’s, 6 May 1688; arrested and imprisoned in Newgate at outbreal of revolution of 1688, but soon afterwards released and went abroad; living in Rome by 1693; not being able to discharge his duties as Vicar Apostolic, he resigned c. 1705; Bishop of Segni, Italy, from 3 Oct 1708; d. at Segni 16 Nov 1726. DNB.

ELLIS, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Ellis, Rector of Waddesdon, Bucks., and Susannah, dau. of William Welbore, Cambridge; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1660; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1664-81, Faculty Student from 1681; BA 1668; MA 1672 (both degrees in College Act Book, not in University records); employed in Secretary of State’s Office and State Paper Office; Secretary to Sir Leoline Jenkins at Conference of Nijmegen 1675-7; Secretary to Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory 1678-80 and to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 1680-2; Secretary to Commissioners of Revenue, Ireland 1682-9; a Commissioner of Transports; Under Secretary of State May 1695 - May 1705; Comptroller of the Mint 23 May 1701-11; MP Harwich 1702-8; two volumes of his correspondence were edited by George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (qv); at the time of his death he had been a Student of Christ Church for over seventy-three years; d. unm. 8 Jul 1738. DNB.

ELLIS, JOHN GERRARD, eldest son of Rev. John Ellis, Prebendary of Ripon, and Philippa, dau. of Thomas Salter (adm. 1720, qv); bapt. 17 Jun 1783; adm. 22 Feb 1797 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1797; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student; BA 1806; MA 1808; d. 10 Dec 1824.

ELLIS, HENRY JOHN, eldest son of Frederick Charles Ellis, Mortlake, Surrey, civil servant, and Lucy Ellen, sister of Henry William Bidwell (qv); grandson of Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum; b. 6 Jun 1851; adm. 27 Sep 1861; QS 1866; left May 1868; employed Manuscripts Department, British Museum May 1872 - Aug 1912; m. 9 Jan 1896 Margaret Caroline, eldest dau. of Roger Leigh MP, Barham Court, Maidstone, Kent; d. 3 Jan 1926.

ELLIS, FREDERICK EDWARD, brother of Henry John Ellis (qv); b. 5 Feb 1853; adm. 25 Sep 1862; QS 1867; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1871, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1871, but did not reside; temp. clerk, Librarian’s Office, Foreign Office 22 Jul 1872; clerk in Chief Clerk’s Department 15 May 1873, 2nd cl. Clerk 1 Dec 1882, 1st cl. Clerk 18 Oct 1888, retired on pension 1 Aug 1913; re-employed as temp. clerk 1 Jan 1917. [unm. in 1881]

ELLIS, EDWARD, brother of John Gerrard Ellis (qv); b. 23 Mar 1785; adm.; KS 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1803, matr. 23 May 1803, Westminster Student (still 1814); BA 1807; MA 1809; an Usher at the School 1806-14, Under Master 1814 - 3 Aug 1821; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1809, priest 25 Mar 1810 (both York); Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., from 21 Dec 1815; m. 4 Jan 1816 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Rev. John Russell, Rector of Helmdon, Northants.; d. 9 Sep 1823.

ELLIS, EDWARD RADCLYFFE, son of Rev. Arthur Ayres Ellis, Vicar of Stotfold, Beds., and Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Henry George Radclyffe, Islington; b. 27 Jun 1865; adm. as QS 20 Oct 1879; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1884, adm. pens. 8 Mar 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1887; MA 1891; ordained deacon 1888, priest 1889 (both Rochester); Assistant Master and Chaplain, Cheam School, Surrey, and Curate, West Cheam 1888-97; Curate, St. Stephen’s, Portland Town, London 1897-1900; Lecturer, Bolton Parish Church, Lancs., 1900-10; Rector of Norris Bank, Lancs., 1910-21; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland 1921-39; m. 24 Jan 1901 Agnes Mary, youngest dau. of George Thomas Parkinson, Fellows Road, Hampstead, Middlesex.