Major Edward Charles Ellice, DSO, JP, DL (1 January 1858 – 21 February 1934) was Liberal MP for St Andrews Burghs.
Biography
He was the son of Robert Ellice (1816–1858) and Eglantine "Tina" Balfour (1816–1907), the grandson of Robert Ellice and Eliza Courtney, a grandnephew of Edward Ellice, and a cousin and the heir of the latter's son, heir and namesake, Edward Ellice, who was a previous MP for the constituency.
Educated at Harrow School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Ellice was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1876 or 1877, and promoted to captain on 5 August 1886. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he joined Lord Lovat's Corps as a captain of mounted infantry on 21 February 1900. The corps was raised by Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat and served in South Africa through the war.
Ellice was elected at the 1903 St Andrews Burghs by-election, gaining the seat from the Liberal Unionists. He sought re-election at the 1906 General Election but was narrowly defeated.
During the First World War, he rejoined the Grenadier Guards in 1914 and commanded the 7th (Guards) Entrenching Battalion in France. He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.
He was deputy-director of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway.
Electoral record
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Charles Ellice | 1,324 | 50.7 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Unionist | William Anstruther-Thomson | 1,288 | 49.3 | −1.9 | |
| Turnout | |||||
| Majority | 36 | 1.4 | 3.8 | ||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 1,495 | 50.4 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal | Edward Charles Ellice | 1,472 | 49.6 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 23 | 0.8 | 2.2 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Family
He married Margaret Georgiana Thomas (1865–1929), daughter of cricketer Freeman Thomas and sister of Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, on 11 April 1889. They had ten children:
- Marion Ellice (8 October 1890)
- 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, age 21
- Margaret Ellice (19 March 1896)
- Andrew Robert Ellice (13 October 1897 – 28 September 1916) died in World War I, age 18
- William Ellice (19 December 1898 – 26 November 1914) died in World War I when an internal explosion sank HMS Bulwark, age 15
- Eglantine Ellice (9 January 1900 – 1989)
- Russell Ellice (14 November 1902 – 1989)
- Charles Ellice (7 March 1905)
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
- "No. 27167". The London Gazette. 20 February 1900. p. 1171.
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1, by Bernard Burke; Harrison; England; 1894, p. 575.
- Notices of the Ellises of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from the conquest to the present time, by William Smith Ellis; London, England; 1866, p.140.
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| Preceded byHenry Torrens Anstruther | Member of Parliament for St Andrews Burghs 1903–1906 |
Succeeded byWilliam Anstruther-Gray |
- 1858 births
- 1934 deaths
- Scottish Liberal Party MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1900–1906
- Deputy lieutenants of Inverness-shire
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies
- 20th-century Scottish politicians
- Lovat Scouts officers
- Grenadier Guards officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Scottish justices of the peace