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Robert Ellice (13 October 1784 – 18 June 1856) was a

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officer.

Military career

Born the son of Scottish merchant and fur trader Alexander Ellice and brother of Edward Ellice and Alexander Ellice, Ellice was commissioned as an

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on 8 November 1798. He saw action at

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in 1807 before becoming Deputy Adjutant-General in

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in 1809. He went on to be General Officer Commanding Western District in 1840 and General Officer Commanding the British troops in

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in 1847. He was also colonel of the

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. He was buried in

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Family

On 10 December 1814, Ellice married

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, the illegitimate daughter of

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and

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; ; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she wa ...

; they had at least four 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

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. 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 *** 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

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) on 4 November 1846. They had two children: ** 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

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through his sixth son James) on 15 April 1884. They have five children: *** Sir

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(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 Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden (24 December 181414 March 1892), was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884. Background and education Brand was the second son of Genera ...

on 16 April 1838, and they had ten children.''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” * General Sir Charles Ellice (10 May 1823 – 12 November 1888), married Louisa Lambton in 1862.

References

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