Richard Ellison (1754 – 7 July 1827)[1] was a British politician.
He was the eldest son of Richard Ellison, banker, of Sudbrooke Holme, Lincolnshire.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1793 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1796 to 1812,[1] and for Wootton Bassett from 1813 to 1820.[2] He became Recorder of Lincoln and a member of the Board of Agriculture (1798).
He married twice; firstly Hannah, the daughter of John Cookson of Whitehill, co. Durham and secondly Jane Maxwell, with whom he had 4 sons. He also had an illegitimate daughter.
Richard Ellison MP is the great-great-great grandfather of Richard Ellison (cricketer).
References
- 1 2 "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Ellison
- Richard Ellison (1754-1827) in The History of Parliament
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