Henry John Ellison (7 June 1813 – 25 December 1899) was an

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er and clergyman.

Life

The son of the cricketer George Ellison, he was born at

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in June 1813. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. After graduating from Cambridge, he took holy orders in the Anglican Church in 1838. His first ecclesiastical post was as a priest at

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in the same year of his ordination. After two decades holding positions at various curacies, Ellison founded the Church of England and Ireland Temperance Society in 1862. He wrote a number of books on the temperance movement. Ellison was an honorary canon at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford from 1873 to 1894, in addition to being appointed an honorary chaplain to

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in October 1875; four years later he was appointed a Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Victoria, a post he held until his death in December 1899 at

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, where he was also an honorary canon at

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. He was buried at Windsor.

Cricketer

While studying at Cambridge, Ellison played

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for

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from 1833 to 1837, making five appearances. He had limited success in his five matches, scoring 42 runs with a highest score of 18. Ellison also made one first-class appearance for the

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''against'' Cambridge University at

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in 1835, making his highest first-class score of 22 in the match.

Family

Ellison married in 1854 Mary Dorothy Jebb, daughter of Sir Joshua Jebb.

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