Richard Ellison (1754 – 7 July 1827) was a British politician. He was the eldest son of Richard Ellison, banker, of Sudbrooke Holme, Lincolnshire. He was appointed

High Sheriff of Lincolnshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilit ...

in 1793 and was

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(MP) for

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from 1796 to 1812, and for

Wootton Bassett Royal Wootton Bassett , formerly Wootton Bassett, is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 11,043 in 2001, increasing to 11,385 in 2011. Situated in the north of the county, it lies to the west of the major ...

from 1813 to 1820. 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).

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Richard Ellison (1754-1827)
in ''The History of Parliament'' 1754 births 1827 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Lincoln British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Lincoln Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wootton Bassett UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire {{England-UK-MP-stub