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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 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. 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; 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
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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.


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