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Edward Ellice (merchant)

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Ellice acquired the large Scottish Highlands sporting estates of Invergarry, with David Bryce building Invergarry House for him, in 1866 to 1869 and of Glenquoich further inland, where he entertained up to a thousand guests a year, notable visitors including Sir
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He engaged in the Canada fur trade from 1803, and as a result was nicknamed "the Bear". On 30 October 1809 he married Hannah Althea Bettesworth, née Grey, daughter of
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visited and she was given an illustrated diary of a journey to the islands of Rona and Skye. Katherine was an amateur artist and diarist.
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from 1832 to 1834, during which time he proposed that appointments in the army should be made directly from his office. He founded the
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands
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Companies; and it was actually with him and the McGillivrays that the union was negotiated. He amalgamated the
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in Canada. He was sent to Canada in 1803, and in 1804 became a party to the union of the
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Companies. He became a partner in the North West Company, and during the struggle with
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including Thomas Shepherd's Journal and his coastal views, The NZ Company of 1825.
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In 1843, he married, secondly, Anne Amelia Leicester, née Keppel, daughter of
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The Rosanna Settlers: with Captain Herd on the coast of New Zealand 1826-7
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in 1836 and supported Palmerston as premier. He was appointed a
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from 1818 to 1826, and again from 1830 to 1863. He served as a
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Coventry
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Edward Ellice (disambiguation)
The Right Honourable

Secretary at War
Sir John Hobhouse
John Charles Herries
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Charles Wood
London
England
Scotland
Edward Ellice, Jr.
Alexander Ellice
Edward Ellice
Robert Ellice
Alexander Ellice
Russell Ellice
Charles Grey
John George Lambton
Katherine Ellice
Winchester School
Alma mater
Marischal College
University of Aberdeen
University of St Andrews
Hudson's Bay Company
Reform Bill of 1832
London
Alexander Ellice
Seigneury

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