Henry Ellis (diplomat)
Sir Henry Ellis , KCB , PC ( 1777 - September 28, 1855 ) was a British diplomat and civil servant.
Life
Henry Ellis was the brother of Mr. Charles Ellis, a consul in Tangier . In 1814 he was Ministre plénipotentiaire ad interim in Tehran .
In 1816 Henry Ellis was a member of the Amherst Mission to China . After the diplomatic shipwreck, the participants also suffered a literal shipwreck on their return journey and Ellis landed with William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst in Java, where he went to Batavia .
From 1825 to 1834, Clerk of the Pells, the Pell Office, was in charge of the Exchequer's bookkeeping. From December 1830 to December 1834 he was a member of the Board of Control of the British East India Company . In 1832 he was accepted into the Privy Council . From July 1835 to November 1836 he was ambassador to Tehran . In August 1832 he was sent on an extraordinary mission to the government in Brazil. In 1848 he became Knight Commander of the civil Division of the Order of the Bath . In 1849 he represented the British government at a conference on Italy in Brussels.
Individual evidence
- ^ Edward Walford, Hardwicke's Annual Biography for 1856, p. 96
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| James Justinian Morier |
British ambassador to Tehran 1814 |
James Justinian Morier |
| John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby | British ambassador to Brazil 1832 |
Stephen Henry Fox |
| John Campbell |
British ambassador to Tehran 1835–1836 |
John McNeill |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellis, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1777 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1855 |