Robert Ellice
Born	(1784-10-13)13 October 1784
Died	18 June 1856(1856-06-18) (aged 71)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Western District British troops in Malta

General Robert Ellice (13 October 1784 – 18 June 1856) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of Scottish merchant and fur trader Alexander Ellice and brother of Edward Ellice and Alexander Ellice,^[1] Ellice was commissioned as an ensign on 8 November 1798.^[2] He saw action at Buenos Aires in 1807 before becoming Deputy Adjutant-General in Canada in 1809.^[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Western District in 1840^[3] and General Officer Commanding the British troops in Malta in 1847.^[4]

He was also colonel of the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.^[5]

He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

Family

On 10 December 1814, Ellice married Eliza Courtney, the illegitimate daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire;^[1] they had at least four children:

• Robert Ellice (1 January 1816 – 19 December 1858), married Eglantine Balfour,^[6] sister of Jane Ellice. These two sisters were captured and held captive for a week during the Battle of Beauharnois. 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 HMS Bulwark
    • 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 Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) on 4 November 1846. They had two children:^[7]
  • 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 Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood through his sixth son James) on 15 April 1884. They have five children:
    • Sir Horace James Seymour (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 Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden on 16 April 1838, and they had ten children.^[8]
• General Sir Charles Ellice (10 May 1823 – 12 November 1888), married Louisa Lambton in 1862.