Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Edward_Ellice_(merchant)> ?p ?o. }
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) abstract "Edward Ellice the Elder (27 September 1783 – 17 September 1863), known in his time as the "Bear", was a British merchant and politician. He was a Director of the Hudson's Bay Company and a prime mover behind the Reform Bill of 1832.Ellice was born on 27 September 1783 in London, England to Alexander Ellice and Ann Russell. In 1795, his father purchased the Seigneury of Villechauve from Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière.He was educated at Winchester and at Marischal College, Aberdeen. He became a partner in the firm of Phyn, Ellices and Inglis, which had become interested in the XY Company in Canada. He was sent to Canada in 1803, and in 1804 became a party to the union of the XY and North West Companies. He became a partner in the North West Company, and during the struggle with Lord Selkirk he played an important part.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 Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, and the widow of Captain George Edmund Byron Bettesworth. He had one son by her, Edward.In 1820, he was, with the brothers William and Simon McGillivray, active in bringing about the union of the North West and the Hudson's Bay Companies; and it was actually with him and the McGillivrays that the union was negotiated. He amalgamated the North West, XY, and Hudson's Bay companies in 1821.He was Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1818 to 1826, and again from 1830 to 1863. He served as a Secretary to the Treasury, and a whip in Lord Grey's government, 1830-1832. He was Secretary at War from 1832–1834, during which time he proposed that appointments in the army should be made directly from his office. He founded the Reform Club in 1836 and supported Palmerston as premier. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1833.He was awarded a DCL by St Andrews University. He privately urged French government to send troops into Spain in 1836. He was deputy-governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.In 1843, he married, secondly, Anne Amelia Leicester, née Keppel, daughter of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle and widow of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. She died in the following year. His only son was Edward Ellice Jr., who also sat in Parliament. His brother General Robert Ellice married Eliza Courtney; one of their grandsons became his son's heir in 1880.The Ellice Islands, formerly part of the colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands and now the independent nation of Tuvalu, were named after him. The Rural Municipality of Ellice in Manitoba, Fort Ellice, and Ellice Avenue in Winnipeg are named after him.".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) almaMater Marischal_College.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) almaMater University_of_St_Andrews.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthDate "1783-09-27".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthPlace England.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthPlace London.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthYear "1783".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) child Edward_Ellice_(Scottish_politician).
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) deathDate "1863-09-17".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) deathPlace Scotland.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) deathYear "1863".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) office "Financial Secretary to the Treasury".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) office "Secretary at War".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) successor Charles_Wood,_1st_Viscount_Halifax.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) successor John_Charles_Herries.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) termPeriod Edward_Ellice_(merchant)__1.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) termPeriod Edward_Ellice_(merchant)__2.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) thumbnail EdwardElliceSr.jpg?width=300.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) viafId "18674832".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) wikiPageID "5132712".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) wikiPageRevisionID "603504879".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) almaMater Marischal_College.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) almaMater University_of_St_Andrews.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) as Secretary_to_the_Treasury.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) before Joseph_Planta.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) before "George Robert Dawson".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthDate "1783-09-27".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthPlace England.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) birthPlace London.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) caption "Painting by Sir Charles William Ross".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) children Edward_Ellice_(Scottish_politician).
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) dateOfBirth "1783-09-27".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) dateOfDeath "1863-09-17".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) deathDate "1863-09-17".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) deathPlace "Glengarry, Scotland".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) hasPhotoCollection Edward_Ellice_(merchant).
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) imagesize "180".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) name "Edward Ellice".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) name "Ellice, Edward".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) nationality "British".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) office Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) office Secretary_at_War.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) placeOfBirth England.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) placeOfBirth London.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) placeOfDeath "Glengarry, Scotland".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) predecessor John_Hobhouse,_1st_Baron_Broughton.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) predecessor "Office created".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) shortDescription "British politician".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) spouse "Lady Anne Amelia Leicester".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) spouse "Lady Hannah Althea Bettesworth".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) successor Charles_Wood,_1st_Viscount_Halifax.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) successor John_Charles_Herries.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) termEnd "1832".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) termEnd "1834".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) termStart "1830".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) termStart "1833".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) title Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) title Secretary_at_War.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) title "Member of Parliament for Coventry".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with Peter_Moore_(MP).
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with "Charles Geach 1851-1854".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with "George James Turner 1847-1851".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with "Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer 1831-1835".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with "Sir Joseph Paxton 1854-1863".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with "Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler 1830-1831".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) with "William Williams 1835-1847".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) years "1818".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) years "1830".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) years "1833".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) description "British politician".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) description "British politician".
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:1783_births.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:1863_deaths.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:Members_of_the_Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:Members_of_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament_for_English_constituencies.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1818–20.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1820–26.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1830–31.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1831–32.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1832–35.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1835–37.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1837–41.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1841–47.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1847–52.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1852–57.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1857–59.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) subject Category:UK_MPs_1859–65.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type CausalAgent100007347.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Holder110180178.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type LivingThing100004258.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Object100002684.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Officeholder110371450.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Official110372373.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Organism100004475.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Owner110389398.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Person100007846.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type SkilledWorker110605985.
- Edward_Ellice_(merchant) type Whole100003553.