John Ellis,
BETTER known as "Captain Ellis," arrived in this colony by the "Buckinghamshire," on March 22, 1839, in company with the late Capt. Wm. Allen, and in conjunction with him made large purchases of land, conspicuous among which was the Milner Estate from Mr. G. M. Stephen, which occupied such a prominent position in the Courts at that period. Mr. Ellis entered extensively into pastoral pursuits; and his stations extended from the Little Para to the Hummocks, which country was first stocked by him. In August, 1851, he was returned Member for Flinders in the Legislative Council, and after some time sold a portion of his properties and returned to England. He died in London, March 22, 1873, aged 70, leaving a widow, the eldest daughter of the late Rear- Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, and eight children by a former marriage.