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697 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [EMERSON Commdr. of the Order " du Merita Agricole." Residences — ^The Royal Mint, E. ; Ravensbrook, Oxted, Surrey. Club — National. Issue — James D'Oyly Elliott, b. 1882; I.C.S. United Pro- vinces India'; m. 1911, Margery Helen, dau. of the late Francis Carey, of Burgess Hill, Sussex. Issue — 1. Beatrice Marguerite. 2. A dau. ELLIOTT, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Alice, dau. of T. Gaussen, of Guernsey, and widow of T. J. Murray, B.C.S. M. 1887, as liis 2nd wife. Sir Charles Alfred Elliott, K.C.S.I., LL.D., J.P., niemb. of Council of Viceroy of India, Lieut. -Gov. of Bengal 1890-5, who d. '28 May, 1911. Resi- dence — Fernwood, Wimbledon Park, S.W. ELLIOTT, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Ida Ger- trude, dau. of C. J. Brune, of London. M. 26 March. 1904, as his 2nd wife, Sir Charles Bletter- man EUiott, K.C.M.G., LL.B. ; general manager Cape Govt. Rlys. 1880-1901, who d. 11 April, 1911. Residence — Wynberg, Cape Colony. ELLIS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1914.— Sir Evelyn Campbell Ellis, unoffl. memb. of Legisl. Council Ceylon. ELLIS, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1906. — Sir Joseph Baxter Ellis, s. of the late Mark Ellis, merchant, of Bramley, Leeds, and Sarah, dau. of the late Jonathan Barker, of Bramley. B. at Bramley 1842 ; m. 1st, 1866, Frances (d. 1886), dau. of W. Laidler, of Newcastle ; m. 2nd, 1892, Mary, dau. of John Taylor, of N. Shields ; ed. at Kes- wick ; is a grain merchant and miller ; Sheriff of Newcastle-on-Tyne 1887-8 ; Mayor 1890-1, 1904-5, and 1905-6 ; creat. first Lord Mayor of Newcastle 1906 ; is alderman and J. P. for New- castle ; chairman corporation, town moor manage- ment, and public parks committee ; member River Tyne commission. Residence — North Ashfield, ' Newcastle-on-Tyne. Club — Newcastle Liberal. Issue by 1st. m. — 1. William Barker Ellis, b. 1868 ; m. in 1892. 2. Joseph Ellis, b. 1870 ; m. in 1899. 3. Arthur Ellis, b. 1873 ; is m. 4. Harry Stephenson Ellis, b. 1881 ; m. 1913, Ida Beatrice, dau. of Henry Jloseley, of The Cedars, Gosforth. 1. Mary Baxter. Issue by 2nd m. — 5. William Haswell Stephenson Ellis, b. 1898. 6. John Taylor Ellis, b. 1899. 2. Dorothy Barker. ELLIS, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Mary Lily Grace, dau. of George B. Ellicombe, of Rock- lands, Chudleigh, M. 4 Oct. 1893. Sir Herbert Mackay EUis, K.C.B. (mil.), LL.D., F.R.C.S., who was director-general of the medical department of the Navy 1904—8, hon. physician to the King, late hon. physician to King Edward VII, and who d. 30 Sept. 1912. Residence — Leavesden, Wey bridge. ELLIS, Hon. Lady (Knt.'s widow). — ^Mina Frances, dau. of the 1st Baron Taunton, M. 2 May, 1864, Maj.-Gen. Sir Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis, G.C.V.O., C.S.I., equerry and comj)troller of accounts to King Edward VII, and comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's dept., who d. 11 June, 1907. Residences — 29, Portland Place, W. ; Roj'al Lodge, Windsor Great Park. Issue — • 1. Arthur Henry Augustus Ellis, b. 13 Feb. 1866 ; clerk in the House of Commons. 2. Capt. Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis, 5th Batt. Rifle Brigade, b. 13 Sept. 1872 ; page of hon. to Queen Victoria, gentleman usher to King Edward 1908-10, to King George since 1910. 1. Mary Evelyn, m. 17 Doc. 1885, Ralph Sneyd. Residence — Keele, Staffs. 2. Albertha Lily Magdalen. 3. Alexandra Mina, m. 4 Nov. 1899, Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. (whom see). 4. Evelyn Mary, m. 22 June, 1898, Walter W. Kerr, and has issue. 5. Dorothy, m. 10 Aug. 1899, 'Charles Kemcys-Tynte. Residences — Cefn Mably and Halswell, Somersetsliire. RATCLIFFE-ELLIS, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1911. — Sir Thomas Ratcliffe Ratcliffe-Ellis, s. of Thomas Ellis, of Wigan, builder, etc., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Ratcliffe, of Haigh, Lanes, farmer. B. at Wigan 31 Dec. 1842 ; m. 26 Feb. 1868, Mary Dean, dau. of Matthew Barton, of Wigan ; ed. at Wigan Gram. Sch. ; admitted a solicitor 1865 ; law clerk and sec. to the Mining Assocn. of Gt. Britain since 1892 ; memb. of the royal coinmn. on Mines ; joint sec. (Einployers') to the Board of Conciliation for the Coal Trade of the Federated Districts ; memb. of the Employers' panel of the Board of Trade Court of Arbitration, and an Employers' repre- sentative Board of Trade Industrial Council ; memb. of the Board of Trade Railway Confer- ence ; meinb. of Royal Commn. of Inquiry into the railway dispute 1911 ; memb. governing body of the Wigan Mining and Technical Coll. : late capt. 21st Lanes Rifle Volunteers; assumed by royal licence 1911 the additional surname of Ratcliffe. Residence — The Hollies, Wigan. Club — St. Stephen's. Issue living — • 1. Thomas Ellis, b. 15 April, 1869. 2. Arthur RatcIiire-EUis, I). 4 Dec. 1872. 3. Henry Ratcliffe-Ellis,|b. 8 April, 1885; m. 1913, Grace, dau. of Charles Wall. 1. Mary, m. 5 Jan. 1906, (Jeoffrey William Dawson. 2. Madge, m. 22 Juno, 1904, Artlinr Edward Fair. 3. Ruth, m. 3 Aug. 1909, B-rtram Stubbs Brown. 4. Dorothy, m. 19 Aug. 19U8, Henry Esmond Hender- son. ELPHINSTONE, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Annie Frances, dau. of W. H. Cole, of West Woodhay House, Kintburj M. 1876, Maj.-Gen. Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, K.C.B., C.M.G., V.C, a distinguished officer of engineers, who served during the whole of tlie Crimean war, was governor and subsecjuently controller and treasurer to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, and was swept overboard and drowned from ss. " Ton- gariro" in 1890. Residence — Pine Wood, Bag- shot. Issue — EL'VERSTON, Knt. Bach. Great. 1911.— Sir Harold Elverston, s. of the late James Booth Elverston, of Heaton Moor, merchant, and Elizabeth, dau. of James Marsden, of Arn- field, Derbyshire, contractor. B. at Fairfield 26 Dec. 1866 ; m. 18 April, 1899, Josephine, dau. of J. Taylor, of Rusholme ; ed. privately j memb. Manchester City Council 1904-10 ; treas. Manchester Liberal Federation ; hon. sec. Lanes and Cheshire Liberal Federation ; memb. In- stitute of Journalists : unsuccessfully contested Worcester (by election) 1908 ; M.P. for Gateshead since Jan. 1910 ; J.P., Cheshire. Residence — Fulshaw Hall, nr. Wilmslow, Cheshire. Clubs — Brasenose ; Reform (Manchester) ; Welsh ; National Liberal. ELVEY, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Mary, dau. of Joseph Savory, of Buckhurst Park, Berks. M. 1882, as his 4th wife. Sir George Elvey, Mus. Doc, who was for fifty-seven years organist to Queen Victoria. He d. 1893. Residence — The Towers, Windlesham, Surrey. Issue — George Frederick Handel Elvey, b. 1883. EMERSON, Knt. Bach. Great. 1902.— Sir William Emerson, s. of William Emerson, of Whetstone, Middlesex. B. 1843; m. 1871, Jenny, dau. of Coutts Stone, of Princes Square, Bayswater ; ed. at King's Coll. : was a pupil of Burgess, A.R.A. ; went out to India at twenty- one, and erected there Bombay markets, churches, and other buildings ; designed Allahabad L^niv.,