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Seaford, Baron (UK, 1826)
Creation: let. pat. 1 Jul 1826
Family name: Ellis
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Arms:
Erminois a Cross Sable charged with five Crescents Argent
Crest:
On a Mount Vert a Goat's Head erased Argent
Supporters:
On either side a Lion Argent charged on the neck with three Trefoils slipped Vert within a Collar Gules
Motto:
Non Quo Sed Quomodo (Not by whom, but in what manner)
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Charles Rose [Ellis], 1st Baron Seaford
2nd son of John Ellis, of Jamaica, by his wife Elizabeth Pallmer, dau. of John Pallmer, also of Jamaica
born
19 Dec 1771
mar. (1)
2 Aug 1798 Elizabeth Catherine Caroline (d. 21 Jan 1803), only child and hrss. of Hon John Augustus Hervey, styled Lord Hervey (by his wife Elizabeth Drummond, dau. of Colin Drummond of Megginch), 1st son and heir app.of Frederick Augustus [Hervey], 4th Earl of Bristol and 5th Baron Howard de Walden
children by first wife
1. Hon Charles Augustus Ellis, later 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford
2. Lt Col Hon Augustus Frederick Ellis MP (b. 17 Sep 1800; d. 16 Aug 1841), mar. 25 Jun 1828 Mary Frances Thurlow Cunynghame (mar. (2) Baron Wilhelm von Munster, Chamberlain to the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen; d. 12 Sep 1851), dau. of Sir David Cunynghame, 5th Bt., and had issue
1. Eliza Ellis (dvp. 1820)
mar. (2)
2 Oct 1840 Anne Louisa Emily Hardy (widow of Vice Adm Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bt.; d. 2 Nov 1877), 1st dau. of Adm Hon Sir George Cranfield Berkeley (2nd son of Augustus [Berkeley], 4th Earl of Berkeley), by his wife Emily Charlotte Lennox, 2nd dau. of Lord George Henry Lennox MP (by his wife Lady Louisa Kerr, 1st dau. of William Henry [Kerr], 4th Marquess of Lothian), 2nd son of Charles [Lennox], 2nd Duke of Richmond
died
1 Jul 1845
created
1 Jul 1826 Baron Seaford, of Seaford in the County of Sussex
suc. by
son by first wife
Charles Augustus [Ellis], 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford
note
suc. his maternal great grandfather 8 Jul 1803 as 6th Baron Howard de Walden and his father 1 Jul 1845 as 2nd Baron Seaford
The Barony of Seaford was held by the Barons Howard de Walden from 1 Jul 1845 until 9 Jul 1999, when on the death of John Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden and 5th Baron Seaford, the Barony of Howard de Walden fell into abeyance between his four daughters and the Barony of Seaford was inherited by his cousin,
Colin Humphrey Felton [Ellis], 6th Baron Seaford
1st son of Maj William Felton Ellis (by his wife Edwina Reginald Bond, dau. of Maj R E Bond), 1st son of Henry Guysulf Bertram Ellis (by his wife Kathleen Roberta Mitchell, only dau. of William Charles Mitchell, of Marmount, co. Down), 1st son of Rev Hon William Charles Ellis, Rector of Bothal, Morpeth (by his wife Henrietta Elizabeth Ames, dau. of Henry Metcalf Ames, of Linden), 2nd son of Charles Augustus [Ellis], 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford
born
19 Apr 1946
mar. (1)
2 Jan 1971 (div. 1992) Susan Magill, dau. of R H Makgill, of Lisnamore, Crossgar, co. Down
children by first wife
1. Hon Benjamin Felton Thomas Ellis (b. 1976)
2. Hon Humphrey Henry Guysulf Ellis (b. 1983)
1. Hon Harriett Fay Ellis (b. 1973), mar. 19... Jeremy Walker, and has issue
2. Hon Charlotte Susan Ellis (b. 1975)
mar. (2)
1993 Penelope Mary Bastin
Last updated 12 Jul 2012
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Title:
6th Baron Seaford, of Seaford in the County of Sussex
(United Kingdom, let. pat. 1 Jul 1826)
Address:
Bush Farm, West Knoyle, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6AE
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