Writer E.I. Co. (Bengal) 1805; asst. to sec. of secret, political and foreign depts. 1807, to Lt.-Col. John Malcolm* on Persian expedition 1808; head asst. to dep.-sec. of secret, political and foreign depts. 1809; first asst. to resident at Poonah 1810; res. 1811.
Private sec. to pres. Bengal bd. of control 1812 – 14; plenip. to Persia 1814; sec. during Anglo-American negotiations 1815; third commr. in Lord Amherst’s embassy to China 1816 – 17; dep. colonial sec. and commr. of stamps, Cape Colony 1819 – 21; commr. of customs 1824 – 25; clerk of the pells 1825 – 34; commr. bd. of control Dec. 1830 – Dec. 1834; PC 11 July 1832; ambassador to Persia 1835 – 36; spec. mission to Brazil 1842 – 43; attended Brussels conference on affairs of Italy 1848.
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855)