ELLIS, John Thomas (1756-1836), of Wyddial Hall, Herts.

In 1784 Ellis was returned unopposed for Lostwithiel, a borough placed at the disposal of Government by Lord Mount Edgcumbe. The seat cost £3,000, and in George Rose’s secret service accountsRoyal archives, Windsor. appears the entry: ‘Mr. Ellis—Lostwithiel—above £1,500 paid to Lord Mount Edgcumbe—£500’—presumably Ellis himself had to pay only £1,000 from his own pocket. Naturally, he supported Pitt. On 18 Apr. 1785 he voted for parliamentary reform. His only recorded speech, 23 Jan. 1787, was in favour of a tax on hawkers and pedlars. He is not known to have stood in 1790.

Ellis died 6 Oct. 1836.