Edward Charles Ellice
Captain Edward Charles Ellice was Liberal MP for St Andrews Burghs.Background
He was the son of Robert Ellice and Eglantine "Tina" Balfour, the grandson of Robert Ellice and Eliza Courtney, a grandnephew of Edward Ellice, and a cousin and the heir of the latter's son, heir and namesake, Edward Ellice, who was a previous MP for the constituency.
He married Margaret Georgiana Thomas, daughter of cricketer Freeman Thomas and sister of Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, on 11 April 1889. They had ten children:
- Marion Ellice
- Edward Ellice
- Isobel Ellice
- Alexander Ellice died in World War I, age 21
- Margaret Ellice
- Andrew Robert Ellice died in World War I, age 18
- William Ellice died in World War I when an internal explosion sank, age 15
- Eglantine Ellice
- Russell Ellice
- Charles Ellice
He was deputy-director of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway.Military career
Ellice was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in October 1877, and promoted to captain on 5 August 1886. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he joined Lord Lovat's Corps as a captain of mounted infantry on 21 February 1900. The corps was raised by Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat and served in South Africa through the war.Political career
Ellice was elected at the 1903 St Andrews Burghs by-election, gaining the seat from the Liberal Unionists. He sought re-election at the 1906 General Election but was narrowly defeated.Electoral record
