Cuthbert Ellison 1668 - 1785

ELLISON, Cuthbert (1698-1785), of Hebburn, co. Dur

Family and Education

Born May, 10, 1698 Cuthbert was the 1st son of Robert Ellison of Hebburn by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Bt., M.P., of Ravensworth Castle, co. Dur. unm. suc. fa. 1726.

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858

Name: Cuthbert Ellison Esquire

Probate Date: 3 Nov 1785

Residence: St James Westminster, Middlesex, England

Attached in Documents

Biography

Ellison came from an old family of Newcastle-upon-Tyne merchants who acquired Hebburn, across the river, about 1650.1 His great-grandfather Robert Ellison represented Newcastle in the Long Parliament and in 1660. A professional soldier, he saw service abroad from 1741 to 1744 and was present at Dettingen in 1743. He was also on the Duke of Cumberland’s staff during the advance against Prince Charles Edward at Derby. After selling his regimental commission for £3,500 in 1745, he was nominated by Pelham and returned for Shaftesbury in 1747 on Lord Ilchester’s interest. Shortly before the election he wrote:

As I am supported by Lord Ilchester’s interest and have the returning officer, most of the magistrates and better sort of the people by that means in my favour, I may hope for success, but my election will be dubious, troublesome and very expensive.

These expenses amounted to £2,700, of which Ellison spent £1,500 or £2,000 of his own and Pelham provided the rest.(2) He did not stand again. When he died, 11 Oct. 1785, he was the second senior general in the army.

Author: R. S. Lea

Notes

1. Surtees, Durham, ii. 76, 78-79.

2. E. Hughes, N. Country Life in 18th Cent., 85-88, 282-3, citing Ellison mss in the Pub. Lib., Shipcote, Gateshead; Ilchester to Henry Fox, 7 Oct. 1747, Fox mss; Matthew Merefield to Pelham, 5 Apr. 1753, Newcastle (Clumber) mss.

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Parliament History

Constituency SHAFTESBURY

Dates 1747 - 1754

SHAFTESBURY
1747 - 1754

Offices Held
Capt. 8 Drags. 1723, maj. 1731; lt.-col. 23 Ft. 1739-43; lt.-col. Drags. 1743-5, adjutant-gen. to Earl of Stair in England 1744; col. 1745; maj.-gen. 1755; lt.-gen. 1759; gen. 1772.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

source https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/e...

Private Act, 18 George III, c. 56

Reference: HL/PO/PB/1/1778/18G3n116

Title: Private Act, 18 George III, c. 56

Description:
An Act for establishing and confirming an Agreement, made between the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and General Cuthbert Ellison, for the Partition and Division of a Tract of unimproved Land, in the Parish of Jarrow, in the County Palatine of Durham, and the Partition and Division made in pursuance thereof.

Date: 1778

Held by: Parliamentary Archives, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

source http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_ps=60&_p=1700&_...

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Military History

"8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers"

"Royal Welch Fusiliers officers"

"British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession"

"British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745"

Full General 26 May 1772 (3) (4)

source https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Cuthbert_Ellison_%28British_Army_offi...

(3) https://wikivisually.com/wiki/List_of_British_Army_full_generals#ci...

(4) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/11251/page/1

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Sources

A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts: Parts 2 and 3, Volume 3
By John HODGSON (M.R.S.L., Vicar of Hartburn.) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lG_HJwJjMsUC&pg=PA348&dq=ellis...

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 510

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Links to more documents

237 DF.HUG/51 Item Painting of General Cuthbert Ellison (1694-1785) nd late 18th century

238 DF.HUG/52 Series Family Histories
239 DF.HUG/52/1 Item Colonel Ralph Edward Carr and Cuthbert Ellison Carr, The History of the Family of Carr 1893-1899

240 DF.HUG/52/2 Item Colonel Ralph Edward Carr and Cuthbert Ellison Carr, The History of the Family of Werge of [Horton Castle] Northumberland 1891

Source http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dse...

Links to web sites

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FRILAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA115&lpg=...

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_W4EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA447&lpg=PA44...