John Ellis (Liberal politician)
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John Edward Ellis PC (1841-5 December 1910), was a British
colliery
owner and Liberal
politician.
Ellis was returned to Parliament for the newly created constituency of Rushcliffe
in the 1880 general election
. In December 1905 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for India
in the Liberal administration
of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
, a post he held until 1907, and was sworn into the Privy Council in January 1906.
Ellis remained Member of Parliament
for Rushcliffe until his death in December 1910, during the general election of that month. His daughter Marian Emily was the second wife of Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
.
United Kingdom
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colliery
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
owner and Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
Ellis was returned to Parliament for the newly created constituency of Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the 1880 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1880
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. In December 1905 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for India
Under-Secretary of State for India
This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1866 and 1948, and for Burma from 1858-1948....
in the Liberal administration
Liberal Government 1905-1915
With the fall of Arthur Balfour's Conservative government in the United Kingdom in December 1905, the Liberals under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman were called in to form a government. In the subsequent election, the Liberals won an enormous majority...
of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery...
, a post he held until 1907, and was sworn into the Privy Council in January 1906.
Ellis remained Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Rushcliffe until his death in December 1910, during the general election of that month. His daughter Marian Emily was the second wife of Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor KCVO, PC, QC was a British politician who crossed the floor from the Conservative to the Labour Party and was a strong supporter of the League of Nations and of Church of England causes....
.