Monday 21 January 2013
25 Edward Ellice
Constituency : Huddersfield 1837, St Andrews Burghs 1837-80
Edward was the son of Edward "Bear" Ellice, brother-in-law of Lord Grey and a member of his administration as Secretary at War. In 1832 he was appointed private secretary to Lord Durham and accompanied him to Russia.
Edward stood for Inverness Burghs in 1835 but was defeated. He came into Parliament for Huddersfield at a by-election just before the 1837 General Election. Elected in two places then he opted for St Andrews Burghs beginning an unbroken 43 year tenure.
As Edward's father was a fierce opponent of Palmerston Edward had little hope of advancement during his ascendancy in the party and remained a backbencher. When Russell replaced Palmerston in 1865 Edward joined the Adullamite faction. Perhaps to get him out of the Commons, Gladstone offered him a peerage in 1869 but he turned it down.
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