Background
Ellis was the son of Thomas Flower Ellis.
Ellis was the son of Thomas Flower Ellis.
Born in Walthamstow, he was educated in Hackney and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1818, and was elected a fellow in 1819.
He was a brilliant scholar, though only a senior optime in the mathematical tripos. Here he first became acquainted with Macaulay, and he remained Macaulay"s close friend until his death. In early life he enjoyed a considerable practice.
He was till his death Attorney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster, and had "Palatine silk;" and in 1839 he succeeded Armstrong as Recorder of Leeds.
He is best known as part author of three excellent series of law reports: Adolphus and Ellis, 1835-1842. Ellis and Blackburn, 1853-1858 (the co-author was Colin Blackburn the future Law Lord).
And "Ellis and Ellis, published after his death. He was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and elected in 1847 a fellow of the Royal Society.
He died at his house, 15 Bedford Place, Russell Square, on 5 April 1861.
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He became a member of Lincoln"s Inn, and was called to the bar in February 1824, and for some years went the northern circuit. He was, about 1830, a contributor to the Edinburgh Review, was a member of the Useful Knowledge Society, and revised several of its publications.