Background
Thomas Ellis was born in London on 9 May 1880. He succeeded his father to the barony in 1899 and in 1901 inherited further estates.
Thomas Ellis was born in London on 9 May 1880. He succeeded his father to the barony in 1899 and in 1901 inherited further estates.
He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He was also a motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was baptised with the name of Thomas Evelyn Ellis, and was known within his family as "Tommy". In 1917 his name was legally changed to Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis.
He saw military service in both the Boer War and World War I.
He had an interest in genealogy and heraldry.
He amassed one of the most extensive collections of armour in the United Kingdom, most of which is now on display at Dean Castle, Kilmarnock. He lived for years at Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, and learned the Welsh language.
He was President of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales from 1931-1945. In 1914 he provided financial support for the creation of Crab Tree Club in London and also in that year he was one of the people "blessed" in Wyndham Lewis"s Blast magazine.
Lord Howard de Walden was also an author, who produced several plays under the pseudonym of Technology East. Ellis.
Children from this marriage were:
John Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden (27 November 1912 – 9 July 1999) married firstly Irene Gräfinance von Harrach, daughter of Hans-Albrecht Graf von Harrach and Helene Gräfinance von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, on 21 August 1934. Honorary Bronwen Mary Scott-Ellis (b 27 November 1912 - 2003) married Honorary James Louis Lindsay, son of David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and Constance Lilian Pelly, on 26 April 1933
Honorary
Elisabeth Gwendolen Scott-Ellis (b 5 December 1914 - 1976) married, firstly, Count Serge Orloff-Davidoff, son of Alexis Orloff-Davidoff, Count Orloff-Davidoff, on 24 July 1935.
Honorary Essylt Priscilla Scott-Ellis (15 November 1916 - 1983) married José Luis de Vilallonga y Cabeza de Vaca, 9th Marquess of Castellvell on 27 September 1945. Honorary Margaret Irene Gaenor Scott-Ellis (b 2 June 1919) married Lieutenant Richard Frank Heathcoat-Amory, son of Lieutenant-Colonel
Harry William Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory and Evelyn Mary Stanley, on 18 July 1938. Honorary Rosemary Nest Scott-Ellis (b 28 October 1922) married George Fitzroy Seymour on 1 June 1946.
John Lewis of the eponymous Department store on Oxford Street engaged in a protracted legal dispute with de Walden, his ground landlord, over the Holles Street premises.
The litigation went through the courts for twenty-three years and cost Lewis £40,000. At one point John Lewis was sent to Brixton Jail for contempt of court, and De Walden sued him for libel following his erection of placards at his stores. The case was eventually settled amicably.
Scott-Ellis died, aged 66, on 5 November 1946 in London.
As a crew member of the Dylan he participated in the first and only motor boat competitions at the Olympics 1908 in London.