Alexander Ellice (Royal Navy officer)

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Alexander Ellice (3 October 1791 – 8 October 1853) was a British naval officer and, for four years, a Member of Parliament for Harwich. Born in London to merchant Alexander Ellice and Ann Russell, he came from a notable family that included his brothers General Robert Ellice and Edward Ellice. He joined the Royal Navy in 1806 as a volunteer and served on several ships, taking part in actions against the Danish flotilla in 1808 and later campaigns in the Mediterranean and beyond, including the 1816 Bombardment of Algiers. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1813 and reached commander in 1823; he married Lucy Frances Lock in 1826. In 1837 he was elected as MP for Harwich and served until 1841. He returned to naval service briefly and, in 1846, was appointed Comptroller of Steam Machinery at the Admiralty, serving for about a year. Ellice died in 1853; a monument to him stands in St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton. He renounced a claim arising from enslaved people on the Morant estate in Jamaica in favor of A. R. Blake.