Ellis, William 1800-1881
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Ellis's personal papers are recorded as having been destroyed (see Ellis and Blyth, below).
Records of his professional career with the Indemnity Marine Insurance Company, in the form of financial reports and correspondence on behalf of the company.
Guildhall Library, MSS. 11831-11890.
Correspondents
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, eight letters, 1848-1860.
Brougham papers, University College London (UCL)
EDWIN CHADWICK, three letters, 1841-1865. Chadwick papers, UCL
GEORGE COMBE, several hundred letters with replies, 1846-1858. National Library of Scotland (NLS), Combe papers.
Printed Material
ETHEL ELLIS, Memoirs of William Ellis ( London, 1888).
EDMUND KELL BLYTH, Life of William Ellis ( London, 1889).
Palgrave I 693; ODNB VI 716; Boase I 986.
Portrait: see Blyth (above).