Hugh Ellis-Nanney

Sir Hugh John Ellis-Nanney, 1st Baronet JP, DL (16 February 1845 – 7 June 1920), was a British landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician.

Ellis-Nanney was the only son of Owen Jones-Ellis-Nanney, DL, of Gwynfryn, by Mary Jones, eldest daughter and heiress of Hugh Jones, of Hengwrtucha, Merionethshire. He was a Justice of the Peace for Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire and a Deputy Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire^[1] and served as High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1870^[2] and as High Sheriff of Merionethshire in 1877.^[3] He stood unsuccessfully for Eifion in 1885 and for Carnarvon Boroughs in 1890 and 1895 (when he was defeated by David Lloyd George). He was created a baronet, of Gwynfryn in the Parish of Llanystunadwy in the County of Carnarvon and of Cefndeuddwr in the Parish of Trawsfynydd in the County of Merioneth, in 1898.^[4]

Ellis-Nanney married the Honourable Elizabeth Octavia Dillon, daughter of Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock, in 1875. He died in June 1920, when the baronetcy became extinct. Lady Ellis-Nanney died in January 1928.^[5]

References

1. Walford, Edward. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, page 264. Volume ed. 59, 1919.
2. The London Gazette: no. 23585. p. 725. 8 February 1870.
3. The London Gazette: no. 24418. p. 613. 9 February 1877.
4. The London Gazette: no. 26945. p. 1435. 8 March 1898.
5. thepeerage.com Sir Hugh Ellis-Nanney, Bt.