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Henry Ellis (
1721 —
1806) was an
explorer, author, and second colonial
Governor of Georgia.
Ellis was born in
County Monaghan,
Ireland. He was educated in law at the
Temple Church in
London. In May
1746, he went out as agent of a company for the discovery of the
Northwest Passage. After extinguishing with difficulty a fire in his ship, he sailed to
Greenland, where he exchanged commodities with the
Inuit peoples on
8 July. He then proceeded to
Fort Nelson, and wintered in
Hayes River. He renewed his efforts in June 1747, without success, and returned to England; where he arrived on
14 October. He published an accounts of his explorations in
1748, entitled "Voyage made to
Hudson's Bay in 1746, by the
Dobbs Galley and
The California, to discover a Northwest Passage" and in
1750 published "Considerations relating to the Northwest Passage". After publishing these accounts, Ellis was inducted into the
Royal Society.
From
1750 to
1755, Ellis worked as a slave trader, purchasing
slaves from
Africa and shipping them to
Jamaica.
Lord Halifax,
President of the Board of Trade named Ellis
lieutenant governor of
Georgia,
15 August 1756. Ellis arrived at
Savannah, Georgia on
16 February 1757, and on
17 May 1758, was made royal governor. His administration of the colony was highly esteemed. Recognizing the danger posed to the colony by hostile neighbors, he established a treaty with the
Creeks. He published "Heat of the Weather in Georgia" in
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in
1758. The subtropical climate took its toll on his health, and he left Georgia on
2 November 1760, stopping in
New York to request military assistance to the southern colonies.
After his return to England his knowledge of
American affairs were called into requisition for developing the plan for taxing the colonies, and in return for this service he was rewarded with
sinecure offices. He afterward resided in
Italy, principally occupied in scientific researches.
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