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- 1881-1899 / (Creation)
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Thomas Edward (Tom) Ellis (1859-1899), politician, was Liberal MP for Merioneth, 1886-1899, and chief Liberal whip, 1894-1895. He was born at Cynlas, Cefnddwysarn, Llanfor, Merionethshire, and educated in Llandderfel and Bala, before going to University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1875-1879. He joined New College, Oxford, in 1880, graduating in 1884 with a BA in Modern History, adding an MA in 1897. He became the private secretary of John Brunner, MP for Northwich, Cheshire, and in August 1886 he was elected as Liberal MP for Merioneth. By 1892, he was second whip in Gladstone's Liberal Government, and was chief Liberal whip, 1894-1895, under Lord Rosebery. He vigorously promoted Welsh interests in Parliament, advocating the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales, the creation of a Welsh assembly and national library, and pushing through the establishment of a Royal Commission on land in Wales and Monmouthshire. At one time he was a prominent member of the Cymru Fydd movement. He had a great influence on educational administration in Wales. He contributed to the passing of the Welsh Intermediate and Technical Education Act 1889, and was a member the University of Wales Court and the Central Welsh Board. He was the founder of the University of Wales' Old Students' Association. He married Annie Jane Davies (1873-1942) of Cwrt-mawr, Llangeitho, Cardiganshire, in 1898. However, his health was fragile, and he died on 5 April 1899, while in Cannes, France, and was buried at Cefnddwysarn. His only son, T. I. Ellis, was born eight months later. A volume entitled Speeches and Addresses was published by Hughes and Son, Wrexham, in 1912. His widow subsequently married the Rev. Peter Hughes Griffiths (1871-1937).
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Letters, 1881-1889, addressed by Thomas Edward Ellis from Cynlas, the House of Commons, and Cannes, to J. Gwynoro Davies; with holograph addresses by Thomas Edward Ellis on the occasion of the presentation to him of a national testimonial and on the Welsh Land Commission; and autograph entries by T. E. Ellis and Ellis Jones Griffith.
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- Welsh
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English, Welsh.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XVI, 157.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 9630C.
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- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire (Subject)
- Ellis, Thomas Edward, 1859-1899 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Davies, J. Gwynoro (John Gwynoro), 1855-1935 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Davies, J. Gwynoro (John Gwynoro), 1855-1935 (Subject)
- Ellis-Griffith, Ellis Jones, 1860-1926 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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May 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;