of the Bath on 22 July 1838 and a Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword in 1841. He succeeded in the barony of Seaford on the death of his father in July 1845. Family Lord Howard de Walden married Lady Lucy Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (c. 181329 July 1899), daughter of William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, at All Souls' Church in Marylebone on 8 November 1828. She and her elder sister jointly inherited in 1879 the Duke of Portland's London Estate in Marylebone which had become extremely valuable. Her sister died childless and so the estate became part of the Howard de Walden inheritance. They had seven children: Frederick George Ellis, 7th Baron Howard de Walden (9 August 1830November 1899). Harriette Georgina Ellis (3 September 1831 – 16 April 1906). She married in 1875 Michelangelo Caetani, 13th Duke of Sermoneta. Hon. William Charles Ellis (22 July 1835 – 20 June 1923). Hon. Charles Arthur Ellis (December 1839 – 30 March 1906). Hon. John Charles Ellis (29 September 1841 – 8 November 1886). Hon. Evelyn Henry Ellis (9 August 1843 – 5 September 1913). Ellis was an early patron of Daimler launches and cars and first distance motorist in England: Southampton to Malvern, July 1895 on a 3½hp Daimler-engined French Panhard & Levassor car. His cousin, Sir Arthur Ellis (British Army officer)'s post as an equerry to the Prince of Wales directly led to the adoption of Daimler cars as official royal transport. He was the last member of the Ellis family to run the family's sugar estates in Montpelier, Jamaica. Augustus Charles William Ellis (5 February 1846 – 22 April 1882). Lord Howard de Walden died in August 1868 in Belgium, aged 69, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Frederick George Ellis, 7th Baron Howard de Walden. Lady Lucy Joan Howard de Walden died in July 1899 in St. James House, West Malvern, Worcestershire . See also Belenzada References External links 1799 births 1868 deaths Grenadier Guards officers Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath People educated at Eton College Diplomatic peers Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Belgium Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal Barons Howard de Walden Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Seaford, Charles Ellis, 2nd Baron