and became a Liberal politician and from 1905 to 1907 served as under-secretary of state for India in the Campbell-Bannerman administration. Two great-granddaughters, Marian (Baroness Parmoor) and Edith Ellis were active anti-war campaigners at the time of the First World War. Marian strongly influenced her stepson, the politician Stafford Cripps. Ellis Avenue and Ellis Meadows (2016), a 20-acre park and nature reserve created within the grounds of the former John Ellis School (closed in 1999), in Belgrave were named for him. References Billson, Peter (1996). Derby and the Midland Railway. Derby: Breedon Books. . External links 1789 births 1862 deaths Politicians from Leicester English businesspeople Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 19th-century British businesspeople