Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
(1713-1802), Politician; MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and Secretary of State for the ColoniesMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 3 portraits
Baron Mendip was a Member of Parliament for fifty-two years. He was a conservative figure, opposed to parliamentary reform and hostile to the demands of the American colonists. In 1782, he served in the final month of Lord North's ministry as Secretary of State for America but by this time the American War of Independence had been lost. History has not been generous to Mendip; the Earl of Stanhope described him as 'ridiculed for his diminutive stature, not redeemed by any loftiness of mind'.
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
NPG 745
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1793
NPG 3993
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
by Charles Algernon Tomkins, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1868
NPG D38368
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.