Ellis, Sir Henry, (1777-1869), Knight, Principal Librarian of the British Museum and antiquary

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Surname:	Ellis
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Henry
Gender:	Male
Date:	1777-1869
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869) Knight Principal Librarian of British Museum Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P159371 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9226 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Henry Ellis

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1795-1863: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 6306, 6335, 6363, 6518, 6525, 36298, 36653, 36658, 37034-41, 37938, 38514-15, 38626, 38632, 38650, 41312-15	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2	1777-1869: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 42137, 42506, 46864C, 48340, 52184, 57521-22, 57557-58, 64065-71, 65155, , 70842-44
3	c1797-1866: corresp and papers, incl historical collections rel to Oxon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Add A 238; Eng hist f 7; Eng lett d 111, d 122; Eng misc d 91; Autogr f 5
4	c1850: papers, incl biographical collections (2 vols) rel to early members of the Society of Antiquaries	Society of Antiquaries of London	MSS 270, 732	See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
5	notes and papers, incl observations on Anglo-Saxon literature	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 4479-81, 6921-22	See Summary guide (1966)
6	c1800: papers rel to early English history and literature	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng f 529	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
7	copies of various printed works with his MS notes and additions	British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences		See RC Alston, Books with manuscript (1994), passim
8	corresp rel to Ashburnham Library	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ASH	NRA 1000 Ashburnham
9	1810-53: letters to Philip Bliss	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34567-79 passim
10	1808-33: letters (26) from Francis Douce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Douce d 18
11	1796-1842: letters to Richard Gough and the Nichols family	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 36987
12	letters to Matthew Gregson	Liverpool Record Office	942 HOL	NRA 17047 Holt
13	1839-44: letters (11) to James Halliwell-Phillipps	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/103
14	1825-49: letters (13) to David Laing	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La III 828, IV 17
15	1849-52: corresp with Sir Austen Layard	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38942-43, 38978-81 passim
16	1828-52: corresp with Sir Frederic Madden	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 2837-45 passim
17	c1810-36: letters (113) to JB and JG Nichols	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 57850
18	1822-50: letters (13) to Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40345-603 passim
19	1817-60: letters to TJ Pettigrew	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 56229
20	1821-57: letters (14) to TJ Pettigrew	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
21	1824-57: letters to Sir Thomas Phillipps	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Phillipps-Robinson	NRA 26260
22	1831-42: letters to Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	SDUK	NRA 22241 SDUK
23	1835-53: corresp with Lord Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/C337	NRA 25095
24	1827-56: letters to Sir Walter Trevelyan	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WCT	NRA 12238 Trevelyan
25	1808-53: letters (10)	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979