SIR

See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY

See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• SIR HENRY ELLIS (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

ELLIS (1777-1869)  , English antiquary, was born in London on the 29th of November 1777 . He was educated at Merchant Taylors' school, and at St John's College, Oxford, of which he was elected a fellow . After having held for a few months a sub-librarianship in the Bodleian, he was in 1800 appointed to a similar post in the British Museum . In 1827 he became chief librarian, and held that post until 1856, when he resigned on account of advancing age . In 1832 William IV. made him a knight of Hanover, and in the following year he received an English knighthood . He died on the 15th of January 1869 . Sir Henry Ellis's life was one of very considerable literary activity . His first work of importance was the preparation of a new edition of Brand's Popular Antiquities, which appeared in 1813 . In 1816 he was selected by the commissioners of public records to write the introduction to Domesday Book, a task which he discharged with much learning, though several of his views have not stood the test of later criticism . His Original Letters Illustrative of English History (first series, 1824; second series, 1827; third series, 1846) are compiled chiefly from manuscripts in the British Museum and the State Paper Office, and have been of considerable service to historical writers . To the Library of Entertaining Knowledge he contributed four volumes on the Elgin and Townley Marbles . Sir Henry was for many years a director and joint-secretary of the Society of Antiquaries .