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George Ellis (poet)
George Ellis FRS FSA〔Rigg and Mills〕 (19 December 1753 – 10 April 1815) was a Jamaican-born English antiquary, satirical poet and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his ''Specimens of the Early English Poets'' and ''Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances'', which played an influential part in acquainting the general reading public with Middle English poetry.
== Early life ==
George Ellis was born in Jamaica on 19 December 1753, the posthumous son of a sugar-planter. His grandfather, also called George Ellis, was Chief Justice of Jamaica, and Edward Long, author of ''The History of Jamaica'', was a maternal uncle.〔Gawthrop pp. 2–3〕〔Fisher〕 He was brought to England in 1755, and according to the ''ODNB'' educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.〔〔Ellis is not, however, listed in Venn's ''Alumni Cantabrigienses''.〕 He soon made a name for himself in Whig society as a young man of wit, charm and literary talent. Ellis published two volumes of light verse, ''Bath; Its Beauties and Amusements'' (1777) and ''Poetical Tales of Gregory Gander'' (1778), which gained great popularity not just in the English ''beau monde'' but even at Versailles, where Horace Walpole noted that Ellis was "a favourite". He went on to contribute to the anti-Pitt satirical work, ''The Rolliad'' (1784–85).〔〔〔Johnston (p. 148 )〕
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