Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford of Seaford, MP (1771-1845)

Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830). Oil painting on canvas, Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford of Seaford, MP (1771-1845), by Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), 1829/30. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, standing against a dark landscape. He has short grey hair and is wearing a white cravat and dark brown jacket with silver buttons. His left hand is in his trouser pocket. Trees behing on the right, distant horizon on the left with stormy sky. Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford (1771-1845) was created Baron Seaford in 1826 and married in 1798 Elizabeth Hervey, daughter of John Augustus, Lord Hervey, the son of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1769-1859). He was a friend of George Canning and was MP for various boroughs intermittently from 1793-1826. He was leader of the West Indies interest in the Commons. At his death the title passed to his son who was also 6th Lord Howard de Walden. Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)