Peerage Record – 57323

     Colonel George Needham held the office of Speaker, House of Assembly [Jamaica].¹

     Elizabeth Grace Needham was the daughter of Colonel George Needham.² She married John Ellis, son of John Ellis and Martha (?).¹ She died in 1718.¹
     Her married name became Ellis.

     George Ellis was baptised on 20 November 1704.¹ He was the son of John Ellis and Elizabeth Grace Needham.² He married Elizabeth Beckford, daughter of Peter Beckford and Bathsuba Hering, on 8 November 1726.¹ He died circa 23 March 1740.² He was buried on 26 March 1740.²
     He held the office of Member, House of Assembly (M.H.A.) [Jamaica] between 1726 and 1733, for Hanover and Westmorland.¹ He held the office of Chief Justice of Jamaica on 12 February 1736.¹

     Nathaniel Beckford was the son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton.¹ He married Elizabeth (?) before 1765.² He died in 1810.²
     He held the office of Member of the Council [Jamaica] in 1777.²

     Elizabeth Beckford was born before 1711. She was the daughter of Peter Beckford and Bathsuba Hering.^2,3 She was baptised on 23 February 1726.³ She married George Ellis, son of John Ellis and Elizabeth Grace Needham, on 8 November 1726.¹ She died in January 1746.¹
     From 8 November 1726, her married name became Ellis.

     George Ellis was the son of George Ellis and Elizabeth Beckford.² He married Susanna Charlotte Long, daughter of Colonel Samuel Long and Mary Tate.¹ He died in 1753.¹
     He held the office of Member, House of Assembly (M.H.A.) [Grenada] in 1751, for St. George.¹

     Phoenix Vivyan Peter Hope Henderson was born on 3 March 2016.¹ He is the son of Charles John Bernard Hope Henderson and Jessica Pamela Naylor-Leyland.¹

     unknown daughter Lakin is the daughter of Joseph Lakin and Mary (?)¹

     George Ellis was born posthumously in 1753.¹ He was the son of George Ellis and Susanna Charlotte Long.² He married Anne Parker, daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Parker, 1st Bt. and Margaret Nugent, on 10 September 1800.¹ He died on 10 April 1815, without issue.¹
     He was a diplomat in the suite of the 1st Earl of Malmesbury to Holland, of whose revolution he wrote a history, its translator into French being the future King Louis XVIII circa 1788.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Seaford in 1796.¹ He was a versifier (contributer to the Rolliad, a series of political satires that appeared around the mid–1780s) and poetical anthologist.¹ He was a journalist, founder and contributor of Anti-Jacobin, a periodical hostile to the French Revolution.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.)¹ He lived at Sunninghill, Berkshire, England.¹

     Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Parker, 1st Bt. was born circa 1721.³ He was the son of Admiral Christopher Parker.⁴ He married Margaret Nugent, daughter of Captain Walter Nugent and Antoinette le Roux.³ He died on 21 December 1811 at London, England.³
     He lived at Bassingbourne, Essex, England.¹ He was appointed Knight on 10 June 1772.⁴ He was created 1st Baronet Parker [Great Britain] on 13 January 1783. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Seaford between 1784 and 1786.⁴ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Maldon between 1787 and 1790.⁴