Sherman Gordon Venn Ellis
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Sherman Gordon Venn Ellis | |
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 Lieutenant-Colonel Venn Ellis | |
| Born | 20 February 1880 |
| Died | 19 February 1937 (aged 56) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1899–1937 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles / wars | First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire Distinguished Service Order |
| Relations | Stanley Venn Ellis (brother) Sir William Charles Ellis (great grandfather) |
Lieutenant Colonel Sherman Gordon Venn Ellis, CIE, DSO (1880–1937) was a British Indian Army officer,[1] and colonial administrator who served as the Minister of Finance of the State of Patiala from 1936 until his death in 1937.
Ellis was the son of a clergyman Reverend Henry Venn Ellis, rector of Alderton, Suffolk and a descendant of the Ellis family of Kiddal Hall (an old Yorkshire family from which the Earls of Normanton and Viscounts Clifden, as well as the supposed inventor of Rugby William Webb Ellis and Sir William Ellis Secretary of State in exile to James II of England also descended from).[2] His elder brother Stanley Venn Ellis was a Royal Navy Captain who was one of the most senior officers killed at the Battle of Jutland when his ship HMS Defence sank.