Ellys baronets

{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2014}} The '''Ellys Baronetcy''', of Wyham in the County of Lincoln, was a title in the Baronetage of England.

The baronetcy was created on 30 June 1660 for Thomas Ellys.<ref name=Cokayne3>{{Citation| editor-last=Cokayne| editor-first=George Edward |year=1903 | title= Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649–1664)| url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n89| volume=3| location=Exeter | publisher=William Pollard and Co| access-date = 22 April 2019}}</ref> This may have compensation for the lapsing of the grant of a baronetcy to his uncle William by Oliver Cromwell.<ref name=HoP>{{cite web|title=ELLYS, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1654-1727), of Wyham and Nocton, Lincs.|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/ellys-sir-william-1654-1727|publisher=History of Parliament|access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref> The first baronet was reportedly a 'drunken sot', who died young. His son William, the second Baronet, was raised by his great uncle and inherited from him a substantial estate around Grantham.<ref name=HoP /> The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Grantham between 1679 and 1713.<ref name=HoP /> The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Grantham and Boston. The title became extinct on his death in 1742.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/ellys-richard-1683-1742|title=ELLYS, Richard (1683-1742), of Nocton, Lincs. and Bolton Street, Piccadilly, Westminsterpublisher=History of Parliament|access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>

==Ellys baronets, of Wyham (1660)== *Sir Thomas Ellys, 1st Baronet (1627–1668) *Sir William Ellys, 2nd Baronet (1654–1727) *Sir Richard Ellys, 3rd Baronet (1683–1742)

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Category:Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England