Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden
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The Right Honourable The Lord Howard de Walden |
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| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 26 May 1824 – 9 June 1828 |
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| Monarch | George IV |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl of Liverpool George Canning The Viscount Goderich |
| Preceded by | Lord Francis Conyngham |
| Succeeded by | Lord Dunglass |
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| Born | 5 June 1799 |
| Died | 29 August 1868 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Lucy Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (c. 1813–1899) |
Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford GCB (5 June 1799 – 29 August 1868), was a British diplomat and politician.
Ellis was the son of Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford and his wife, the Honourable Elizabeth Hervey, daughter of John Hervey, Lord Hervey, eldest son of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, the "Earl-Bishop" of Derry. Educated at Eton College, He succeeded his great-grandfather Lord Bristol in the barony of Howard de Walden on 8 July 1803, aged four.
Lord Howard de Walden became an Ensign and Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 24 April 1817. He served as Joint Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 26 May 1824 to 9 June 1828, during which time he acted as Attaché to Lord Stuart de Rothesay on a mission to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil (January 1826). This role allowed him to move into international diplomacy, as he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of Stockholm, Sweden, from 2 October 1832, to the court of Lisbon, Portugal, from 22 November 1833, and at Brussels, Belgium, from 10 December 1846. Lord Howard de Walden was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 22 July 1838 and a Grand Cross of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword in 1841. He succeeded in the barony of Seaford on the death of his father in July 1845.
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