AdminHistory | Ellis was son to Richard Ellis, vicar of Clynnog, and Catherine Nanney of the family of Cefndeuddwr, and left of the Gwynfryn-Nanney estate to his nephew O.J. Ellis Nanney (Pedigrees, 164). D.E. was an eminent lawyer, Attorney General for North Wales under the old Sessions system, and when asked his opinion on difficult matters of interpretation (as he very often was), gave judgements which are models of exactness and lucidity. |