Sir Geoffrey Ellis, 1St Baronet

Sir Geoffery Ellis Bt
Member of Parliament for Winchester
In office 27 October 1931 – 25 October 1935
Preceded by	George Hennessy
Succeeded by	Gerald Palmer
Member of Parliament for Wakefield
In office 29 October 1924 – 10 May 1929
Preceded by	George Sherwood
Succeeded by	George Sherwood
In office 15 November 1922 – 16 November 1923
Preceded by	Edward Brotherton
Succeeded by	George Sherwood
Personal details
Born	Robert Geoffery Ellis (1874-09-04)4 September 1874 Shipley, West Yorkshire
Died	28 July 1956(1956-07-28) (aged 81)
Political party	Conservative

Ellis was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield at the 1922 general election, but lost the seat at the 1923 general election. He was re-elected in 1924, but defeated again in 1929.

Ellis did not contest Wakefield again, but at the 1931 general election he was returned as MP for Winchester. At the 1935 general election, he did not stand again in Winchester, but was elected instead for the Conservative safe seat of Sheffield Ecclesall. He retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 general election.

He was made a baronet, of Threshfield in the West Riding of the County of York, in 1932.

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs