A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ellis, Frederick Adam
ELLIS. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Adam Ellis passed his examination in 1826; and obtained his first commission 20 Jan. 1836. He was subsequently appointed – 20 Aug. 1836, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the North America and West India station – 18 Oct. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Harrington Reynolds, employed off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean – 17 July, 1840, to the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Plymouth – and, 25 Oct. 1841, to the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the south-east coast of America. In the latter ship, of which he ultimately became First-Lieutenant, Mr. Ellis continued until she woe paid off, in 1845. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 9 Jan. 1846; and has since been on half-pay.