Royal Naval Biography/Ellis, James
JAMES ELLIS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was first lieutenant of the Arethusa 32, Captain Samuel Marshall, and wounded in her celebrated action with the French frigate Belle Poule, July 17th, 1778[1]. He obtained the rank of commander on the 10th Nov. in the same year; and the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital Sept. 22d, 1806. His demise took place Sept. 7th, 1824, at which period he was in the 79th year of his age.