Frederick Charles Grant ELLERTON

• Born - 3rd August 1819 in Bengal, India (per the Jackson Diary; the East India Register shows 23rd Aug.)
• Baptised - 5th November 1819 at Ft William, Bengal (per British Library, India Office FHS)
• Died - 17th June 1908, Leamington Spa (GRO Index Q2 for Warwick)
• Parents - John Frederick Ellerton (1796-1833) and Margaret Rebecca Mouat-Keith (1798-1875).
• Married [1] - Henrietta Hudson Heise on 17th December 1851 at Huddersfield (GRO Index Q4; b.1818 or 1823?)
• Married [2] - Charlotte Sangrouber on 6th September 1878 in the parish of St Peter, Kent (marriage certificate and GRO Index Q3);. The sister of Catherine, who married Frederick's brother George.
• Children [1] - John Frederick Heise Ellerton (1853-1928).
• Children [2] - none
• Occupation - "Physician & Surgeon, LRCP Edinbro, MRCS Lond, LLA Lond" (per the 1881 Census)

Presumably named after his grandfather's employer Charles Grant. The portrait of Frederick below was probably painted circa 1835 while he was still living in India.

A notice of his 1851 marriage "at Huddersfield ... to Henrietta Hudson, second daughter of William Heise Esq, MD of Dublin" appeared in several newspapers including the Morning Chronicle (London).

The 1861 Census for Tadcaster West showed Frederick living in Bridge Street with his wife Henrietta (shown as aged 38) and son. In 1871 they were still in Tadcaster West, but now shown as living between the High Street and the "George & Dragon" with a "Dorinda Heise Ange, 17, niece/visitor, unmarried, United States New York" (and Henrietta's age was now recorded as 53!). 

Kelly's Directory of 1881 showed him living as a "Medical Officer" for the Lindley district of Huddersfield, and at the 1881 Census he was living at "Arlington St, Lindley House, Lillington, Warwick[shire]" with his second wife Charlotte (48), and four female servants/attendants.

Charlotte (1833-1917) was the daughter of Pierre Sangrouber (1789-1862; born in Yverdon, Switzerland) and Margaret Oswato, and the sister of Catherine who married Frederick's brother George. Both sisters were thought to have been born in Soho. London, although the 1901 census showed that Charlotte was "born Switzerland, British Subject".

Kelly's 1896 Directory of Warwickshire recorded him as "MRCS, Eng, retired", still living at "Lindley ho., Lillington Avenue" Frederick and Charlotte were still living at Lillington in 1901 according to that year's Census return. Deacon's 1902 Court Guide of Warwickshire listed him as "1859 [year of registration],  M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Edin., L.S.A. Lond. (retired), Lindley House, Lillington Avenue, Leamington Spa". At the time of his death in 1908 Frederick lived at 4 York Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Probate was granted to his widow and "John Ellerton (solicitor)". Kelly's 1912 Directory of Warwickshire included "Mrs Grant Ellerton" living at 4 York Road, and she died there on 6th May 1917 - see details in her Probate.

Frederick is credited with compiling (or commissioning) the family chronicle "Ellerton of Ellerton of Swaledale", a copy (or the original) of which appears to have been passed to his nephew Henry Howard in 1907.

Page last updated: March 2008