Alexander Ellice (fur trader)

He was born in Auchterless, Scotland, the eldest of five sons of a successful miller, also named Alexander Ellice, and was baptised on 28 May 1743. He attended Marischal College and was admitted to the Scottish bar. ==Business career==

In 1765, he and his four brothers moved to Schenectady, New York. The next year, he entered into a partnership to engage in fur trading and general merchandising in upstate New York and the lower Great Lakes region. The firm of Phyn, Ellice and Company prospered, and his brother Robert became a partner in 1768. or over £450,000, ==Personal life==

He married Ann Russell around 1780. They had ten surviving children at the time of his death, including: • Edward Ellice (1783–1863), British merchant and politician, a director of the Hudson's Bay Company and a prime mover behind the Reform Act 1832 • Robert Ellice (1784–1856), British Army general • Alexander Ellice (1791–1853), British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament • Russell Ellice (1799–1873), British businessman, Chairman of the East India Company and one of the first directors of the British American Land Company ==Business records==

Alexander Ellice's business records are part of the Little Falls Business and Legal Records collection at The Buffalo History Museum. ==References==