Howard Ellis

Sir Samuel Howard Ellis (2 June 1889 – 19 January 1949) was a New Zealand lawyer, public servant and cricketer.

Early life Ellis was born in 1889 in Waipu, where his father was headmaster of the local school. He attended Auckland Grammar School, before studying at Auckland University College.

Legal career and public service After leaving university, Ellis worked as a lawyer and was called to the bar in New Zealand in 1912. He moved to Fiji the following year.

Personal life Ellis married twice. His first marriage was to Mary Mackenzie, the daughter of New Zealand Prime Minister Thomas Mackenzie, in London in 1918. She died in 1924. The second was to Nell Joske in 1926. He died in Auckland in January 1949 at the age of 59.