Ellison papers

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 109 Ellison
  • Dates of Creation
      1901-1989
  • Language of Material
      English French
  • Physical Description
      66 boxes

Scope and Content

Official and personal papers of Bishop Gerald Ellison, who served as Bishop of Chester and Bishop of London.

Administrative / Biographical History

For biographical information, see standard works such as the 'Dictionary of National Biography' and 'Who was Who'. A tribute was made to Bishop Ellison in General Synod on 27 February 1981: see published proceedings, pp. 396-405.

Arrangement

The principal division is by provenance: Ellison O (official papers, received from St Paul's Cathedral) and Ellison P (personal papers, received from his home at Cerne Abbas, Dorset).

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Given to Lambeth Palace Library by Mrs Ellison in 1993.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright in unpublished writings of Bishop Ellison presented to Lambeth Palace Library in 1994

Related Material

LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY:

There is material on Bishop Ellison in various other Lambeth Palace Library collections, including Archbishops' Papers.

MS 4730/8 (a photograph at the Lambeth Conference, 1897) was found among the Ellison papers.

For published material see printed books catalogue.

Note of death in 'Church Times', 23 Oct 1992; obituary in 'Church Times', 30 Oct 1992.

MATERIAL IN OTHER REPOSITORIES:

Film of the tour of the Bishop of Winchester [Cyril Garbett] and his chaplain [Gerald Ellison] to attend the International Missionary Conference in Madras (Tambaram, India) Dec 12-30 1938 transferred to the British Film Institute.

Papers of Ellison's brother Randall Ellison at Rhodes House, Oxford.

Other Ellison family papers at Windsor.