The Lord Mendip | |
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 Portrait by Anton Hickel | |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office February 1782 – 8 March 1782 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Lord North |
| Preceded by | Lord George Germain |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1713 England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | 2 February 1802 (aged 88) England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, PC, FRS (15 December 1713 – 2 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 53 years from 1741 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mendip. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.