508 Memoir of Ralph Garr-Ellison, Esq. 



Elizabeth, second daughter of Major Werge of the 38th Eegi- 

 ment, and by her had a numerous family. In 1870 he succeeded 

 to Hebburn Hall and the entailed portion of the Hebburn 

 estate, assuming the name of Ellison, in addition to and after 

 Carr, in accordance with the will of his cousin, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Outhbert George Ellison of the Grenadier Guards. He 

 died at Dunston Hill after a short illness on February 4th, 1884, 

 in his 79th year. By his death the poor lost a sympathizing 

 benefactor, his intimate acquaintances a stedfast friend, and the 

 scientific world a useful and devoted seeker after knowledge. 



J. F. BIGGE. 



Of memorial notices of our venerated member the following 

 may be appropriately quoted here. The " Sixtieth Eeport of 

 Alnwick Scientific and Mechanical Institution, 1884," thus speaks 

 of him : "In the death of Mr Ealph Carr-EUison, we have lost 

 a valuable and long-tried friend. For a period of forty-four 

 years his name has appeared on the roll of vice-presidents of this 

 Society, and during that time he has ever taken a deep interest 

 in all matters relating to its usefulness and prosperity. He was 

 an eminent scholar, and possessed a mind fully imbued with 

 much that related to history of the ' North Countrie ' ; and this 

 trait in his character will be best exemplified by the many 

 admirable papers on different subjects that have emanated from 

 his pen, and which will be found among the printed Transactions 

 of several of our local societies. In addition to this, Mr Ellison's 

 memory will be cherished for his many charitable and philan- 

 thropic acts, and his great delight in helping forward any 

 project that tended to the advancement of education, and the 

 amelioration of suffering humanity. " 



Mr Carr-EUison was one of the Council of the Society of 

 Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Eev. Dr Bruce, in 

 commemorating him, justly characterises him as " a country 

 gentleman of seemly presence and great mental ability." 

 "Early in my career as an antiquary," says Dr Bruce, "I was 

 induced to seek the assistance of our friend. He invited me to 

 Hedgeley, and I had the advantage, on more occasions than one, 

 of examining, under his guidance, most of the objects of anti- 

 quarian interest (chiefly ancient British) in that part of North- 

 umberland. Mr Ealph Carr-EUison, in addition to a knowledge 

 of the classics, and an acquaintance with the Saxon tongue, was 



