From modest beginnings as a haberdasher, hosier and mercer, Wynne Ellis went on to create the largest wholesale silk business in London. He became a Liberal MP, and supported the repeal of the Corn Laws, Free Trade, and the reform of the laws of bankruptcy.
He enjoyed sports, but hated horseracing and betting, and all forms of gambling.
On his retirement, Ellis went to live at Tankerton Tower near Whitstable where, in 1871, the architect Charles Barry Junior was engaged in rebuilding the church. After Ellis's wife, Mary, died in 1872, he asked Barry to build the mausoleum in the churchyard. Later Ellis himself and several other relatives were also buried there.
He left an important collection of Old Master paintings to the National Gallery.
He enjoyed sports, but hated horseracing and betting, and all forms of gambling.
On his retirement, Ellis went to live at Tankerton Tower near Whitstable where, in 1871, the architect Charles Barry Junior was engaged in rebuilding the church. After Ellis's wife, Mary, died in 1872, he asked Barry to build the mausoleum in the churchyard. Later Ellis himself and several other relatives were also buried there.
He left an important collection of Old Master paintings to the National Gallery.
From modest beginnings as a haberdasher, hosier and mercer, Wynne Ellis went on to create the largest wholesale silk business in London. He became a Liberal MP, and supported the repeal of the Corn Laws, Free Trade, and the reform of the laws of bankruptcy.
He enjoyed sports, but hated horseracing and betting, and all forms of gambling.
On his retirement, Ellis went to live at Tankerton Tower near Whitstable where, in 1871, the architect Charles Barry Junior was engaged in rebuilding the church. After Ellis's wife, Mary, died in 1872, he asked Barry to build the mausoleum in the churchyard. Later Ellis himself and several other relatives were also buried there.
He left an important collection of Old Master paintings to the National Gallery.
He enjoyed sports, but hated horseracing and betting, and all forms of gambling.
On his retirement, Ellis went to live at Tankerton Tower near Whitstable where, in 1871, the architect Charles Barry Junior was engaged in rebuilding the church. After Ellis's wife, Mary, died in 1872, he asked Barry to build the mausoleum in the churchyard. Later Ellis himself and several other relatives were also buried there.
He left an important collection of Old Master paintings to the National Gallery.
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The building was taken into guardianship by the Mausolea and Monuments Trust in 1997, and is a Grade 2 Listed building.
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