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Ellice returned to North America and established Alexander Ellice and Company in Montreal in 1776. He became a major financier, supplier and middleman of the fur trade, amassing most of his fortune this way. He traveled frequently back and forth between Montreal and London. He retired in 1802 due to poor health, though in 1804 he and his son ...
In his remarkable 40-year business association with the Canadas, Alexander Ellice had contributed much to their economic life, which depended so heavily on the fur trade. The place he had opened for the Ellices in colonial affairs would endure, with modifications, until the seigneury of Beauharnois passed out of the family in 1866.
The firm, known as Phyn, Ellice and Company following Duncan’s retirement in 1767, prospered and expanded; in 1768 Ellice’s brother Robert, and in 1769 the Detroit fur trader John Porteous, were taken into the partnership.
22 de sept. de 2003 · Another young man Johnson assisted was Normand MacLeod, who by 1776 was working as a fur trader at Detroit. Johnson also gave work to James Phyn and Alexander Ellice, also Scottish emigrants, getting them to supply trade goods to military posts in the Great Lakes area.
Ellice invested some of his profits in mortgages and land. For example, in January 1770 he was granted a royal grant near Cooperstown encompassing 20,000 acres (8,100 ha). In 1795, he purchased the 324-square-mile (840 km 2 ) seigneury of Villechauve (also known as Beauharnois) from Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière, for £9000 and had a large manor house built there.
Another young man Johnson assisted was Normand MacLeod, who by 1776 was working as a fur trader at Detroit. Johnson also gave work to James Phyn and Alexander Ellice, also Scottish emigrants, getting them to supply trade goods to military posts in the Great Lakes area.
Alexander Ellice was born 3 October 1791 in London, the son of the merchant and fur trader Alexander Ellice, and Ann Ellice (née Russell). In 1795, his father purchased the Seigneury of Villechauve from Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière.
