George James Welbore Agar-Ellis,1st Baron Dover (14 January 1797 –10 July 1833) was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.
Agar-Ellis was returned to Parliament for Heytesbury in 1818,a seat he held until 1820.[1][2] He afterwards represented Seaford between 1820 and 1826,[1][3]Ludgershall between 1826 and 1830[1][4] and Okehampton between 1830 and 1831.[1][5] He supported George Canning's motion in 1822 for a bill to relieve the disabilities of Roman Catholic peers,and consistently supported liberal principles. He took little interest in party politics but was a strong advocate of state support for the causes of literature and the fine arts.[6]
In June 1831,during his father's lifetime,Agar-Ellis was raised to the peerage as Baron Dover,of Dover in the County of Kent.[9] He was president of the Royal Society of Literature in 1832,a trustee of the British Museum and of the National Gallery,and a commissioner of public records.[6]
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