Sir Samuel Howard Ellis MBE (2 June 1889 – 19 January 1949) was a New Zealand lawyer, public servant and cricketer.
Ellis was born in 1889 in Waipu, where his father was headmaster of the local school.
[2] After leaving university, Ellis worked as a lawyer and was called to the bar in New Zealand in 1912.
He was shot down over France in 1916 and taken prisoner, but was exchanged in 1918 and joined the Royal Air Force.
[2] A wicketkeeper-batsman, Ellis played three first-class cricket matches for Auckland in 1911/12.