| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1872 | 233 | 2126 | (68) | 10 |  
  | 1873 | 227 | 2126 | (69) | 8 |  
 
Rating table notes
 | 
| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Ellis, John Henry |  | Also known as: Rev. John Henry Ellis |  
   | Born: 14 Mar. 1840 |  
   | Died: 21 Nov. 1912 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Löwenthal and Medley, in the Transactions of the British Chess Association for 1868 and 1869 (p.13) list an 'Ellis, Rev. J.W.' as a member or subscriber. Is this Rev. John Henry Ellis? |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 107 |  
   | Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 139 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 106 |  
   | Harding, Steinitz in London, page 112 |  
   | Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 13 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 18, no. 4, Apr. 1898, page 138 |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 6, July 1875, page 182 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 10, Aug. 1873, page 313 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 11, Oct. 1873, page 346 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 4, no. 10, Aug. 1875, page 304 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 2, Apr. 1870, page 46 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 7, Feb. 1871, page 217 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 10, Aug. 1871, page 290 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1871, page 355 |  
   | [Era], vol. 34, no. 1769, 18 Aug. 1872, page 4 |  |  |