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John Ellerman Foundation supports charities that make a difference to people, society and the natural world. It funds arts, environment and social action projects in the UK and abroad.
Sir John Reeves Ellerman, 1st Baronet, CH (15 May 1862 – 16 July 1933) was an English shipowner and investor, believed to be the richest man in England. An accountant by training, he learned to identify underpriced companies and acquired them, often as sole stakeholder.
The name Ellerman has been synonymous with shipping since the 19th century. Founded originally by John Reeves Ellerman (1862-1933), the company became one of the biggest and most recognisable shipping lines of the British Merchant Navy.
The personal characters of John Reeves Ellerman, 1st Bt., Annie Winifred (Bryher) Ellerman, and John Reeves Ellerman, 2nd Bt. were quite different to each other! Our founder was considered enigmatic, intensely private and very much burdened by the publicity which accompanied his considerable wealth.
Sir John Reeves Ellerman, 2nd Baronet (21 December 1909 – 17 July 1973) was an English shipowner, natural historian and philanthropist. The only son and heir of the English shipowner and investor John Ellerman, he was often said to be Britain's richest man. His sister was the writer Bryher.
We are a responsive funder, listening and responding to what applicants and our wider stakeholder network judge is important. We have well developed and regularly reviewed funding guidelines, enabling us to be discerning in our decisions about whom and what to support.
John Ellerman died a baronet with a fortune of £37 million in 1933. By 1939 and the outbreak of the Second World War the fleet had been successfully rebuilt and expanded, to the extent that the Ellerman groups owned a total 105 ships with a combined capacity of 920,000 tons.
