Commissioned into the 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1817, Augustus Frederick Ellis purchased a captaincy in the 76th Regiment of Foot, a British Army regiment, raised in 1787, on 4 October 1821.
He was educated at Eton College between 1811 and 1814, and commissioned into the 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1817. On 4 October 1821 Ellis purchased a captaincy in the 76th Regiment of Foot. The 76th Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1787. 
