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Ellwood can refer to:
Ellwood, also known as Leeland and the Lawrence Lee House, is a historic home located near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. It was designed by noted architect Waddy Butler Wood (1869 - 1944) and built in 1911-1912. It is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style mansion with a five-part symmetrical plan consisting of a main block with a hipped slate roof connected by hyphens to one- story wings with hipped slate roofs. The house sits on a rise just above the American Civil War fort, Fort Johnston, which at one time was part of the estate. The house was designed for Lawrence Rust Lee, who was related to the prominent Rust and Lee families of Leesburg. Also on the property are the contributing garage and wood / meat house.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Ellwood is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Annabel Ellwood (born 1978), Australian tennis player
- Sir Aubrey Ellwood (1897–1992), British Royal Air Force commander
- Ben Ellwood (born 1976), Australian tennis player
- Charles A. Ellwood (1873–1946), American sociologist
- Craig Ellwood (1922–92), American modernist architect
- David T. Ellwood, American academic
- Doug Ellwood, New Zealand rugby league player
- Eddy Ellwood (born 1964), British world champion bodybuilder and professional strongman
- Fionnuala Ellwood (born 1964), Irish-born actress
- Frank Ellwood American football player and coach
- Isaac L. Ellwood (1833–1910), American rancher, businessman and barbed wire entrepreneur
- Paul M. Ellwood, Jr. (born 1926), American health care organization pioneer
- Reuben Ellwood (1821–85), American politician
- Richard Ellwood (born 1965), English cricketer
- Thomas Ellwood (1639–1714), English religious writer
- Tobias Ellwood (born 1966), British politician
Ellwood as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1868–1941), American educator and author
- Ellwood Godfrey (1910–90), American field hockey player
- Ellwood Madill (1915–99), Canadian politician
Usage examples of "ellwood".
You'll no doubt be communicating with Major Ellwood and his counterparts here when your people are overseas.
A green signal light came on after Ellwood passed his plastic key through the reader.
In response to instructions from Komulakov, Ellwood had instituted a procedure so that every night, Sergeant Major Gabbard would send him the report in a formatted, encrypted e-mail.
As comm chief, Ellwood had computer access to any of the other terminals within the center.
In fact, Ellwood speculated that almost half of the incoming and outgoing messages had been deleted from the general's computer.
He thought his answer had convinced Ellwood, but how could he be sure?
He wondered if he ought to have a little chat with Ellwood to try and determine the level of his concern.
In August, just as the investigation was about to commence, Lieutenant Colonel Ellwood was killed in a training accident.
With him at the beginning were Captain Charles Hedges, another newly commissioned reserve officer of the Army, Chief Petty Officer Ellwood Orfett, USN, and Private Robert Ball, USA.
Buchanan went to General Fertig's quarters with the two messages that had come in within five minutes of each other, the General was having his evening cocktail Second Lieutenant (ex-chief petty officer, USN) Ellwood Orfett, whom Fertig had placed in charge of a deserted coconut oil mill, had revealed another talent.
Ellwood checked the message on the screen for correct addresses and then put the EncryptionLok-3 back inside its housing and pushed the Lock key on the touch-screen computer monitor.