<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-13-050538.txt : 20130925
<SEC-HEADER>0001181431-13-050538.hdr.sgml : 20130925
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130925163157
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-050538
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130923
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130925
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130925

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001560672
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				460687599
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		53 FOREST AVENUE
		CITY:			OLD GREENWICH
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06870
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(203) 698-1200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		53 FOREST AVENUE
		CITY:			OLD GREENWICH
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06870

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Allardice Robert B. III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001446359

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35896
		FILM NUMBER:		131114845

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HARTFORD PLAZA
		STREET 2:		HO-01-09
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06155
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-09-23</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001560672</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EARN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001446359</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Allardice Robert B. III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>53 FOREST AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OLD GREENWICH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06870</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common shares of beneficial interest</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-09-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1616</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1616</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The common shares of beneficial interest (the &quot;Common Shares&quot;) were granted to the Reporting Person as an independent trustee under the Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. The Common Shares will vest, subject to certain limitations, on April 30, 2014.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sara Walden Brown, as attorney-in-fact for Robert Allardice</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-09-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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