Other Events:

• Education: 03 Feb 1809 - 1811, Westminster School
• Education: 13 Dec 1815, Matric. Christ Church, Oxford (aged 17)
• Residence: Oct 1816, Trebursey
• Occupation: 03 Sep 1819, Brussels (At the Embassy)
• Occupation: 29 Jan 1821, Brussels (At the Embassy)
• Military Service: 10 Oct 1822, Ensign (Cornwall, 32 Regt of Foot)
• Elected: 1827, Mayor of Liskeard
• Military Service: 17 Jan 1827, Lieut-Colonel (Regt. of North Cornwall Yeomanry Cavalry)
• Grand Dinner: 29 Mar 1828, Lord Eliot, Dover Street, London
• Occupation: Apr 1827 - Nov 1830, Lord of the Treasury
• Occupation: 16 Jan 1824 - 1832, M.P. for Liskeard
• Resignation: 11 Feb 1833, Borough of Liskeard (Position of Alderman)
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1835 - 31 Mar 1835, Leaves Dover St. for Spain (Lord Eliot Convention)
• Occupation: 1834 - 1837, Envoy Extraordinary to Spain
• Occupation: 1840, Vice-Pres. Elect for British Association for the Advancement of Science
• Census: 1841, 47 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London
• Occupation: 1841, Vice-President of British Association for the Advancement of Science
• Appointment: 2 Apr 1841, Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall
• Visiting: Sep 1843, Lord E and Jemima Tour Lakes of Killarney
• Residence: 1845, 7 New Burlington-street (Stables at 8 Burlington Mews)
• Occupation: Sep 1841 - Jan 1845, Chief Secretary to Lord Lieutenant
• Occupation: 1837 - 19 Jan 1845, M.P. for Cornwall East
• Residence: 1846, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
• Occupation: Jan 1846 - Jun 1846, Postmaster-General
• Census: 1851, 36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London
• Visiting: 13 Oct 1851, Earl and Countess St G Leave Dover Street for Continental Tour
• Visiting: Mar 1852, Earl and Countess St G Tour Italy and France
• Appointment: 28 Aug 1852, Special Deputy Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon
• Occupation: 05 Jan 1853 - 07 Mar 1855, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Occupation: 23 Nov 1857 - 25 Feb 1858, Master King's Household (2,000 l. pa); Lord Steward
• Residence: 1860, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
• Occupation: 20 Jun 1860, Queen's Levee at St. James' Palace; In Honour of Queen's Accession to the Throne
• Census: 1861, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall
• Residence: 29 Dec 1862, Arrives at Dover-street from Port Eliot
• Occupation: Between 01 Jan 1864 and 19 Jan 1866, Master King's Household (2,000 l. pa); Lord Steward
• Residence: 1865, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
• Census: 1871, 36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London
• Residence: 1876, 36 Dover St
• Probate: 21 Dec 1877, Principal Registry, London

Notes:

--- "North Devon Journal" 07 Nov 1850, page 8:
ST. GERMANS' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The present Earl of St. Germans, better known as Lord Eliot, formerly Secretary for Ireland, met the Agricultural Society of his neighbourhood on Thursday last. As his lordship is a man of considerable mark, and was formerly a Protectionist, our readers may be interested in knowing what are his present opinions upon agriculture, and we therefore insert his speech, as follows:--

I have, on former occasions, called upon you to drink "Prosperity to the St. Germans' Farmers' Club," and have exhorted you to promote its success by all and every means within your power; but I have never done it on any previous occasion with greater earnestness than upon the present, because I feel that the times call for additional exertion. Now, gentlemen, I believe that, throughout the length and the breadth of the land, a spirit has gone forth, exhorting the farmer to develop the capabilities of the soil to the greatest extent, and to increase to the utmost its productive powers -- (hear, hear). Those who make no effort to keep pace with the march of improvement, will not only be left far behind, but will be less able than those who do to cope with the difficulties to which I have adverted -- (hear, hear). Gentlemen, good farming -- by which I do not mean unnecessarily expensive farming -- will frequently pay, when bad farming will not -- (hear, hear). I take good farming to consist in clean and careful cultivation -- in the application of a proper quantity of suitable measure -- in a judicious rotation of crops adapted to the peculiarities of the soil -- and in a judicious outlay of capital to an amount proportioned to the return which it can fairly be expected to make. In these respects, undoubtedly, science does lend its aid; and very useful and important aid it gives us. It teaches the farmer to analyse different manures -- to ascertain their different properties -- and so to learn how far they are, or are not, adapted to the soil which he has to cultivate; but, as Mr. Roseveare has very properly observed, science of itself is not sufficient. Experience must go hand in hand with science, practice with theory; and it is because I think societies such as this particularly well calculated to apply this test of experience to science, that I think them so important. It is not given to science to penetrate all the mysteries of nature -- to lay open all her processes, or to discover all her secrets -- there are some things which it is impossible for science to find out, or to make clear, until the test of practical experience has been applied to them -- (hear, hear). When I look at the vast additions which have been made, within a comparatively short period, to the number of the productions of other soils and other climates, which have become naturalised in this, I do not despair of seeing that number very considerably increased. It is not 70 or 80 years ago, that the cultivation of the turnip became general in the country; my grandfather was one of the first, if not the first, to introduce it here; and when we see that there is now no part of the country in which it is more successfully cultivated than in this, we may fairly hope to obtain equal excellence in other crops -- (hear, hear). I am not a practical man. I do not pretend to give an opinion worth acting on, but I will venture to call your attention to the single subject of flax. Within the last few years the cultivation of flax has spread with extraordinary rapidity throughout the whole of Ireland; and it is there found to be a most valuable crop, the fibre being applied to the manufacture of linen, and the seed as food for cattle. It is impossible for me to say that the soil and climate of this country are as well suited to the growth of flax as the climate and soil of Ireland. I am far from saying so; but I do think that it is worth the while of our agriculturists to enquire how far it may be introduced here with success. Beyond this I will not go; but when I consider the circumstances of the times, and that we are now exposed to the competition of other countries, I feel that no means should be left untried to develop to the utmost the resources and capabilities of the soil. I do not mean to lay down any rule, or to direct you to any course as that which ought to be pursued; but we should not lose sight of the fact that the immediate district is situated within a few miles of the three towns -- I might almost call them the one town, of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse -- with their population of 100,000; and that there must be, in these towns, with their large and increasing population, a great and growing demand for your meant, milk, butter, turnips, and the other products of the soil. With this market you have frequent communication by water, which you have lately made more available by the introduction of steam; and I may be permitted to remark, in passing, that I think the farmers of the neighbourhood will very much consult their own interests by making that communication by steam as convenient and expeditious as possible. You should not throw away one of the advantages which you possess. If you find that one description of crop will make a better return than another, you should not be so wedded to the practice or routine of former years as to discard it. And without wishing, I repeat, to prescribe any particular course, I think that every man in his own sphere might try some few experiments, and that at these meetings, where men who are engaged in a common pursuit meet together for the advancement of a common object, the greatest possible benefit might be derived from the communication, by individuals, of experiments tried by themselves upon a small scale. With respect to the meeting of to-day, I think that nothing is more calculated to improve our husbandry than the encouragement given by this and similar societies to good ploughing. The time may come when steam will supersede the plough; but, until that day arrives, as good husbandry depends upon the proper culture of the soil, so nothing will do more to promote it than the encouragement of those who plough well -- (hear, hear). It is further important, as showing that we realise and appreciate the exertions of our poorer neighbours, and we may hope that the rewards which have been given, in this assembly, to the successful competitors in this day's trial, will stimulate them to still further efforts.

Edward married Countess St. Germans, Jemima Cornwallis on 02 Sep 1824 in St. James, Westminster, London. Jemima (daughter of 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis and Louisa Gordon) was born on 24 May 1803 in Burlington-street, London, Middlesex; was christened on 02 Jun 1803 in Westminster, London; died on 02 Jul 1856 in 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was buried on 07 Jul 1856 in Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

• "Exeter Flying Post" 09 Sep 1824, page 4:
MARRIED.
On Thursday, in London, Lord Eliot, eldest son of the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, to Lady Anne Cornwallis, grand-daughter of the late Marquis Cornwallis.

• "Morning Post" 6 Sep 1824, page 3:
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.
On Thursday last, was married at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Bayning, Lord Eliot, only son of the Earl of St. Germans, to the Right Hon. Lady Jemima Cornwallis, third daughter of the late Marquis Cornwallis. The lovely bride, who is the universal favourite of a numerous circle of friends, was given away by the Viscount Sydney, and attended to the Altar by her amiable sisters, the Ladies Lousia, Mary, and Elizabeth Cornwallis, and Lady Jemima Mann, as bridesmaids.

After the ceremony, the happy pair set off in a new travelling chariot and four, for Woburn Abbey, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Bedford.

Amongst the company we noticed ---
The Marchioness Cornwallis, Earl of St. Germans, Lady Caroline Eliot, Lady Susan and Colonel Lygon, Duke of Norfolk, Hon. Sophia and Mary Townshend (Lord Sydney's daughters), Hon. Caroline and Emily Townshend (Lord Bayning's sisters), Miss Sinderby, Mr. Hamilton, and the Rev. Henry Hasted.

In the evening, the Marchioness Cornwallis entertained the Wedding Party with a sumptuous dinner, at the house of her Grace the Duchess Richmond, in Waterloo-place, where her Ladyship is at present residing. We feel assured that the friends of both families will join with us, in wishing that this auspicious union may be productive of the most permanent felicity to the amiable pair, who, from the high character his Lordship bears, appear to have an equal claim to "Heaven's choicest gifts."

1. Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot was born on 17 Dec 1825 in 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex; was christened on 17 Jan 1826 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 15 Jan 1911 in 38 Eccleston Square, Westminster, London; was buried on 20 Jan 1911 in Family Vault, Pilltown, County Killkenny, Ireland.
2. Edward John Cornwallis Eliot was born on 02 Apr 1827 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 16 May 1827 in St. George, Hanover Square, London; died on 26 Nov 1864 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 03 Dec 1864 in Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England.
3. Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot was born on 09 Sep 1828 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 07 Oct 1828 in St. George, Hanover Square, London; died on 05 Nov 1854 in Battle of Inkerman, Crimea in the Ukraine; was buried on 06 Nov 1854 in Cathcart's Hill, Crimea.
4. 4th Earl of St. Germans, William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot was born on 14 Dec 1829 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was christened on 10 Feb 1830 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 19 Mar 1881 in 13 Grosvenor Gardens, London; was buried on 24 Mar 1881 in Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183).
5. Ernest Cornwallis Eliot was born on 28 Apr 1831 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 30 Jul 1831 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 16 Jan 1832 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 23 Jan 1832 in Eliot Family Vault, Old Cemetery, St. Germans, Cornwall.
6. Elizabeth Harriet Cornwallis Eliot was born on 24 Aug 1833 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 23 Sep 1833 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 16 Mar 1835 in 47 Dover St., Piccadilly, St. James, Westminster; was buried on 20 Mar 1835 in Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183).
7. 5th Earl St. Germans, Henry Cornwallis Eliot was born on 11 Feb 1835 in Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 21 Mar 1835 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 24 Sep 1911 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 27 Sep 1911 in Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England.
8. Charles George Cornwallis Eliot was born on 16 Oct 1839 in 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex; was christened on 21 Nov 1839 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London; died on 22 May 1901 in 8 Onslow-gardens, Kensington, London; was buried on 25 May 1901 in Port Eliot Vault, St. Germans, Cornwall.

Other Events:

• Education: Bef 1784, Liskeard School, Cornwall
• Education: 23 Sep 1784, Entered Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Degree: 1786, Awarded M.A.
• Residence: 1791, Spring-garden Terrace, London
• Military Service: 1792, Lieut. Royal Cornwall Militia
• Military Service: 1792, Ensign, Royal Cornwall Militia
• Occupation: 1793, Charge d'Affaires, Berlin
• Elected: Nov 1791 - 1793, Secretary of Legation at Berlin
• Elected: Aug 1793 - 1794, Secretery of Embassy to the Hague
• Military Service: 1795, Captain, Royal Cornwall Militia
• Elected: 1796, Envoy to Munich
• Elected: Dec 1796 - 1798, Minister to Elector Palatine and Diet of Ratisbon
• Elected: 07 Jan 1791 - 1802, M.P. for St Germans, Cornwall
• Military Service: 1803, Major, Royal Cornwall Militia
• Member: 1804, Lieut.-Colonel, Royal Cornwall Militia
• Elected: Jul 1800 - Jan 1804, Lord of the Admiralty
• Occupation: 05 Jun 1804 - 24 Jan 1805, Under Secretery for Foreign Affairs
• Military Service: 1807, Colonel, Royal Cornwall Militia
• Elected: 1810, Mayor of Liskeard
• Occupation: Mar 1807 - Jan 1812, Lord of the Treasury
• Address: 1810-1815, 37 Hanover-square, London (Rented)
• Address: 1815-1816, 34 West Street, London (Rented)
• Visiting: Oct 1816, Leaves Batts's Hotel, Dover-street, for the Continent
• Title (Facts Pg): 17 Nov 1823, 2nd Earl of St. Germans (Suc. Bro. John)
• Elected: 1802 - 17 Nov 1823, M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall
• Appointment: 9 Jan 1824, Recorder of Liskeard
• Residence: 12 Feb 1824, Earl of St. Germans Left London for His Seat in Cornwall
• Occupation: 1823-1833, Recorder of Liskeard
• Resignation: 11 Feb 1833, Borough of Liskeard (Position of Alderman)
• Residence: 1825 - 19 Jan 1845, 7 New Burlington-street
• Residence: 1835 - 19 Jan 1845, Stables at 8 Burlington Mews Old

Notes:

William married Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower on 30 Nov 1797 in St. Michael & All Saints, Trentham, Staffordshire. Georgiana (daughter of 1st Marquess of Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower and Marchioness of Stafford Susanna "Susan" Stewart) was born on 13 Apr 1769 in Earl Gower's House in Whitehall, London; was christened on 14 May 1769 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 24 Mar 1806 in Madeira; was buried on 05 May 1806 in Eliot Family Vault, Old Cemetery, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "The Town and Country Magazine" Vol. 1, 1769:
BIRTHS. [April 1769] The right hon. lady Gower, of a daughter, at his lordship's house at Whitehall.

--- "Evening Mail" 25 Jul 1803, page 3:
Yesterday Mr. Eliot, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at his house in the Admiralty, from Madeira, whither he had been with Lady Georgina Eliot, for the recovery of the use of her limbs, which is so far established, that she now walks with perfect ease.

--- "The Sun" 10 Jun 1805, page 2:
Lady Georgina Eliot entertained a large Party of Select Friends from town on Saturday, on the bottom of Greenwich Hill, among whom were the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford.

--- "Lancaster Gazette" Saturday, 05 Apr 1806, page 3:
Lady Georgina Eliot, sister to the Marquis of Stafford, of a consumption, in the island of Madeira, to which place she had gone with the hope of retrieving her health by the salubrity of the air.

--- "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 03 May 1806, page 3:
Arrived the American Ship Thomas Gordon, Place, from Madeira, having on board the Hon. William Eliot and family, and the remains of Lady Eliot, who died at Madeira; brought home for interment.

--- "Exeter Flying Post" 08 May 1806:
Plymouth.
Thursday [May 1st]. Wind W. rain. . . . Arrived also an American ship from the island of Madeira, having on board the coffin containing the remains of the right hon. lady Georgiana Eliot. her ladyship's remains were conveyed in a boat attended by her servants, up the river of St. Germain's, and landed at Port Eliot, to be interred with great funeral pomp, in the family vault of the Eliot family, in the church of St. German's, Cornwall. Her ladyship died of a consumption, at Madeira, about ten weeks since, whither she had gone for the benefit of her health.

PORTRAITS LISTED AT TRENTHAM HALL
--- "Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen" Vol. 3 John Preston Neale, 1820:
State Dressing Room --- North Side.
Lady Georgiana Eliot [and Siblings] (Romney)

Scroll Room --- North Side
Lady Georgiana Eliot and Charlotte Sophia, Duchess of Beaufort (Anglica Kauffman)

--- "Longman's Magazine" Vol. 30, 1897, page 126-128:
[The Love Letters of a Lady of Quality]
Lady Erroll never loses an opportunity of expressing her dislike to 'that abominable Canning Man' -- partly, it may be, from feminine love of teasing, but also from an instinct that Frere's best friend must disapprove of his philandering with a woman so much older than himself. For a long time she refused to meet 'your pet Mr Canning,' and one of the liveliest of her letters tells how she was at last entrapped into dining at the same table with him:---
'Lady Georgina Eliot was to have a big Dinner, and which I was obliged to fix myself. I was going to Wimbledon to my Dear Melville pet, and I was ordered to make him fix a day to meet Count Worenzow (?), his Daughter, the Harrowbys, and some of the Hopes; these were the people Mr Eliot told me to name to him. . . . Lord Melville fixed upon the 29th. . . . I return'd here on Friday Evening that I might with Miss Eliot (the niece) arrange the rooms and see all in proper order. We both got up early, and gathered all the flowers we could and Dress'd the Drawing Room, after I dress'd the lady of the House to great advantage as she thinks no body does for her so well, and she did, poor thing, look very well, and was in Excellent Spirits, and put me in High Spirits also. She desired me to look well and put on all my agreeables for Count Worenzow, but I had walk'd so much in teh heat of the day, and was so busy till past five that I was quite in a real heat, and my red face bore testimony of it pretty well. Lord Melville's excuse which arrived with a tender note to me, besides, did not even cool, it, nor dressing in a hurry, and I was not able to go down before the Worenzows came in, tho' Miss Eliot told me I never look'd so well, but I was uncomfortably hot, and I had a great hot dinner in view. I waited for the arrival of the Harrowbys who are always late, that I might get in to the room with them. I heard the sign (?) at the door, my windows are not front, and therefore I bustled down stairs as fast as possible, and as I was upon the last step close to the Drawing Room door, as you know, I found myself exactly close and opposite to whom -- Do you think? -- No, you never can -- Who do you think? -- You never can guess -- the last person I expected to see, or indeed wish'd to see, but there was not a possibility of a retreat for me, when I saw a profound bow, and my eyes met such a pair of dark penetrating eyes -- can you guess? That CANNING Man. He was announced loud, and he would let me pass in before him. I thought I must have died, Lady G. was afraid to look at me, and so was Eliot, too, for they had play'd me a trick, and enjoy'd in their hearts how completely I had humour'd it by a mistake, and they guess'd my misfortune immediately. I sat myself near the door upon the sofa, and behaved very pretty, I had taken my determination in the instant and follow'd it up. I saw Charles Bentinck, and glad to do something, I gave him a kind nod, and he return'd a find low bow, and after whisper'd to Mr Eliot. Mr Canning had got to the window with Worenzow by this time, but I saw Eliot ready to die with laughing to himself, and presently up Bentinck came to me, telling me how glad he was to see me look so beautiful and in such high health, and excused himself over and over for having taken me for Mrs Canning, yet he thought she was not so tall, and he kept his glasses stuck before his eyes the while. All this he said loud enough for all the circle of ladys to hear, and lady Georgina look'd so funny and enjoyed it so much that I could kill her, and I gave her many a reproachful look all the day, for I could not get near enough to speak to her. Miss Eliot and I had fix'd to sit on each side of Eliot at the foot of the table where 12 people were to sit, and I saw the Canning Man close at my back when I stood by my chair, ready to pop into the next, but I put Miss Eliot down close to me, and he sat the other side of her, which did not save me from him, as she is like a thread-paper, and he saw me before and behind her, and talked to me, and indeed was very civil to me, and I was obliged to laugh at some of his fun which I had settled not to do (is not that like me?), but I could not help it, and as I had determined to laugh the day out, I went on and did not think of anything. I saw Lady G. from the Head of table smiling at me and watching me, and I made angry faces at her, and while I was doing so she called out and said 'pray, Mr Canning, tell me, have you heard from your friend Mr Frere since he left Town?' I did not hear his answer, but she was going on, a great many people were talking loud, but I felt that my face was no longer red, and I felt very sick, and the goodnatured Eliot close by me saw it, in a minute, and said 'Come, have a glass of your favourite red wine,' and filled it while he spoke without seeming to look at me. I took it off without looking at him, and in the instant Mr C. turned round and said 'Pray, Lady E. have you been long returned from Bath, you were very ill when you went there, and I am glad to see you so perfectly well.' The letter he franked to me there, and how he could have heard of my illness came across my mind immediately; but I answered very well according to the system I had arranged in my mind for the day. After Dinner he got by me, and we talked a quantity, and I kept hard at work with lord Melville. I was so much afraid he should name anybody else and I began after the Dinner Scene to feel that I could not manage such an attack, and Ld Melville's subject gave me plenty to keep going. One stop I was afraid of, for I was determined he should not pity me. . . . I am convinced that Man's eyes see through one, and yet I think I deceived him pretty well, tho' he did look me through, and took opportunities of speaking often to me and fixing his eyes upon me, and unfortunately the things I usually eat of were before him, and that wicked lady G. Eliot alwys said 'pray Mr C. help Lady E to that, as she likes it, but help her as if you helped a bird,' and that obliged me to speak to him which she wanted.

Notes:

Married:
• "Derby Mercury" 21 Dec 1797, page 4:
Lately at Trentham, in Staffordshire, by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, the Honourable Wm. Eliot, Esq. M.P. to the Right Honourable Lady Georgina Augusta Leveson Gower, daughter of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford.

• "Derby Mercury" 21 Sep 1797, page 2:
It is reported that Lady Georgiana Gower, daughter to the Marquis of Stafford, is in the course of a few days to be led to the Hymeneal Altar by the Hon. Wm. Elliot, Member for St. Germain's.

• "Staffordshire Advertiser" 23 Sep 1797, page 3:
Lady Georgina Gower, daughter to the Marquis of Stafford, is expected in a few days to be espoused to the Hon. William Elliot, Member for St. Germain's, Cornwall; this is supposed to be the cause of her brother, Lord Gower, not setting out for Lisle on Tuesday.

Other Events:

• Education: Bef 1742, Liskeard School, Cornwall
• Education: 05 Apr 1742, Entered St. Mary Hall, Oxford (aged 15)
• Education: 1746 - 1748, Grand Tour
• Elected: 1750, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1753, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1760, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1767, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 12 Dec 1748 - 1768, M.P. for St. Germans
• Elected: 1769, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1773, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1768 - 1774, M.P. for Liskeard
• Elected: 1774 - Nov 1775, M.P. for St. Germans
• Occupation: 1759 - 1776, Lord of Trade
• Elected: 1777, Mayor of Liskeard
• Friendship: Mar 1781, First Met James Boswell
• Elected: 1783, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 15 Nov 1775 - 13 Jan 1784, M.P. for Cornwall
• Title (Facts Pg): 30 Jan 1784, Created "Baron Eliot", 1st Baron Eliot
• Occupation: 02 Feb 1784, Takes Seat in House of Lords
• Title (Facts Pg): 15 Apr 1789, Added "Craggs" to his Surname
• Residence: 1791, Spring-garden Terrace, London
• Subscription: 1798, 'Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe' (6 copies)
• Resignation: 1800, Recorder of Liskeard
• Occupation: 13 May 1749 - 17 Feb 1804, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Probate: 10 Apr 1804, London, England

Notes:

"History of the Borough of Liskeard", John Allen, 1856:

1782: "as a testimony of our gratitude to the family of Eliot, for rebuilding the guild hall, and making the market place in every respect so commodious, we the grand jury take this public method of returning our most hearty thanks for the same, that it may be entered in the records of this borough."

1801: "We present an alienation of a fee-farm rent, issuing out of the lands in the borough of Liskeard, from the Hon. D. Barrington, R. Cocks Esq., and Sir C. Cocks, to the Rev. T. Williams and E. Gibbon Esq., in trust for the Right Hon. Lord Eliot and Catherine his wife."

"Surveys for a canal from Liskeard to Looe, and also for one from Liskeard to St Germans, were made about the year 1800, by Bentley and Bolton of Birmingham; but the difficulties and costs were considered insurmountable, and though patronized by Lord Eliot, both schemes were then abandoned."

1804: "We present the death of the Right Hon. Lord Eliot, a capital burgess and free tenant of this borough."

Edward married Catherine Elliston on 22 Sep 1756 in St. James, Westminster, London. Catherine (daughter of Edward Elliston and Catherine Gibbon) was born on 04 Aug 1735 in Charterhouse Yard, Parish of St. Sepulchre, Holburn, London; was christened on 15 Sep 1735 in Parish of St. Sepulchre, Holburn, London; died on 23 Feb 1804 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 01 Mar 1804 in Eliot Family Vault, Old Cemetery, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Subscription: 1798, 'Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe' (6 copies)

Notes:

Other Events:

• Created: 28 Feb 1786, Marquess of Stafford (1st)

Notes:

--- "Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence" Vol. 1, 1916, page 438:
Note by Lady Stafford.
Suday the 16th of October my beloved was taken ill. Wednesday ye 25th, about 7 o'clock, it pleased the Almighty to take him from me, and, I trust, to himself, to an happy eternity. Tuesday, ye 1st of Novr, I quitted Trentham, where I had lived, the happiest of Wives, for 35 years and 5 months. God have mercy upon me! and direct and guide me! . . . Thursday, ye 3rd of Novr my beloved husband's remains were interr'd in the family vault. . . .

Granville married Marchioness of Stafford Susanna "Susan" Stewart on 25 May 1768 in London. Susanna was born in 1742 in Scotland; died on 15 Aug 1805; was buried on 25 Aug 1805 in St. Mary and All Saints,Trentham, Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence" Vol. 2, 1916, page 105-6:
Lady Harrowby to her brother (Granville Leveson Gower)
Grosr Square, Friday, 16th August, 1805.
My very dear Granville,--- After the sad letter the last mail brought you from Ld. H. you will not be surpized to receive the dismal tidings that our dear, dear Mother is now no more. She expired yesterday afternoon soon after three o'clock without a groan, having, I fear, previously suffered considerably during a whole week; her death was therefore a release to her, and I trust now she is receiving the reward of her exemplary and actively virtuous and pious life. You may judge of Charlotte's feelings and mine upon this occasion by your own upon the receipt of this. She was the kindest of Mothers to us all, my dear G., and I hope and trust you will always bear in mind her particularly fond, doting affection for you, together with the earnest advice she has given you these few last years. The last letter recd. from her (not written a fortnight ago) from Bognor expressed the greatest anxiety concerning you. Poor Ly. Euphemia's attention to her was unwearied to the last moment, and I am sure you will join with me in rejoicing that my mother has so kindly remembered her in her will, of which I send you a copy. It was opened in presence of my brother, Charlotte and the Duke, Mr. Eliot, Ld. H. and myself; and as my Brother is not remaining in London (having arrived from Wolmers today upon this business merely), and as the Duke of B. must go to his Tegt. at Lewes, as he has recd. peremptory orders so to do, the Invasion being daily expected, such being the case and Mr. Eliot at Greenwich, busied with preparations for their departure for Madeira the middle of next month, Lord H. has undertaken to pay servants, bills, and to do a few necessary things for you about which he is to consult Mr. Lowndes. The remainder will all remain just as they are now, till orders are recd. from you. When Mr. E. left Croom's Hill this morning Georgiana was not made aware that all was over, but she knew everything short of that, and bore it fully as well as one could expect. I therefore hope that tho' the stroke will be a severe one to her, and will and must affect her strongly, yet that her health will not be materially injured by the sad truth. You shall hear again from one of us after Ld. H. has seen Mr. Lowndes. --- Adieu, my dearest brother, yours in haste,
S.H.

--- "Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence" Vol. 2, 1916, page 105-6:
Lady Bessborough to Granville Leveson Gower
Grosr Square, Friday, 16th August, 1805.
. . . Think of what I felt when on driving to the door to enquire I found all over. Both your sisters were there, but Ly. G. Eliot was not told for some days. . . .
There can be no doubt for her (GLG's mother) it is a blessing; she never has been happy since your poor father's death, and never could have been so.

Notes:

Married:
• "The Scots Magazine" Volume 30, 1768, page 278:
May 25. At London, Earl Gower, Lord President of the Council, to Lady Susan Stuart, daughter of the Earl of Galloway.

Other Events:

• Education: 15 Jul 1712, Matric. Balliol College, Oxford (aged 15)
• Occupation: Mar 1718/19 - 1720, Secretary to Lord Carteret in Sweden
• Subscription: 1723, A. De La Mortray's Travels Through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa
• Appointment: May 1729, Auditor to HRH the Prince of Wales
• Occupation: 1722 - May 1729, Commissioner of Excise
• Residence: 29 Jan 1732/33, Molenick (Listed as Richard Eliot, esq., of Molinick)
• Political: c. 1737-1738, Enters Opposition with HRH Prince of Wales
• Occupation: 1730 - 1738, Surveyor General of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Elected: 1741, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: May 1741, M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall
• Elected: 29 Jan 1732/33 - 1743, M.P. for St. Germans
• Elected: 1746, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1743 - 1747, M.P. for Liskeard
• Occupation: Mar 1737/38 - 19 Nov 1748, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Elected: Jul 1747 - 19 Nov 1748, M.P. for St. Germans

Notes:

--- "The Beauties of England and Wales" by John Britton, 1801, page 381:
Gives date of portrait in PE Dining Room of Richard Eliot as 1742.

--- "Journal of the Ex Libris Society" Vol 6, 1897, page 149:
No. 191.--- Eliot impaling Craggs. Arms, Azure, a fesse between four cotises wavy gules, for Eliot; quarterly, engrailed or and azure, in the first quarter an escallop shell gules, for Craggs. This is the book-plate of Richard Elliot, of Port Elliot, co. Cornwall, father of the first Baron Eliot and ancestor of the Earls of St. Germans, ob. 1748. He married Harriot, natural daughter of the Rt. Hon. James Craggs, Secretary of State to George I., ob. 1769; she had the arms impaled in the plate granted to her in 1726.

--- "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1500-1714, Volume II, E, 18 of 40):
Eliot, Richard, s. William, of St. Germans, Cornwall, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 15 July, 1712, aged 18; B.A. 1716, auditor and receiver-general to Prince of Wales; M.P. St. Germans Jan., 1733, Liskeard 1734-47, and St. Germans 1747, until his death 19 Nov., 1748; brother of Edward 1703.

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--- "Newcastle Courant" Friday, 18 Mar 1720, page 7:
From the Evening-Post, London, March 11.
Mr. Eliot, Brother to Mr. Eliot, one of the Commissioners of the Victualling Office, is appointed Secretary to the Embassy at Paris, he was in that Station last Year in Sweden under the Lord Carteret.

--- "Stamford Mercury" 23 Mar 1721, page 8:
'Tis said, that Mr. Elliot, who was last Year Secretary to the Lord Careteret in Sweden, is appointed Secretary to the English Ambassy at Paris.

--- "Stamford Mercury" 28 May 1724, page 8:
His Majesty has been pleased to appoint George Townshend, Christopher Montagu, James Vernon, John Whetham, Roger Gale, Benjamin Mildmay, Richard Elliot, George Ducket, and Patrick Haldane, Esqrs; to be Commissioners for the Management and Receipt of the Revenues of the Excise, and other Duties, and of the Inland Duties upon Coffee, Tea and Chocolate.

--- Parker's Penny Post, Monday, 18 Nov 1726, page 3:
Last Wednesday Noon was finish'd the drawing of the State Lottery at Guildhall. No. 13,733 was the last drawn Ticket & entitled to a prize of a 1,000l. which fell to Richard Eliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Excise. By the Account kept of the drawing of the Tickets, there were but four left in the Wheel.

--- "Caledonian Mercury" 22 Nov 1726, page 3:
'Tis discoursed that several Indictments will be lodged next Sessions against the Stockjobbers, for base and pernicious Practices in the Lottery, the Drawing whereof ended Yesterday Forenoon, the last drawn Ticket was No. 13733, and as such a Prize of 1000 l. which fell to Richard Elliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of Excise.

--- "Caledonian Mercury" 22 May 1729, page 1:
London, May 15. Robert Eyre, Esq; is made a Commissioner of the Excise, in the Room of Richard Elliot, Esq; who is made Auditor to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for the Dutchy of Cornwall, worth 500 l. per annum.

--- "Newcastle Courant" 24 May 1729, page 1:
A new commission is preparing to pass the Seals, appointing the following Gentlemen Commissioners of the Excise, . . . the last in the room of Robert [sic] Eliot, Esq; who is made Auditor to his Royal Highness the the Prince of Wales for the Dutchy of Cornwall, a Patent Place worth about 500 l. per Annum.

---Daily Post, London, Tuesday, 17 Apr 1731, page 1:
Some Days since Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Esq.; Surveyor-General to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, was overturned in his Coach near Dorchester, as he was going down to Cornwall, by which Misfortune his Arm was broke; but soon after it was set by Mr. Cheselden, an Eminent Surgeon, who was then in those parts.

--- Daily Post, London, Sunday, 22 Apr 1731, page 1:
Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Esq.; Surveyor-General to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who had his Arm broke by the overturning of his Coach, as he was going down to Cornwall, is pretty well recover'd.

--- "History of the Borough of Liskeard", John Allen, 1856:
1745: "A hogshead of cider at the bonfire, and other expenses October 9th, being thanksgiving day, this paid by Mr Eliot and Mr Trelawny."
(N.B. Richard, in 1741, was the first member of the Eliot family to be appointed Mayor of Liskeard.)

--- "Derby Mercury" 18 Nov 1748, page 4:
Last Saturday died Richard Elliot, Esq; of Port Elliot in the County of Cornwall, and Member for St. German's in that County, which Borough and Leskeard he represented in four Parliaments; he was Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall to the Prince of Wales.

Richard married Harriot Craggs on 10 Mar 1725/26 in Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London. Harriot (daughter of James Craggs and Hester Santlow) was born in Feb 1712/13; died on 01 Feb 1769; was buried on 01 Feb 1769 in Outside Chancel Window (Looking in Port Eliot Garden), St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes:

Married:
• "London Parker Penny Post" 21 Mar 1726, page 4:
On Thursday Morning last, Richard Elliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Excise, was married to Mrs. Smith, a Lady of a very considerable Fortune.

• "London Journal" 19 Mar 1726:
Marriages. On the 10th, Richard Elliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Excise, was married to Mrs. Smith, a Lady of a considerable Fortune.

• "The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn", 1896, Vol. 2, page 568:
Richard Eliot, Esq., of St. George's, Hanover Square, Middlesex, and Harriot Smith, of the same Parish, were married March 10th, 1725
(Old Style Date)

• FMP Parish Records Collection Marriages:
License date: 04 Mar 1726
License date year: 1726
Bride's last name: SMITH
Bride's first name: Harriot
Dual date: 04 Mar 1725/26
Groom's last name: ELLIOT
Groom's first name: Richard
Record source: Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations 1701-1850

Notes:

--- "London Journal" 31 May 1729:
. . . and the Lynn, Capt. Edward Eliston, bound for China.

--- "Daily Journal" 6 Jul 1730:
LONDON. Yesterday Morning the Purser of the Lynn, Capt. Elliston, from China, arrived in Town, having left the said Ship the Day before near Dover.

--- "Kentish Weekly Post" 30 Oct 1731, page 1:
From the Whitehall Even. Post Oct. 28.
Yesterday the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company were pleased to appoint Capt. Brown Commander of their Ship the Lynn in the room of Capt. Edward Ellistone, who hath resign'd.

--- "General Advertiser" 11 Jun 1747, page 1:
On Monday last died, at his Seat near Brentwood in Essex, after a tedious Indisposition, Edward Elliston, Esq; a Gentleman possess'd of a very plentiful Fortune, which he chiefly acquir'd with very great Credit and Reputation, in the Service of the East-India Company.

--- "Dundee Courier" 5 Jan 1933, page 12:
Men and Women of To-Day
Dundee M.P.'s Bride.

In marrying a member of Parliament from Cornwall Miss Dorothy Elliston, whose wedding to Mr. Dingle M. Foot takes place at Ipswich on Saturday, is repeating a chapter in her own family history. Catherine Elliston, daughter of Captain Edward Elliston of Overall Manor, near Sudbury, Suffolk, married in 1756 Edward Eliot, M.P. for Cornwall. He afterwards became the first Baron Eliot of St. Germans, and his son was the first Earl of St Germans. This Catherine Elliston's mother was Catherine Gibbon, aunt of the famous historian of the Roman Empire. Many politicians will attend the wedding on Saturday, and Dundee guests will include Lord Provost Buist and Mrs Buist, Mr Harry Johnston and Mrs Johnston, and Mr and Mrs John Martin.

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--- "Records of Fort St. George Diary and Consultation Book, 1726, Madras Record Office:
Fort St. George, February 1725-1726
page 17: "Paid Captain Elliston for Ten Soldier's Diet that came from Vizagaptam . . . 7 28
page 22: "Feb. 20 Ship Lynn Capt. Edward Elliston Commander sailed for London and Carried a paequet for ye Honble Court of Directors.

--- "Private Trade Between England and China in the Eighteenth Century" by Earl H. Pritchard, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1957, page 221:
The Export Trade
. . . The private trade of Captain Elliston of the Lynn (480 tons) in 1729-30 consisted of 886 ounces of gold (2,500 pounds), 58 piculs of tea (450 pounds), chinaware (318 pounds), arrack (120 pounds), 300 bundles of rattans (15 pounds), 90 cwt. of mother-of-pearl (130 pounds), 50 handkerchiefs (40 pounds), and fans, pictures, lacquered ware, etc (171 pounds), a total of 3,744 pounds --- tls. 11,232.

--- https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4911020
Live Auction 1828, 22 May 2007
Lot 169
A Very Fine George II Silver Salver, Mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1739.
Price Realised: $240,000

Lot Essay: Edward Elliston was in the Marine Service of the East India Company. From 1714 to 1721, he served on Dartmouth as 5th, 3rd, and finally 1st mate. He became Captain of the ship Lynn in 1724, serving intermittently until 1732. . . .

Edward married Catherine Gibbon on 27 Dec 1733 in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Catherine (daughter of Edward Gibbon and Catherine "Esther" Acton) was born before 11 May 1710; was christened on 11 May 1710 in St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London; died on 24 Feb 1743/44; was buried on 02 Mar 1743/44 in St. Mary, Putney, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "London Evening Post" 28 Feb 1744, page 2
On Monday last died Mrs. Elliston, Wife of Edward Elliston, Esq; an eminent Merchant in Basinghall-Street, Sister to Edward Gibbon, Esq; Member of Parliament for Southampton, and Alderman of Vintry Ward.

--- "London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (Wandsworth, St Mary, Putney, 1735-1760, 57) --- seen on Ancestry.com
Mistakenly listed as Mrs. Catherine "Allinstone".

--- "Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794" by D.M. Low, 1937, page 13:
The little we know of Catherine Gibbon is not inconsistent with the character of Flavia. She was akin to her brother's spirit and followed him into the society of such people as the Mallets after their father's death. She married her cousin Edward Elliston. Shortly after that John Byrom came to visit Law at Putney, and a comment in his diary that it was such an absurdity to come to communion with patches and paint as no Christians would have borne formerly, is clearly intended for her. Neither she nor her husband enjoyed their world for long, and their daughter Catherine, after their death, lived with her uncle till her marriage in 1756 with Edward Eliot.

--- --- "The Autobigraphies of Edward Gibbon" by Edward Gibbon, J. Murray, 1896, page 21 --- seen on Google Books:
"Of my two wealthy aunts on the father's side, Hester persevered in a life of celibacy, while Catherine became the wife of Mr. Edward Elliston, a Captain in the service of the East India Company, whom my grandfather styles his nephew in his Will. Both Mr. and Mrs. Elliston were dead before the date of my birth, or at least of my memory, and their only daughter and heiress will be mentioned in her proper place. These two Ladies are described by Mr. Law under the names of Flavia and Miranda, the Pagan and Christian sister. The sins of Flavia, which excluded her from the hope of salvation, may not appear to our carnal apprehension of so black a dye. Her temper was gay and lively; she followed the fashion in her dress, and indulged her taste for company and public amusements; but her expence was regulated by economy: she practised the decencies of Religion, nor is she accused of neglecting the essential duties of a wife or a mother."

Notes:

Married:
• "London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (City of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, 1697-1740, 123):
Edward Elliston of the parish of St. Peter Cornhill London, Bachelor, and Catharine Gibbon of Putney in the County of Surrey, Spinster, were married with a License from the Archbishop's Office in this Cathedral Church the 27 day of December 1733 by me (Williams Gibbon) . . . present Wm. Reyner