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."

Catherine married Edward Elliston on 27 Dec 1733 in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Edward (son of Oliver Elliston and Hester Gibbon) was born on 30 Aug 1696 in London, England; was christened on 31 Aug 1696 in Christ Church, Greyfriars Newgate, London; died on 08 Jun 1747 in Brentwood, Essex; was buried on 13 Jun 1747 in St. Mary, Putney, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

Notes:

Catherine married 1st Baron Eliot, Edward Craggs Eliot on 22 Sep 1756 in St. James, Westminster, London. Edward (son of Richard Eliot and Harriot Craggs) was born on 08 Jul 1727 in St. George, Hanover Square, London; was christened on 15 Jul 1727 in St. George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London; died on 17 Feb 1804 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 01 Mar 1804 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Salary: 2, 500 Pounds a Year as Commissioner for Affairs of India
• Education: Bef 1775, Liskeard School
• Education: 03 Nov 1775, Entered Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Elected: 1779, Mayor of Liskeard
• Degree: 09 Feb 1780, Awarded M.A. by Royal Mandate
• Degree: 04 Jul 1780, Cambridge Commencement; Awarded M.A. (Master of Arts by Royal Mandate)
• Friendship: 30 May 1781, First mention of Mr. Eliot (Dining) in Harriot's Letters
• Occupation: 12 Dec 1781, Votes Against Continuing the War with the Colonies
• Portrait: Abt 1782, Painted by Reynolds
• Occupation: 15 May 1782, Thanked for supporting Pitt's Motion on Representation (contrary to private interest)
• Occupation: 1782 - 1783, Presents unsuccessful Anti-Bribery Bills (with Mahon)
• Occupation: 13 Jul 1782 - Apr 1783, Lord of the Treasury (Commissioner of the Treasury, one of five men)
• Friendship: Jun 1783, EJE's First Cousin Speaks to Harriot
• Visiting: 11 Jul 1783, Fishing and Dining with Pitt and Wilber. at Wimbledon
• Portrait: Aug 1783, Payment of 50gns from 'Mr. Elliot, Jun' to Reynolds
• Visiting: 10 Sep 1783, Sets out with Pitt for France
• Visiting: 24 Oct 1783, Returns to England from France
• Elected: Oct 1780 - Dec 1783, M.P. for St. Germans
• Elected: 1784, Mayor of Liskeard
• Occupation: 17 Jun 1784, Chosen for House Committee on Case of the Borough of Downton, Wiltshire
• Occupation: 18 Apr 1785, Votes for Pitt's Motion for Parliamentary Reform
• Personal Event: 21 Dec 1785, Thrown from Horse in London and Lames Knee
• Visiting: 04 Oct 1786, EJE Travels to Holwood House
• Visiting: Nov 1786, EJE and Pitt Visit Burton Pynsent with Little HH
• Residence: 1786 - 1787, 15 Downing Street, London; Taken from End of October 1786 to End of October of 1787
• Will: 25 Mar 1787, First Will (Written at Downing Street)
• Visiting: 18 Apr 1787, EJE and Pitt return from a visit to Burton Pynsent
• Occupation: Nov 1787 - Dec 1787, Meetings at Wilberforce's House about Slave Trade Abolition
• Occupation: 16 Dec 1788, Votes for Pitt's Motion in Support of the Rights of the Two Houses of Parliament
• Subscription: 1789, 'Elegiac Sonnets' by Charlotte Smith (Fifth Edition)
• Subscription: 1789, Annual Donation of 2l. 2s. to Marine Society
• Visiting: 08 Apr 1789, EJE leaves Downing-street to Visit Burton Pynsent
• Visiting: 23 Mar - 27 Apr 1790, EJE Visits Dowager Lady Chatham at Burton Pynsent
• Visiting: 22 Nov 1790, EJE Arrives at Downing-street from Burton Pynsent
• Membership: 1791, Admission to Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
• Occupation: 04 Feb 1791, Chairs House Committee on Slave Trade Abolition
• Possessions: 15 Mar 1791, Soane Surveys Capt. Lewis' House at Clapham Common for EJE
• Occupation: Mar 1791 - Apr 1791, Almost Daily Meetings at Matthew Montague's House in Manchester-sq. on Abolition
• Occupation: 16 Apr 1791, Chairman of Committee on Stewartry of Orkney and Zetland (Bribery and Converted Elections)
• Inheritance: 27 Jun - 28 Jun 1791, Court Case Setting EJE's Inheritance on Harriet Hester
• Possessions: 08 Aug 1791, Soane Places Ad for Villa in Clapham for EJE
• Dedication: 1792, Marcus Antoninus by Richard Graves is Dedicated to EJE
• Will: Jan 1792, Second and Final Will Written
• Occupation: 15 Mar 1792, Chairs Committee on Wine License Bill
• Occupation: 23 May 1792, Supports (via speech) Mahon's Bill to Prevent Bribery in Elections
• Visiting: 16 Oct 1792, EJE Leaves London to Visit Burton Pynsent
• Occupation: Feb 1793, Chairs Committee on Merits of Stockbridge Election
• Elected: 04 Apr 1793, Elected Director of Sierra Leone Company
• Occupation: 19 Jun 1793, Appointed Commissioner for the Affairs of India (with a salary)
• Occupation: Dec 1783 - 19 Jun 1793, Lord of the Treasury
• Occupation: 20 Jun 1793, Appointed Joint Comptroller of the East India Board (with Mr. Jenkinson)
• Elected: 27 Mar 1794, Elected Director of Sierra Leone Company
• Military Service: 29 Mar 1794, Attends Meeting of Fencibles Committee at the Star and Garter in London
• Visiting: 06 May - 08 May 1794, Meets with Sir Francis Basset to Set Up Fencibles (in West Cornwall); (Arrives in AM, Leaves in PM)
• Visiting: 08 May - 13 May 1794, Port Eliot (Arrives in PM and leaves about the 13th for Burton)
• Military Service: 30 May 1794, Commissioned as Captain in Cornwall Regiment Fencible Cavalry
• Visiting: 12 Jul 1794, EJE and HH Dine with Wilberforce
• Occupation: 12 Mar 1795, Reports to the House as Committeeman on Voting Rights of the City of Carlisle
• Military Service: 09 Jan 1796, Rank of Major (Cornwall Regt. of Fencible Light Dragoons)
• Occupation: 07 Mar 1796, Chairs House Committee on Slave-Trade Abolition
• Occupation: Abt Jun 1796, Discusses Formation of 'Society for the Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor'
• Occupation: 17 Dec 1796, Signs Letter of Formation for 'Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor'
• Occupation: 20 Dec 1796, Chairs Committee for Amendment of Act to Augment the Militia
• Occupation: 20 Dec 1796, Chairs Committee on Amendment to Act for Raising Men for Army and Navy
• Occupation: 20 Dec 1796, Chairs House Committee on Ammendment to Act for Raising of Provincial Force of Cavalry
• Occupation: 21 Dec 1796, Brings up Report of Committee on Southwark Election
• Visiting: Jul 1797, EJE Goes to Bath for Recovery of His Health
• Occupation: 1785 - 17 Sep 1797, King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer
• Occupation: 1791 - 17 Sep 1797, Director of Sierra Leone Company
• Occupation: 1793 - 17 Sep 1797, Commissioner of Board of Control
• Elected: 1784 - 17 Sep 1797, M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall
• Death: 20 Sep 1797, News of EJE's Death Reaches Pitt at Downing-st. (Common Post)
• Subscription: Mar 1798, Geo. Woolrich (Servant to EJE) Donates 3l. 3s. to Defense

Notes:

Edward married Harriot Pitt on 24 Sep 1785 in Wm. Pitt's House at Putney, England. Harriot (daughter of 1st Earl Chatham, William Pitt and Lady Chatham Hester Grenville) was born on 18 Apr 1758 in London, England; was christened on 10 May 1758 in St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 25 Sep 1786 in 10 Downing Street, London, England; was buried on 02 Oct 1786 in Pitt Family Vault, North Transept, Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: Bef 1780, Liskeard School
• Education: 06 Apr 1780, Entered Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Degree: 1784, Awarded M.A.
• Residence: 1791, Bedford-square, London
• Military Service: 1797, Lieutenant, Cornwall Yeomanry
• Subscription: 1798, 'Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe'
• Elected: 1799, Mayor of Liskeard
• Military Service: 1803, Captain, Cornwall Yeomanry
• Military Service: 1803, Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, East Cornwall Volunteers
• Elected: 1784 -17 Feb 1804, M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall
• Visiting: 10 Mar 1804, Arrives in Downing-street (After Attending Parents' Funeral)
• Elected: 1808, Mayor of Liskeard
• Military Service: 1808, Colonel of East Cornwall Militia
• Title (Facts Pg): 28 Nov 1815, Created Earl of St Germans, Cornwall
• Occupation: 1800-1823, Recorder of Liskeard

Notes:

--- "History of the Borough of Liskeard", John Allen, 1856:
1806: "Received of Lord Eliot to pay one year's salary to the Rev. Mr Greene (master of the Grammar School) £121 (repeated afterwards)"

1814-15: "The Rev. A Laffer one year's salary to Midsummer, 1815 (less income tax) £90 (this amount received from the Earl of St Germans, being the last payment to the master of the Grammar School)."

"The great contest for the representation of the borough was in 1802, when Thomas Sheridan and William Ogilvie, Esqrs., each of whom had the votes of one freeman, and of forty-eight inhabitants paing scot and lot, or householders, petitioned against the return of the Hon. John and William Eliot. A similar petition was presented at the same time by sundry persons claiming to be electors."

"Under the head of charitable foundations, the 'East Cornwall Savings Bank' requires to be noticed. It was established at Liskeard in 1818, the first 'patron' being William Earl of St Germans, who also headed a list of donations to set it on foot."

1833: "The corporation formerly paid the salary of the schoolmaster, but of late years it was paid direct by the patron of the borough, the late noble Recorder (the Earl of St Germans). A school house was erected by subscription on land granted by the corporation. About a year ago the school was closed, the master having left, and the means of support being withdrawn. Since that time there has been no public school."

1833: The Mayor's salary was £60, the Constables £40, and the Mayor's Clerk £10 10s.

John married Countess St. Germans, Caroline Yorke on 09 Sep 1790 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. Caroline (daughter of Charles Yorke and Agneta Johnson) was born on 29 Jul 1765; was christened on 19 Aug 1765 in St. Geroge's, Bloomsbury, London; died on 26 Jul 1818 in Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall; was buried on 03 Aug 1818 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Countess St. Germans, Harriet Pole-Carew on 19 Aug 1819 in Antony, Cornwall. Harriet (daughter of Reginald Pole-Carew and Jemima Yorke) was born on 09 Feb 1790 in Charles Street, Berkeley Sqaure; died on 05 Mar 1877 in Pisa, Italy; was buried in Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

William married Letitia A'Court on 07 Feb 1809 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire. Letitia (daughter of William Pierce Ashe A'Court and Letitia Wyndham) was born on 09 Aug 1778 in Salisbury, Wiltshire; was christened on 25 Sep 1778 in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire; died on 20 Jan 1810 in Her Home, Cleveland-Court, St. James's, London; was buried on 01 Feb 1810 in Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Heytesbury, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Charlotte Robinson on 07 Mar 1812 in House of the Earl of Powis, Berkeley Square, Westminster. Charlotte (daughter of John Robinson and Rebecca Clive) was born on 26 Mar 1784; was christened on 26 Mar 1784 in St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, London; died on 03 Jul 1813 in Hanover Square, London, England; was buried on 09 Jul 1813 in St. George's, Hanover Square, London (Bayswater Street Burial Ground). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Countess St. Germans Susanna "Susan" Mordaunt on 30 Aug 1814 in Chapel of Walton, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. Susanna (daughter of 7th Baronet John Mordaunt and Elizabeth Prowse) was born on 15 Dec 1779; was christened on 05 Jan 1780 in Westminster, London; died on 05 Feb 1830 in Fulford Park, Devon; was buried on 12 Feb 1830 in St. Swithin's, Shobrooke, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Presentation at Court: 18 Jan 1805, Presented by Lady Chatham
• Residence: Between 1830 and 1842, 17 Stratford Place
• Visiting: 14 Nov 1831, 8 Portland-terrace, Brighthelmston
• Visiting: 15 Nov 1836, Worthing (with Sir William)
• Residence: 1841, 17 Stratford Place
• Burial Plot: Oct 1842, Anglican Chapel, Compartment 10 of Vault 95 of Catacomb B in plot no 2819

Notes:

Harriet married William Henry Pringle on 20 May 1806 in St. George, Hanover Square (Dover Street Dwelling of John, Earl of Chatham). William (son of Henry Pringle and Mary Godley) was born on 21 Aug 1772; died on 23 Dec 1840 in 17 Stratford Place, Marylebone, Middelsex; was buried on 02 Jan 1841 in Anglican Chapel, All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London (Compartment 9 of Vault 95 of Catacomb B in plot no 2819). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events:

• Presentation at Court: 17 Jun 1819, Presented to the Regent with Susan and Sisters
• Probate: 06 Jul 1866, Principal Registry, London

Notes:

--- "Parliamentary Papers, Hous of Commons and Command" Volume 41, 1835, page 301:
County of Gloucester. Abstract of Education Returns, 1833.
AMPNEY-DOWN Parish (Pop. 463.)---- One Infant School (commenced 1833), containing 9 males and 5 females, who are instructed partly at the expense of Lady Caroline Eliot, and partly at that of their parents. --- One Daily School, containing 19 males and 28 females, is wholly supported by Lady Caroline Eliot. --- One Sunday School, with 30 males and 25 females, is supported by subscription from the parishioneers.

--- "Morning Chronicle" Friday, 22 Jun 1855, page 4:
BRIGHTON. Lady Caroline Eliot has taken apartments at the Queen's-road Mansion.

--- "The United Service Magazine" vol 98, 1862, page 268:
What Can it Be; or, the Fact Gamily Travelling Incognito. Edited by Lady Caroline Eliot, 1 vol. with Illustrations.
The travels of the Fact Family are rather discursive, but they are very amusing, being quite out of the common track. They are addressed principally to the young, and exhibit considerable knowledge of the world and of the byeways of life in a form to catch their attention. The satire is playful and good tempered, and is a sort of cross between Gay and Gulliver --- for the Fact Family are a little given to fable. But nothing is overdone, and the volume is just of a length to meet the subject, so that it wiles away an hour very agreeably. It is elegantly got up and handsomely bound, while the price is only five shillings; making it very suitable for a gift book and placing it within easy reach.

"The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 220, Jan-June 1866, page 772--- seen on Google Books.:
"April 22. At St. Michael's, Bogner, aged 66, the Lady Carolina Georgiana Eliot. She was the eldest and only surviving dau. of William, 2nd Earl of St. Germains, by his first wife, Lady Georgiana Augusta, 4th dau. of Granville, 1st Marquis of Stafford, K.G., and was born July 27, 1799."

--- "Hampshire Telegraph" Saturday, 28 Apr 1866, page 5:
ELIOT--- On the 22nd instant, at St. Michael's, Bogner, Sussex, Lady Caroline Eliot, the lady warden of the school, in her 67th year.

--- South London Chronicle" Saturday, 20 Oct 1866, page 6:
A the feast of St. Michael, the other day, the Bishop of Chichester formally installed Miss Frances Wheeler as warden of St. Michel's Institute, in place of the late Lady Caroline Eliot. The proceedings were of a very formal and ritualistic character, and the dresses and decorations were very elaborate.

--- "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" (1866, E, EL, 4):
Eliot, The Right Honourable Caroline Georgiana commonly called Eliot, Lady Caroline Georgiana Eliot
Effects under 18,000 pounds.
"6 July. The Will of the Right Honourable Caroline Georgiana Eliot commonly called Lady Caroline Georgiana Eliot late of St. Michael's Bogner in the County of Sussex. Spinster deceased who died 22 April 1866 at St. Michael's aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of George Edward Martin of St. Cloud near Worcester in the County of Worcester Esquire the Nephew and the Honourable and Reverend Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset Clerk the Executors."

--- "The Cornish Telegraph" 4 Jun 1873, page 3:
ST. GERMANS.
Two windows have been just placed in St. Germans' Church. One on the south side is in memory of Lady Caroline Eliot, and is the gift of Lord Eliot. The other at the east end is the gift of the Hon. H.C. Eliot, and commemorates the life of his aunt, Lady Louisa Cornwallis. Both are exquisitely handsome. The delicate work was confided to Messrs. Burlison and Grylls, Oxford-street, London.

--- Taken from: http://www.yongeletters.com/
Lady Caroline Georgiana Eliot, headmistress
She was recipient of sums from Charlotte Mary Yonge from 1856, headmistress of a large [for then] girls' school, St. Michael's College, Bognor. This was a school associated with the Woodard schools, and closed, as St. Michael's, Petworth, in 1994. She was eldest daughter of William, 2nd Earl of St. Germans (1767-1845). Her stepmother Susan Mordaunt was the aunt of Mary Anne Dyson's friend Mary (Mordaunt), Lady Acland. [PB; 1861 census] Her successor as headmistress of St. Michael's was Frances Wheeler.

--- "All Saints Sisters of the Poor: An Anglican Sisterhood in the Nineteenth Century" Susan Mumm, 2001, page 50:
About 1852 was the date when first I knew of the 'Woodward Schools' & my father at once threw himself into the plan of founding Church Schools for the middle classes (boys & girls). A spiritual daughter of Mr Woodwards* began St. Michaels School for girls, at Brighton, which has now developed in to St Michaels' School - Bogner.** Miss Rooper who began the School, was the daughter of a clergyman who lived on his own means, in a large house at Brighton - he was very Protestant & would not consent to his daughter dedicating her life to GOD, & the Church - so all she could do was to visit her little school daily & impart to the children, the Church's Truth & very deep spirituality, and rules of self-discipline and mortification. My sister & I were placed under her care for a year, & she did much for our inner life & helped us greatly. She afterwards died when the School was in its infancy - Lady Caroline Eliot came forward to take up this work as a Church work & carried it to Bogner.

*Nathaniel Woodward (1811-91), who established affordable schools for the middle classes, and a friend of Oakeley.

** The school was founded in 1856 and moved to Petworth when the second world war broke out, where it remained.

--- "Handbook for Travellers in Sussex" John Murray, 1877, page 76:
Bognor (Pop. 2,811), lying 3-1/2 miles S. (Innds: Norfolk Hotel; Sussex; Claremont), is like the other small watering-places on this coast, and is advancing; en Esplanade and Pier has been formed. It is, however, still dull, and the climate is as mild as that of Worthing. At Bognor is St. Michael's College, an establishment for female education, founded by the late Lady [Caroline] Georgiana Eliot, and conducted on similar principles to St. Nicholas College at Lancing.

The country around Bognor is perfectly flat, but there are some interesting points for visitors. . . . Close to the short, and extending about 2 m. inton the sea, are the so-called Bognor rocks, visible only at low water, fragments of a deposit which, even within the memory of man, formed a line of low cliffs along the coast. They are of a sandy limestone filled with fossils of the London clag, Nautili shells, and bored wood.

Other Events:

• Burial: 03 Oct 1867, Churchyard of Madresfield, Worcester

Notes:

Susan married 4th Earl Beauchamp, Henry Beauchamp Lygon on 08 Jul 1824 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. Henry (son of William Lygon and Catharine Denn) was born on 06 Jan 1784; was christened on 03 Feb 1785 in Madresfield, Worcestershire; died on 08 Sep 1863 in Madresfield Court, Great Malvern Worcester; was buried on 15 Sep 1863 in Mortuary Chapel, St. Mary the Virgin, Madresfield, Worcestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Presentation at Court: 17 Jun 1819, Presented to the Regent with Susan and Sisters

Notes:

--- St. German's Parish Records have her baptized at St. Germans on 27 Dec 1802 (?)

--- "Western Times" 02 July 1831, page 2:
CITY SESSIONS.
Richard Malben, 44 charged with stealing a bracelet and clasp of considerable value, property of the Rev. Chancellor Martin. It appeared that in February last, Lady Charlotte Martin, lost a valuable bracelet, at which time the prisoner was in the service of the Rev. Chancellor. Every search was made for it in vain. In the early part of this month, a female named Maria Chapman, offered the clasp for sale at Mr. Al Harts, on Fore Street Hill, whose son, Halick Levi, being present and entertaining some suspicions, under pretence of ascertaining its value procured an officer and secured the girl, on whose person the bracelet was also found. On being questioned she stated that she had received it from Richard Malben, who had requested her to dispose of it. On the trial Charlotte Chapman appeared as an evidence against the prisoner. On her cross examination, she stated that her mother washed for the Chancellor's family, and had worked in the house but not since February last. The Rev. Chancellor stated his belief from the workmanship, &c. that the bracelet was the one lost by Lady Charlotte, but could not swear to its identity. Mr. Pridham, surgeon, proved the inability of Lady Charlotte to attend the trial. Mr. Praed, who was counsel for the prisoner, contended that there was a want of identity. J.H. Seale, esq. gave the prisoner a good character, after a service of many years. On this evidence the case was left to the Jury who not agreeing were locked up and did not return their verdict till Wednesday morning 11 o'clock, and then acquitted the prisoner.

--- "Exeter and Plymouth Gazette" 02 Jul 1831, page 3:
The trial of Richard Malben, at our City Sessions, charged with stealing a bracelet of great value, the property of Lady Charlotte Martin, will be read with much interest. We understand that on Wednesday, after his discharge, Malben called at the house of Taylor, the Police Officer, and modestly demanded the bracelet, as he said the Chanceloor had failed in proving it to be his property!!! The fellow has since had the assurance to make an application to the committing Magistrate for the same purpose.

--- "Exeter and Plymouth Gazette" 02 Jul 1831, page 4:
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.
Richard Malben, coachman to to Chancellor Martin, was charged with stealing on the 17th of February, 1831, in the parish of St. Edmunds on the Bridge, a bracelet and clasp, of the value of 20 pounds, a bracelet of the value of 15 pounds, and a clasp of the value of 5 pounds, and 5 ounces of gold of the value of 15 pounds, the property of his said master. There was another count charging him with committing the felony in the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, in the County of Devon, and within 500 yards of the County of the City of Exeter. A third count charged the felony as committed in Exeter, omitting the allegation that he was a servant. A fourth count made the same omission with respect to the County of Devon.
. . . [Lots more in this article.]

--- "North Devon Journal" 13 Jul 1837, page 3:
The Rev. Chancellor and Lady Charlotte Martin are returned from the Continent. We are happy to state that her Ladyship is much improved in health.

--- "North Devon Journal" 11 Jul 1839, page 3:
DEATHS.
On the 8th inst., at Park Hill house, Torquay, the Lady Charlotte Martin.

--- "Western Times" 13 Jul 1839, page 3:
The melancholy death of the Lady Charlotte Martin has overwhelmed several distinguished families with heartfelt sorrow. The event was communicated to this city by the tolling of the Cathedral bell on Monday evening.

--- "Western Times" 20 Jul 1839, page 3:
The remains of the late Lady Charlotte Martin were taken from Torquay on Tuesday morning, for interment at Harberton, near Totnes: the mournful cavalcade left at about 8 o'clock, the hearse and two mourning coaches each drawn by four horses, and the Chancellor's private carriage, &c. &c attended.

--- "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 166, July to Dec. 1839, page 212:
July 8. At Torquay, aged 37, Lady Charlotte-Sophia, wife of the Rev. Geo. Martin, Canon RESIdentiary of Exeter. She was the third dau. of William present and second Earl of St. Germain's, by his first wife Lady Jemima Cornwallis; and was married in 1825.*

Erratum, p. 212. -- Lady Charlotte Sophia Martin was the third daughter of William second Earl of St. Germain's by his first wife Lady Georgiana Augusta Leveson Gower. (Lady Jemima Cornwallis is the wife of Lord Eliot, son of Earl of St. German's.)

--- Heraldic Church Notes lists on page 73:
In Harberton Church, Devon, is a marble tablet for Lady Charlotte Sophia, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, and wife of the Rev. George Martin, vicar of this parish, who died 8th July, 1839, aged 38. Also Susan Isabella, their second duaghter, who died 23rd June, 1840, aged 12 years; and the sister of the last-named, Georgiana, their eldest daughter, who died 10th Sept., 1841, aged 15 years.

Near this tablet is a mural monument, with the inscription and arms on a brass plate, in memory of the Rev. George Martin, vicar of this parish for forty years, Canon RESIdentiary of the Cathedral, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter, and for many years representative of the Chapter in Convocation, who died 27th August, 1860, aged 69, and was buried near the south wall of this church. He married first Lady Charlotte Sophia Eliot, youngest daughter of William, second Earl of St. Germans; and secondly Renira Henrietta Aldenburgh, only daughter of Vice-Admiral William Bentinck, who with eight children survive. This monument was erected as a token of esteem by the parishioners.

Charlotte married Reverend George Martin on 26 Jul 1825 in St. James, Westminster, London. George was born about 1791 in Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire; died on 27 Aug 1860 in Harberton Vicarage, Harberton; was buried on 03 Sep 1860 in Haberton Church, Devon (near the South Wall). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Memorial in the A'Court Family Pew at Heytesbury Church:
Sacred to the memory of the Honourable Laetitia Eliot, eldest daughter of Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court Baronet. She died in her first childbed of twins, born dead, on the 20th January 1810, aged 31.

Let those who mourn in proportion as they once revered and loved her. Let those whose distresses have been relieved by her benevolence or soothed by her gentleness pay the best tribute to her memory by allowing her mild example of influence on their hearts and lives; Let those sometimes look at this memorial and contemplate the benefit to be derived from a lively recollection of her piety and charity in the season of prosperity and ease and of her meekness and RESIgnation when the Almighty changed the manner of her trial and stretched her on the bed of suffering pain and death.

Notes:

• Cenotaph Inscription (St. Nicholas Church, Denston, Suffolk):
CHARLOTTE,
eldest daughter of Lieut. Genl. Robinson & Rebecca his wife,
born in March, 1784,
whose personal loveliness, amiable disposition,
and active benevolence, rendered her, while living,
an object of general endearment;
and left behind her the regret and the blessings
of the afflicted and necessitous.
In March, 1812, she was married
to the Honble. William Eliot of St. Germains
(from whom she experienced the tenderest affection);
and died in June, 1813,
surviving her infant only nine days.