Family: Edward James Eliot / Harriot Pitt (F00036)

m. 24 Sep 1785



  • Edward James EliotHusband | Male
    Edward James Eliot

    Born  24 Aug 1758  Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  27 Aug 1758  St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Sep 1797  Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  26 Sep 1797  Eliot Family Vault, St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  24 Sep 1785  [1]  Wm. Pitt's House at Putney, England  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  1st Baron Eliot, Edward Craggs Eliot | F00041 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catherine Elliston | F00041 Group Sheet 

    Harriot PittWife | Female
    Harriot Pitt

    Born  18 Apr 1758  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  10 May 1758  St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Sep 1786  10 Downing Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  02 Oct 1786  Pitt Family Vault, North Transept, Westminster Abbey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  1st Earl Chatham, William Pitt | F00038 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lady Chatham Hester Grenville | F00038 Group Sheet 

    Harriet Hester EliotChild 1 | Female
    Harriet Hester Eliot

    Born  20 Sep 1786  10 Downing Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  01 Nov 1786  St. Margaret's, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  05 Oct 1842  17 Stratford Place, Oxford St, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Oct 1842  All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London (Compartment 10 of Vault 95 of Catacomb B in plot no 2819) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Henry Pringle | F00037 
    Married  20 May 1806  St. George, Hanover Square (Dover Street Dwelling of John, Earl of Chatham) Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • • "The European Magazine, and London Review", Volume 8, Oct 1785, page 305:

      [in reference to a lyric composition, written by George Pretyman] It was written to celebrate the marriage of the Hon. Edward James Eliot with Lady Harriet Pitt; and was performed on the night of the nuptials, at Mr. Pitt's house in Putney (the newspaper having misinformed the public, which indeed is a rather uncommon thing for a ministerial print, that this happy couple were joined together in Downing-Street).

      • "The London Magazine", October 1785, page 221:
      By special license, at Mr. Pitt's house, in Downing Street, by the Rev. Dr. Prettyman, the Hon. Edward James Eliot, eldest son of Lord Eliot, to the Right Honourable Lady Harriet Pitt, sister to the Earl of Chatham.

  • Sources 
    1. [S00020] Genealogical Memoranda relating to the families of Eliot of Port Eliot and Craggs of Wyserley, Copied from Documents in the possession of the Right Honorable the Earl of St. Germans, (Name: Name: Taylor and Company, London 1868;;).