1st Baron Eliot, Edward Craggs Eliot
1727 - 1804 (76 years)
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Name Edward Craggs Eliot Title 1st Baron Eliot, Born 08 Jul 1727 St. George, Hanover Square, London 
[1] Christened 15 Jul 1727 St. George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London Education Bef 1742 Liskeard School, Cornwall [2] Education 05 Apr 1742 Entered St. Mary Hall, Oxford (aged 15) [3] Education 1746 - 1748 Grand Tour [2] 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 [2] Elected 1769 Mayor of Liskeard Elected 1773 Mayor of Liskeard Elected 1768 - 1774 M.P. for Liskeard [2] Elected 1774 - Nov 1775 M.P. for St. Germans [2] Occupation 1759 - 1776 Lord of Trade [2] Elected 1777 Mayor of Liskeard Friendship Mar 1781 First Met James Boswell [4] Elected 1783 Mayor of Liskeard Elected 15 Nov 1775 - 13 Jan 1784 M.P. for Cornwall [2] Title (Facts Pg) 30 Jan 1784 Created "Baron Eliot", 1st Baron Eliot [1] Occupation 02 Feb 1784 Takes Seat in House of Lords Title (Facts Pg) 15 Apr 1789 Added "Craggs" to his Surname [1] Residence 1791 Spring-garden Terrace, London [5] Subscription 1798 'Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe' (6 copies) [6] Resignation 1800 Recorder of Liskeard Occupation 13 May 1749 - 17 Feb 1804 Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall [7] Died 17 Feb 1804 Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall [1] Buried 01 Mar 1804 St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, [1] Probate 10 Apr 1804 London, England [8] Person ID I00250 Eliots of Port Eliot Last Modified 4 Apr 2022
Father Richard Eliot, b. 06 Sep 1694, Cuddenbeak Manor, St. Germans, Cornwall , d. 19 Nov 1748, London (Age 54 years) Mother Harriot Craggs, b. Feb 1712/13, d. 01 Feb 1769 (Age 56 years) Family ID F00042 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife Catherine Elliston, b. 04 Aug 1735, Charterhouse Yard, Parish of St. Sepulchre, Holburn, London , d. 23 Feb 1804, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 68 years) Married 22 Sep 1756 St. James, Westminster, London [9] Children 1. Edward James Eliot, b. 09 Aug 1757, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall , d. 15 Sep 1757, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 0 years)2. Edward James Eliot, b. 24 Aug 1758, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall , d. 17 Sep 1797, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 39 years)3. 1st Earl St. Germans, John Eliot, b. 28 Sep 1761, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall , d. 17 Nov 1823, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 62 years)4. 2nd Earl St. Germans, William Eliot, b. 01 Apr 1767, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall , d. 19 Jan 1845, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 77 years)Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 Family ID F00041 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Portraits 1st Lord Eliot by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1800
Courtesy of Eastnor Castle Collection
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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."
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Sources - [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;;).
- HistoryofParliamentOnline.com.
- "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1715-1886, Volume II, E, 18 of 41).
- "The Correspondence of James Bosell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb: Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate" Edinburgh University Press, 1996, page 161.
- Universal British Directory (1791).
- "Sermons on Various Subjects" printed by Trewman & Son; 1798 --- Listed in "A List of Subscribers to the Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe".
- Duchy of Cornwall Records (E-Mail dated 28 Apr 2015) Footnote:.
- British National Archives Wills Online.
- Scan of Original Marriage Record.
- [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;;).