5th Earl St. Germans, Henry Cornwallis Eliot

1835 - 1911  (76 years)

• Name	Henry Cornwallis Eliot
  Title	5th Earl St. Germans,
  Arrival	Between 04 and 05 Aug 1906	Port Eliot (from Grosvenor Gardens, ready for 25th Ann. Party)
  Education	Between 11 and 12 Sep 1843	Arrives at Mortimer (Vicarage at Stratfield Mortimer) School
  Royal Navy Service	Between 21 and 27 Feb 1851	Appointed to the Victory with 6 weeks leave   [1]
  Born	11 Feb 1835	Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London   [2]
  Christened	21 Mar 1835	St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London   [3]
  Education	Between 19 Sep 1845 and 1847	Eton (Left Spring Term 1847)   [4]
  Visiting	27 May 1847	Leave England (from Shoreham) for Summer in Paris (with Granville)   [5]
  Royal Navy Service	Between 1848 and 1853	Royal Navy aboard the 'Prince Regent' and 'Bellerophon'   [6]
  Royal Navy Service	16 Jan 1848	Naval Cadet Posted to Prince Regent   [7]
  Royal Navy Service	Abt 01 Apr 1850	Promoted to Midshipman   [8]
  Census	1851	36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London   [9]
  Royal Navy Service	28 Feb 1851	Paid Off from HMS Prince Regent   [1]
  Royal Navy Service	25 Sep 1851	Midshipman posted to Bellerophon at Portsmouth   [10]
  Royal Navy Service	08 Oct 1851	Goes Aboard HMS Bellerophon (after three nights at a hotel)
  Royal Navy Service	Nov 1852	Midshipman on The Victory   [11]
  Arrival	03 Jun 1854	Scutari
  Having come up in the 'Andes' with the Coldstreams
  Occupation	28 Jan 1855	Appointed a Junior Clerk (Third Class) in the Foreign Office   [6]
  Presentation at Court	07 May 1856	Presented to the Queen by Lord St. Germans   [12]
  Occupation	01 Apr 1857	Appointed a Junior Clerk (Second Class)   [13]
  Census	1861	36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London   [14]
  Occupation	02 Aug 1863	Appointed Junior Clerk (First Class)   [13]
  Presentation at Court	Sep 1863	Presented to HM at an Audience
  Visiting	01 Sep 1866	Port Eliot (from London on a visit to EGE)   [15]
  Occupation	Jul 1867	Secretary to Earl Vane's Special Mission to St. Petersburg, Russia   [6]
  Personal Event	15 Jul 1869	Best Man in wedding of Percy Anderson (St. Paul's, Knightsbridge)   [16]
  Medical	10 Nov 1870	On Board the Cambridge, Devonport (Injured in Gunnery Accident)
  Medical	11 Nov 1870	Left Eye Removed
  Census	1871	36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London   [17]
  Occupation	27 May 1872	Promoted to Assistant Clerk in the Foreign Office   [6]
  Personal Event	10 Jan 1877	Best Man at the wedding of Villiers Lister and Florence Hamilton
  St. Paul's, Knightsbridge
  Census	1881	13 Grosvenor Gardens, Belgrave, St. George Hanover Sq., London   [18]
  Residence	Between 1881 and 1900	13 Grosvenor-gardens (Stables at 3 Grosvenor Gardens Mews East)   [19]
  Arrival	22 Oct 1881	Port Eliot (from Wedding Trip at Quantock Lodge)   [20]
  Personal Event	Feb 1882	Loans 3 Reynolds to Royal Academy Winter Exhibition   [21]
  Appointment	Sep 1882	Vice President of North Wales Liberal Association
  Personal Event	Oct 1882	Purchases the Water Lily, a steam yacht
  Appointment	Aug 1883	Joined London Municipal Reform League
  Personal Event	29 Sep 1885	Port Eliot   [22]
  H & E bring Lord Eliot home for Christening from London
  Occupation	1886	Joined Committee of South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital   [23]
  Arrival	05 Aug 1887	Port Eliot from 13 Grosvenor Gardens with Emily
  Occupation	1888	VP of Cornwall Bee-Keepers' Association
  Personal Event	06 Nov 1890	Liskeard (Opens New Public Hall)   [24]
  Census	1891	13 Grosvenor Gardens, Belgrave, St. George Hanover Sq., London   [25]
  Personal Event	16 May 1891	Latton Churchyard
  H attends Funeral of Rev. Canon Beadon (53 years Vicar of Latton)
  Personal Event	07 Oct 1891	Port Eliot Grounds   [26]
  Harvest Festival, open from 3-7 in the afternoon
  Personal Event	Oct 1894	Liskeard (Presents New Mayoral Chain)   [27]
  Visiting	09 Sep 1895	H, E and Lord E leave for a fortnight visit to Bessboroughs' in Ireland   [28]
  Visiting	Dec 1896	Henry and Emily spend Winter at the Riviera
  Personal Event	03 Nov 1898	H and E attend wedding of Henry Neville (Latimer's Son)
  St. Luke's, Chelsea
  Personal Event	10 Oct 1900	Botusfleming Church above Saltash   [29]
  Unveils Plaque to Gen Penn Symons
  Census	1901	13 Grosvenor Gardens, Belgrave, St. George Hanover Sq., London
  Arrival	14 Jan 1902	Grosvenor Gardens, London
  from Port Eliot (but will not stay long)
  Arrival	01 May 1902	Gorsvenor Gardens, London
  Lord, Lady and Sons from PE, where they have been for nearly five weeks.
  Personal Event	Sep 1902	Port Eliot, Large Garden Party for about 600 Guests   [30]
  Medical	1903	First Stroke   [31]
  Personal Event	15 Jan 1903	Gave a Fancy Dress Ball in Port Eliot Round Room   [32]
  Personal Event	Jul 1904	Arrived in London for remainder of Season, before going Abroad or to the Seaside
  Telephone	Between 1905 and 1911	Westminster 5355 (13 and 17 Grosvenor-gardens)   [33]
  Phone	Between 1905 and 1911	13 Grosvenor Gardens (Westminster 5355)
  Visiting	17 Nov 1905	Port Eliot, Henry, Emily and Eliot, staying until after Christmas
  Visiting	Between Dec 1905 and Jan 1906	Port Eliot, For Christmas and the Holiday Festivities
  Personal Event	Apr 1906	Port Eliot, Minny and May visit PE for a Month
  Arrival	Abt 15 May 1906	17 Grosvenor Gardens (For the Season)
  Arrival	23 Oct 1906	Down Ampney for Silver Wedding Festivities
  Visiting	Dec 1906	Port Eliot, Entertaining a Family Party for the Holidays
  Land Owned	1907	About 12, 800 Acres   [34]
  Visiting	Jun 1908	Port Eliot
  stayed 10 days at the end of the month
  Arrival	01 Jul 1908	Grosvenor Gardens, London
  For the remainder of the Season
  Visiting	24 Jul 1908	Down Ampney
  Henry and Emily Visited enroute from London to PE
  Donated	1910	5 Poison-tipped Arrows from Sudan to Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University
  Grand Tour	Between Jan and Dec 1854	Included Calcutta and the Crimea
  Personal Event	Between May and Jun 1893	Acted as Treasurer for Cornish Wedding Present to Duke of York and Princess May   [35]
  Visiting	Between 30 Jul and 15 Oct 1906	Port Eliot (Staying from middle of July to middle or late Oct)
  Occupation	Between 13 Jan and 27 May 1872	Acting Assistant Clerk in the Foreign Office   [6]
  Cause of Death	Sep 1911	Paralytic Seizure on Friday, 22 Sept 1911. Gradually Sank.
  Died	24 Sep 1911	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [36]
  Buried	27 Sep 1911	Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England   [36]
  Probate	23 Jan 1912	London, Middlesex   [37]
  Person ID	I00274	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	3rd Earl St. Germans, Edward Granville Eliot,   b. 29 Aug 1798, Plymouth, Devon ,   d. 07 Oct 1877, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Countess St. Germans, Jemima Cornwallis,   b. 24 May 1803, Burlington-street, London, Middlesex ,   d. 02 Jul 1856, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, St. George, Hanover Square, London  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F00121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Countess St. Germans, Emily Harriet Labouchere,   b. 24 Jun 1844, Datchet, Buckinghamshire ,   d. 18 Oct 1933, Penmadown House, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 89 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1881	Savoy Chapel, Strand, London
  • "London Standard" 19 Oct 1881, page 5: The Earl of St. Germans and the Hon. Emily Labouchere, youngest daughter of the late Lord Taunton, were married yesterday by special licence, at the Chapel Royal, Savoy. The bridegroom was accompanied by Mr. Cyril Ponsonby, as his best man. The bride came with Lady Taunton, and on her arrival was received by Colonel Arthur E.A. Ellis, her brother-in-law, by whom she was conducted to the space in front of the communion table, followed by her nine bridesmaids, nieces of the contracting couples --- namely, Miss Mary Ellis, Miss Eliot, Miss Ponsonby, Miss Ethel Ponsonby, Miss Evelyn Eliot, Miss E. Monson, Miss Bertha Ellis, Miss Alix Ellis, and Miss Nora Labouchere. The marriage service, which was fully choral, was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Walter W. B. Ponsonby, M.A., rector of Strutton, Suffolk, assisted by the Hon. and Rev. Francis R. Grey, M.A., Hon. Canon of Durham, and rector of Morpeth, and the Rev. Henry White, M.A., chaplain of that Savoy and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. The bride was given away by Lady Taunton, her stepmother. • "The Cleveland Herald" (Cleveland, OH) 15 October 1881, page 4: The marriage is announced of the Earl of St. Germans, the lineal descendant and representative of the patriot Sir John Eliot, Charles I.'s victim, who died in the Tower of London 1632, to Hon. Emily Labouchere. The lady is the youngest daughter of Lord Taunton, uncle of the editor of the London Truth, whose peerage became extinct at his death without a son. His daughters had large fortunes. The father of Lord St. Germans was here with the Prince of Wales.
  Children	1. Stillborn Daughter Eliot,   b. 05 May 1883, 13 Grosvenor Gardens, St. George, Hanover Square, London ,   d. 05 May 1883, 13 Grosvenor Gardens, St. George, Hanover Square, London  (Age 0 years)   2. Edward Henry John Cornwallis Eliot,   b. 30 Aug 1885, St. George, Hanover Square, London ,   d. 24 Aug 1909, Gun Room, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England  (Age 23 years)   3. 6th Earl St. Germans, John Granville Cornwallis Eliot,   b. 11 Jun 1890, 13 Grosvenor Gardens, St. George, Hanover Square, London ,   d. 31 Mar 1922, Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Portraits

  Henry Eliot Photograph, c. 1860s Port Eliot Collection (Box O-30)

  
  

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• Sources

  Letter EL/B/2 Dated 27 Feb 1851. [S00003] FamilySearch.org. [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;;). Eton College Archivist (E-mail dated 17 Nov 2016). Henry's Letter EL/B/12/3/2. "The Foreign Officer List and Diplomatic and Consular Hand Book January 1877", 1877, page 92. "Caledonian Mercury" 20 Jan 1848, page 4. Letter from Henry Eliot to his Mother, dated 01 Apr 1850. "1851 England Census Record" (Middlesex, St Geroge Hanover Square, May Fair, District 3, 19). "Morning Advertiser" 26 Sep 1851, page 5. "Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette" 27 Nov 1852, page 8. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 16 May 1856, page 5. Foreign Office List. "1861 England Census Record" (Middlesex, St Geroge Hanover Square, May Fair, District 3, 35). "London Evening Standard" 29 Aug 1866, page 3. "John Bull" 17 Jul 1869, page 12. "1871 England Census Record" (London, St George Hanover Square, Mayfair, District 3, 36). "1881 England Census Record" (London, St George Hanover Square, Belgrave, District 22, 25). [S00016] Westminster Rate Books (scans on FindMyPast.co.uk). "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 28 Oct 1881, page 6. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 10 Feb 1882, page 6. "Western Morning News" 30 Sep 1885, page 3. "Western Daily Mercury" 28 Fen 1912, page 8. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 13 Nov 1890, page 6. "1891 England Census Record" (London, St George Haover Square, Belgrave, District 7, 11). "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 08 Oct 1891, page 4. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 25 Oct 1894, page 6. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 12 Sep 1895, page 4. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 18 Oct 1900, page 6. "Western Times" 18 Sep 1902, page 3. "Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser" 29 Sep 1911, page 2. "West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser" 22 Jan 1903, page 4. British Phone Book. "Who's Who", Vol. 59, 1907, page 1542 Footnote: "Who's Who", Vol. 59, 1907, page 1542 --- seen on Google Books. "Cornishman" 01 Jun 1893, page 3. [S00008] St. German's Parish Records, www.cornwall-opc-database.org, (Name: Name: Name: Online Parish Records;;;). "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" (1912, S, St, 25).