John Eliot

1741 - 1769  (27 years)

• Name	John Eliot
  Born	12 Jun 1741	Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Christened	13 Jun 1741	St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,   [2]
  Royal Navy Service	18 Feb 1751/52	Signs as Midshipman on 'Penzance' at Portsmouth (Capt. Chas. Saunders)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	12 Jun 1752	Promoted to Able-Bodied Seaman   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	19 Mar 1753	Discharged at Woolwich (at His Own Request)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	12 May 1753	Rejoins 'Penzance' as Midshipman, Volunteer (under Capt. Hugh Bonfoy)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	08 Jul 1754	Discharged at Plymouth from 'Penzance'   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	10 Nov 1754	Listed as Midshipman on 'Vanguard'   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	29 Jan 1757	'Vanguard' Returns to Plymouth   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	09 Feb 1757	Disch. from 'Vanguard' by Preferment   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	14 Feb 1757	Midshipman on 'Marlborough' (Capt. Robert Faulknor)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	17 May 1757	Anchored at Port Royal, Jamaica   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	Oct 1757	Transferred to 'Augusta' as Third Lieutenant (Capt. Arthur Forrest)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	31 Jul 1758	Transfers as Lieutenant on 'Viper' (Capt. Housman Broadley)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	30 Jan 1759	Receives Temporary Command of 'Viper' on the Death of Capt. Broadley   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	01 Feb 1759	Resumes Lieutenancy of 'Viper' under Capt. Arthur Ussher   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	05 Apr 1759	Appointed Lieutenant on 'Hornet' (Capt. Chas. Napier)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	04 Sep 1759	Commisioned as Commander of 'Hawke'   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	09 Dec 1759	'Hawke' Captured by the French (Eliot becomes a POW)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	21 Feb 1760	Exchanged for a French POW   [3]
  Military Service	25 Apr 1760	Made a Post Captain   [1]
  Royal Navy Service	May 1760	Begins Baltic Convoy Duty as Capt. of 'Gosport'   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	Between 21 Nov 1760 and 11 Mar 1766	Captain of 'Thames'   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	24 Oct 1766	Commisioned as Captain of guardship 'Firm'   [3]
  Appointment	16 Mar 1767	Governor of West Florida   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	Between 12 Jan and 17 Feb 1761	Captain of HMS Unicorn   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	Between 13 Oct and 03 Dec 1760	Captain of HMS Coventry   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	Between Jun and Dec 1756	Action in the Bay of Biscay and off Cape Finisterre   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	Between Mar and May 1756	'Vanguard' sails off Ushant (Capt. John Byron)   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	11 Jun 1767	Command and Naval Service Ended   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	06 Jan 1769	Set Sail for W. FLA aboard 'Tryal'   [3]
  Royal Navy Service	07 Apr 1769	Arrived at Pensacola as Governor of W. FLA   [3]
  Died	02 May 1769	Governor's Mansion, Pensacola, Florida
  Buried	03 May 1769	Burial Ground of Fort at Pensacola   [4]
  Probate	24 Jul 1769	Administration of the Goods Chattels and Credits -- to Brother, Edward Eliot   [4]
  Person ID	I00284	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  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	Mary Wyatt,   d. Bef 08 Jun 1771
  Children	1. John Wyett,   b. Bef 23 Jul 1768,   d. 21 Apr 1853  (Age > 84 years)  [Stepchild]
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Portraits

  Captain John Eliot, R.N. Attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds Courtesy of Eastnor Castle Collection

  
  

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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;;). [S00006] Online Parish Clerks for The Parishes of Rame Peninsula, Cornwall. [S00044] by Prof. Robert Rea, (Name: The Alabama Review, 1977;). "John Eliot, Second Governor of British West Florida" by Robert Rea, Alabama Review, XXX (October 1977), pages 243-65.