8th Earl St. Germans, Montague Charles Eliot

1870 - 1960  (90 years)

• Name	Montague Charles Eliot  [1]
  Title	8th Earl St. Germans,
  Born	13 May 1870	2 Ovington-gardens, London
  Christened	20 Jun 1870	Holy Trinity, Brompton, London   [2]
  Education	1881	Castleden Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire   [3]
  Education	Between 1883 and 1889	Charterhouse School
  Saunderite & Robinite, Left in Cricket Quarter 1889
  Education	1889	Charterhouse School
  Exhibitioner & Senior Scholar
  Education	Between 1890 and 1895	Exeter College, Oxford
  Occupation	15 Mar 1898	Haymarket Theatre, London   [4]
  Matinee of 'The Passport', Henry Harris, a Man of Few Words played by Monty Eliot
  Appointment	Between 1901 and 1906	Gentleman Usher (KEVII)
  Residence	1904	8 Onslow Gardens, Kensington, St. Paul Onslow Square, London
  Appointment	Between 1908 and 1910	Groom-in-Waiting
  Appointment	Between 1910 and 1936	Gentleman Usher (KGV)
  Appointment	Between 1920 and 1936	Groom of the Robes
  Appointment	1923	Member, Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
  Appointment	Between 1924 and 1936	Extra Groom-in-Waiting (KGV)
  Appointment	1928	Commander, Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
  Appointment	1934	Knight Commander (KCVO)
  Appointment	1936	Extra Groom-in-Waiting (KEVIII)
  Appointment	Between 1937 and 1952	Extra Groom-in-Waiting (KGVI)
  Appointment	Between 1952 and 1960	Extra Groom-in-Waiting (QEII)
  Died	19 Sep 1960	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Buried	21 Sep 1960	Eliot Family Vault, Old Cemetery, St. Germans, Cornwall   [5]
  Probate	02 Feb 1961	Save and Except Settled Land (London)   [1]
  Probate	09 Mar 1961	Limited to Settled Land (London)   [1]
  Person ID	I00300	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles George Cornwallis Eliot,   b. 16 Oct 1839, 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex ,   d. 22 May 1901, 8 Onslow-gardens, Kensington, London  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Constance Rhiannon Guest,   b. 17 Oct 1844, Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales ,   d. 22 Mar 1916, 68 Chester Square, Belgrave, St. Geroge Hanover Square, London  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F00126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Countess St. Germans, Helen Agnes Post,   b. 11 Jan 1885, Villa Frewen, Pau, France ,   d. 01 Sep 1962, Queens Hotel, 1 Grand Parade, Gibraltar  (Age 77 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1910	St. George's, Hanover Square, London   [6]
  --- "Daily Telegraph & Courier" 23 Jun 1910, page 12:
  Children	1. Germaine Elizabeth Olive Eliot,   b. 13 Apr 1911, 2 Wyndham-place, London ,   d. 1991  (Age 79 years)   2. 9th Earl St. Germans, Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot,   b. 26 Jan 1914, Marylebone, London ,   d. 11 Mar 1988, Tangiers, Morocco  (Age 74 years)   3. Montague Robert Vere Eliot,   b. 29 Oct 1923,   d. 16 May 1994  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Montague Charles Eliot, 1934 Port Eliot Collection Image may not be used without written permission.

  
  

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• Sources

  "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966" (1961, S, St, 55). [S00027] Scan of Original Baptism Record. 1881 England Census. "Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News" 26 Mar 1898, page 15. Parish Register of St. German's, Page 89, Line 707 (Images seen on FamilySearch.org --- image 93/106). Newspaper Clipping downloaded from Ancestry.com.