Commons 1754-1790

b. 8 July 1727, 1st s. of Richard Eliot, M.P., by Harriet, illegit. da. of James Craggs jun., M.P.; she m. (2) Nov. 1749, Capt. John Hamilton, R.N. (their s. was J. J. Hamilton). educ. Liskeard sch.; St. Mary Hall, Oxf. 1742; Grand Tour (with Philip Stanhope) 1746-8. m. 25 Sept. 1756, Catherine. da. and h. of Edward Elliston of Gestingthorpe, Essex by Catherine, sis of Edward Gibbon sen. of Buriton, Hants, 4s. suc. fa. 19 Nov. 1748; cr. Baron Eliot 13 Jan. 1784.

b. 17 July 1759, o.s. of Gerard Anne Edwards of Welham Grove, by Lady Jane Noel, da. of Baptist, 4th Earl of Gainsborough. educ. Eton 1770-4; St. John’s, Camb. 1776. m. (1) 21 Dec. 1780, Diana (d. 12 Apr. 1823), da. and h. of Sir Charles Middleton, 12s. 6 da.; (2) 4 May 1823, Harriett (d. 11 Aug. 1826), da. of Rev. Joseph Gill, vicar of Scraptoft, Leics., s.p.; (3) 11 Aug. 1831, Isabella, wid. of Raymond Evans, s.p. suc. fa. 1773; and to estates of his uncle, Henry, 6th Earl of Gainsborough 1798, and took name of Noel in place of Edwards; suc. fa.-in-law under sp. rem. as 2nd Bt. 17 June 1813.

b. ?1726, 1st s. of Walter Edwards of St. Dunstan’s, London by Mary da. of Richard Freeman of Batsford, Glos., ld. chancellor [I] 1707-10. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 3 Feb. 1744, aged 17. m. 23 July 1753, Elizabeth, da. of Henry Reveley of Newby Wisk, Yorks., 1s. suc. uncle Richard Freeman in Batsford estates March 1742 and assumed add. name of Freeman.

b. 1754, o.s. of Thomas Edwards Freeman. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 31 Dec. 1772, aged 18. m. Mary (d. 1781), da. of John Curtis of Butcombe, Som., 1da.