ELIOT, Edward (1727-1804), of Port Eliot, nr. St. Germans, Cornw.

Constituency	Dates
St Germans	1761
Liskeard	1768
St Germans	1774 – Nov. 1775
Cornwall	1780 – 13 Jan. 1784
St Germans

Family and Education

b. 8 July 1727, 1st s. of Richard Eliot. educ. Liskeard sch.; St. Mary Hall, Oxf. 1742; Grand Tour 1746-8. m. 25 Sept. 1756, Catherine, da. and h. of Edward Elliston of Gestingthorpe, Essex, capt. E.I. Co., 4s. suc. fa. 1748; cr. Baron Eliot 13 Jan. 1784.

Offices Held

Receiver gen. of duchy of Cornwall 1749 – d. ld. of Trade 1759 – 76.

Address

Main residence: Port Eliot, nr. St. Germans, Cornw.

biography text

On Richard Eliot’s death his seat at St. Germans was filled by his son Edward, aged 21, who was also appointed to his father’s place in the duchy of Cornwall by Frederick, Prince of Wales. After the Prince’s death, Edward Eliot joined the Pelhams, under the aegis of his uncle by marriage, Robert Nugent, with whom he voted against the clandestine marriages bill in June 1753.1C. Amyand to Newcastle, 4 June 1753, Add. 32732, f. 22.

He died 17 Feb. 1804.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. C. Amyand to Newcastle, 4 June 1753, Add. 32732, f. 22.