Charles George Cornwallis Eliot

1839 - 1901  (61 years)

• Name	Charles George Cornwallis Eliot  [1]
  Nickname	Charlie
  Born	16 Oct 1839	47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex
  Christened	21 Nov 1839	St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London   [2]
  Census	1851	Vicarage House (Mortimer School) as a Scholar   [3]
  Education	Between 17 Sep 1851 and 1853	Eton (Left Winter Term 1853)   [4]
  Education	04 Jun 1857	Matric. Christ Church, Oxford (aged 17)   [5]
  Military Service	31 Dec 1858	Ensign & Lieutenant (Grenadier Guards)   [6]
  Visiting	1862	Pitfour, Perthshire, Scotland   [7]
  Military Service	03 Oct 1862	Rank of Captain (Grenadier Guards)   [6]
  Military Service	1868	Retired from Grenadier Guards   [6]
  Military Service	1869	Captain (Royal Cornwall Rangers)   [6]
  Occupation	01 Dec 1869	Appointed Equerry to HRH Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein   [8]
  Census	1871	Belvoir Castle as Equarry to Prince Christian   [9]
  Census	1871	2 Kensington Gardens, Kensington, Brompton, London   [10]
  Occupation	Between 14 Jan 1871 and 1877	Groom of the Privy Chamber in Ordinary to HM Queen Victoria   [11]
  Census	1881	8 Onslow Gardens, Kensington, St. Paul Onslow Square, London   [12]
  Military Service	Nov 1881	Rank of Major (Duke of Cornwall's L.I. 3rd Bat.)   [13]
  Military Service	19 Sep 1885	Hon. Rank Lt-Col (3rd Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Lt. Infantry)   [14]
  Census	1891	8 Onslow Gardens, Kensington, St. Paul Onslow Square, London   [15]
  Membership	Between 1899 and 1900	Member of the Royal College of Music Corporation and Council
  Awarded	25 May 1900	C.V.O. (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order)   [16]
  Census	1901	8 Onslow Gardens, Kensington, St. Paul Onslow Square, London   [17]
  Occupation	Between 01 Sep and 31 Oct 1887	In Germany with Prince Christian, Albert Victor and Princesses Victoria and Louise of Wales
  Died	22 May 1901	8 Onslow-gardens, Kensington, London   [18]
  Buried	25 May 1901	Port Eliot Vault, St. Germans, Cornwall   [19]
  Person ID	I00241	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	11 Aug 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	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)
  Married	26 Oct 1865	Parish Church, Great Canford (Canford Magna), Dorset   [20]
  • "Salisbury and Winchester Journal" 28 Oct 1865, page 7: CANFORD MAGNA. The marriage of Miss Constance Guest, daughter of the late Sir J.J. and Lady Charlotte Guest, with the Hon. Capt. Eliot, son of the Earl of St. Germans, was solemnised in Canford Church, on Thursday, by the Hon. and Rev. W. Ponsonby, in the presence of a large circle of friends. Sir Ivor Guest entertained his tenantry at a ball at Canford House in the evening. • "Cheltenham Looker-On" Saturday, 11 Nov 1865, page 7: The Marriage of the Hon. Capt. Cornwallis Eliot, fourth son of the Earl of St. German's, with Miss Constance Rhianon Guest, fourth daughter of the late Sir J.J. Guest, was celebrated on Wednesday, the 2nd inst., in the Parish Church of Canford Magna, which, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, was filled with the RESIdents of the surrounding district, all anxious to witness the ceremony. The bride, who wore a dress of white satin covered with Brussells lace, with veil of same material, and orange blossoms, was given away by her brother, Sir Ivor Guest, Lord Eliot officitating as best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Guest, Miss Blanche Guest, Miss Pennefather, Misses Alderson, Miss Bertie, Miss Ponsonby, and Miss Ducane, who were all dressed alike in white ribbed silk, trimmed with wreaths of blue velvet and with tulle veils. The service was performed by the Hon. and Rev. W.B. Ponsonby, assisted by the Rev. Canon Jenkins and the Rev. Cecil Alderson, brother-in-law of the bride. Among the bridal party present on the occasion were the Earl St. Germans, Ladies Elizabeth and Louisa Cornwallis, Lady Louisa Ponsonby, Lady Emily Hankey, Hon. E. Eliot, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bertie, C. Schreiber, Esq., M.P., and Lady Charlotte Schreiber, H.D. Seymour, Esq., M.P., &c., &c. The ceremony over, the bridal party repaired to Canford Manor, the seat of Sir Ivor Guest, where a sumptuous wedding breakfast was prepared for their refreshment. Early in the afternoon the bride and bridegroom took leave of their friends and left the Manor for Wimborne Station, whence they started for Paris, intending there to pass their honeymoon. Sir Ivor Guest entertained a large circle at dinner in the evening, and at night there was a grand ball in celebration of the glad event.
  Children	1. Blanche Elizabeth Eliot,   b. 18 Aug 1866, St. George, Hanover Square, London ,   d. 11 Sep 1929, Empire Nursing Home, Vincent-quare, Middlesex  (Age 63 years)   2. 7th Earl St. Germans, Granville John Eliot,   b. 22 Sep 1867, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 20 Nov 1942, Wonham House, Bampton, Devon  (Age 75 years)   3. Evelyn Radigund Eliot,   b. 31 Jan 1869, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 25 May 1920, 17 Park-lane, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex  (Age 51 years)   4. 8th Earl St. Germans, Montague Charles Eliot,   b. 13 May 1870, 2 Ovington-gardens, London ,   d. 19 Sep 1960, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 90 years)   5. Christian Edward Cornwallis Eliot,   b. 17 Jul 1872, 2 Ovington Gardens, Kensington, London ,   d. 20 Oct 1940, Thatched Hut, Redbridge Lane, Crowborough  (Age 68 years)   6. Arthur Ernest Henry Eliot,   b. 13 Jul 1874, 2 Ovington-gardens, Brompton, London ,   d. 08 Oct 1936, Nursing Home in London  (Age 62 years)   7. Edward Granville Eliot,   b. 03 Jan 1878, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 10 Feb 1950, Marylebone, London  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Charles George Cornwallis Eliot Photograph taken 16 Oct 1860 J. Gurney and Son of New York

  
  

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• Sources

  "The Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis; 1613-1644" by Jane Cornwallis Bacon, Pub. by S&J Bentley; 1842, page xlvii. [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;;). 1851 England Census Record (Berkshire, Mortimer, District 4, 5). Eton College Archivist (E-mail dated 17 Nov 2016). "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1715-1886, Volume II, E, 17 of 41). "Bibliotheca Cornubiensis" by George C. Boase et al, 1882, page 1171. Constance's Scrapbook (Box LL, #16). "The Edinburgh Gazette" (Tuesday, January 4, 1870). "1871 England Census Record" (Lincolnshire, Belvoir, District 12, 3). "1871 England Census Record" (London, Kensington, Brompton, District 2, 64). "Bulletins and Other State Intelligence" Part 1, 1871, page 37. "1881 England Census Record" (London, Kensington, Brompton, District 8a, 22). "The Monthly Military Budget for the Army and Auxiliary Forces" November 1881, page 406. "Morning Post" 19 Sep 1885, page 2. "1891 England Census Record" (London, Kensington, Brompton, District 8, 7). "The Genealogical Magazine" Vol. 3, 1900, page 129. "1901 England Census Record" (London, Kensington, Brompton, District 10, 27). Tombstone Inscription. "Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser" Monday, 27 May 1901, page 4. "Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921" (Canford Magna, 1860-1869, 26).