James Eliot

James Eliot

Male 1721 - 1742  (21 years)

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  • Name James Eliot 
    Born 20 May 1721  London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 02 Jun 1721  St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 24 Nov 1742  His House, North-Audley Street Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 06 Dec 1742  St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I00280  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2022 

    Father Edward Eliot,   b. Abt 1683, Cuddenbeak Manor, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1722  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Craggs,   b. 25 Nov 1694,   d. 25 Apr 1765  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F00065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Portraits
    Edward Eliot with Son, James

  • Notes 

    • --- "The Beauties of England and Wales" by John Britton, 1801, page 381:
      Gives date of portrait in PE Dining Room of James Eliot as 1734.

      --- "Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 12, 1742, page 603:
      24 [Nov]. James Elliot of Port Elliot, Cornwall, Esq; about 22, a Gentleman of fine Qualifications.

      --- "Daily Post" Friday, 26 Nov 1742, page 1:
      On Wednesday Night died, in the 22nd year of his age, at his House in North-Audley-Street, James Elliot, of Port Elliot in the County of Cornwall, Esq; Son of the late ---- Elliot, Esq; who married a sister of the Right Honorable James Craggs, Esq; one of the Principal Secretaries of State to His Majesty King George the First.

  • Sources 
    1. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).

    2. [S00008] St. German's Parish Records, www.cornwall-opc-database.org, (Name: Name: Name: Online Parish Records;;;).