1st Earl St. Germans, John Eliot

1761 - 1823  (62 years)

• Name	John Eliot
  Title	1st Earl St. Germans,
  Born	28 Sep 1761	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Christened	06 Oct 1761	St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,   [2]
  Education	Bef 1780	Liskeard School   [3]
  Education	06 Apr 1780	Entered Pembroke College, Cambridge   [1]
  Degree	1784	Awarded M.A.   [1]
  Residence	1791	Bedford-square, London   [4]
  Military Service	1797	Lieutenant, Cornwall Yeomanry   [5]
  Subscription	1798	'Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe'   [6]
  Elected	1799	Mayor of Liskeard
  Military Service	1803	Captain, Cornwall Yeomanry   [5]
  Military Service	1803	Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, East Cornwall Volunteers   [5]
  Elected	1784 -17 Feb 1804	M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall   [1]
  Visiting	10 Mar 1804	Arrives in Downing-street (After Attending Parents' Funeral)   [7]
  Elected	1808	Mayor of Liskeard
  Military Service	1808	Colonel of East Cornwall Militia   [1]
  Title (Facts Pg)	28 Nov 1815	Created Earl of St Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Occupation	1800-1823	Recorder of Liskeard
  Died	17 Nov 1823	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Buried	27 Nov 1823	Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England   [8]
  Person ID	I00283	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	1st Baron Eliot, Edward Craggs Eliot,   b. 08 Jul 1727, St. George, Hanover Square, London ,   d. 17 Feb 1804, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Catherine Elliston,   b. 04 Aug 1735, Charterhouse Yard, Parish of St. Sepulchre, Holburn, London ,   d. 23 Feb 1804, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F00041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Countess St. Germans, Caroline Yorke,   b. 29 Jul 1765,   d. 26 Jul 1818, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 52 years)
  Married	09 Sep 1790	St. George, Hanover Square, London   [9]
  --- "Kentish Gazette" 14 Sep 1790. page 3: The marriage portion which Mr. Eliot receives with Miss York, is 30,000 pounds.
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 2	Countess St. Germans, Harriet Pole-Carew,   b. 09 Feb 1790, Charles Street, Berkeley Sqaure ,   d. 05 Mar 1877, Pisa, Italy  (Age 87 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1819	Antony, Cornwall   [10]
  • "Morning Chronicle" 25 Aug 1819, page 4: MARRIED. By special license, on Thursday, the 19th instant, at Antony, in the County of Cornwall, by the Rev. Dr. Pole, the Earl of St. Germans, to Harriet, daughter of the Right Hon. Reginald Pole Carew.
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  --- "History of the Borough of Liskeard", John Allen, 1856: 1806: "Received of Lord Eliot to pay one year's salary to the Rev. Mr Greene (master of the Grammar School) £121 (repeated afterwards)" 1814-15: "The Rev. A Laffer one year's salary to Midsummer, 1815 (less income tax) £90 (this amount received from the Earl of St Germans, being the last payment to the master of the Grammar School)." "The great contest for the representation of the borough was in 1802, when Thomas Sheridan and William Ogilvie, Esqrs., each of whom had the votes of one freeman, and of forty-eight inhabitants paing scot and lot, or householders, petitioned against the return of the Hon. John and William Eliot. A similar petition was presented at the same time by sundry persons claiming to be electors." "Under the head of charitable foundations, the 'East Cornwall Savings Bank' requires to be noticed. It was established at Liskeard in 1818, the first 'patron' being William Earl of St Germans, who also headed a list of donations to set it on foot." 1833: "The corporation formerly paid the salary of the schoolmaster, but of late years it was paid direct by the patron of the borough, the late noble Recorder (the Earl of St Germans). A school house was erected by subscription on land granted by the corporation. About a year ago the school was closed, the master having left, and the means of support being withdrawn. Since that time there has been no public school." 1833: The Mayor's salary was £60, the Constables £40, and the Mayor's Clerk £10 10s.

  
  

• Sources

  [S00001] ACAD A Cambridge Alumni Database. Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Transcriptions for St. German's Church Parish Registers. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/eliot-hon-john-1761-1823. Universal British Directory (1791). HistoryofParliamentOnline.com. "Sermons on Various Subjects" printed by Trewman & Son; 1798 --- Listed in "A List of Subscribers to the Sermons of the Late Rev. William Woollcombe". "London Courier and Evening Gazette" 12 Mar 1804, page 3. [S00008] St. German's Parish Records, www.cornwall-opc-database.org, (Name: Name: Name: Online Parish Records;;;). [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials). "Visitation of England and Wales" Volume 5, Howard and Crisp, 1897, page 146.