Richard Eliot
1733 - 1747 (13 years)
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Name Richard Eliot Born 16 Jul 1733 Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall 
[1] Christened 20 Jul 1733 St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, [2] Portrait Between 1743 and 1744 By Sir Joshua Reynolds (One of his earliest works.) [3] Royal Navy Service Between 1744 and 1745 Captain's Servant on HMS Augusta (Capt. J. Hamilton) Royal Navy Service Between 04 Feb 1744/45 and 14 Feb 1744/45 Leaves for HMS Augusta with Capt. Hamilton [4] Portrait 1746 By Sir Joshua Reynolds (Eliot Family Portrait) [3] Royal Navy Service Between 06 Nov and Dec 1746 Promoted to Rank of Midshipman Died 28 Apr 1747 Kinsale, Ireland (In the Navy) [1] Buried 30 Apr 1747 St. Multose's (Church of Ireland), Kinsale, Ireland [5] Person ID I00308 Eliots of Port Eliot Last Modified 16 Jun 2021
Father Richard Eliot, b. 06 Sep 1694, Cuddenbeak Manor, St. Germans, Cornwall , d. 19 Nov 1748, London (Age 54 years) Mother Harriot Craggs, b. Feb 1712/13, d. 01 Feb 1769 (Age 56 years) Family ID F00042 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Portraits Midshipman Richard Eliot, R.N.
Painted c. 1744 by Sir Joshua Reynolds
(Port Eliot Collection)
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Notes
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Sources - [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;;).
- Cornwall OPC Parish Record Transcriptions.
- "Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings" by David Mannings, pub. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Vol. 2, page 180.
- Letter from Captain Hamilton (14 Feb 1744/5) to Harriot Eliot.
- Scan of Original Document --- Sent to Me by the Priest at St. Multose's.
- [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;;).
