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Edward James Eliot

Edward James Eliot

Male 1758 - 1797  (39 years)

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  • Name Edward James Eliot 
    Born 24 Aug 1758  Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 27 Aug 1758  St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Education Bef 1775  Liskeard School Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Education 03 Nov 1775  Entered Pembroke College, Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Elected 1779  Mayor of Liskeard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Degree 09 Feb 1780  Awarded M.A. by Royal Mandate Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Degree 04 Jul 1780  Cambridge Commencement Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Friendship 30 May 1781  First mention of Mr. Eliot (Dining) in Harriot's Letters Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 12 Dec 1781  Votes Against Continuing the War with the Colonies Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Portrait Abt 1782  Painted by Reynolds Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 15 May 1782  Thanked for supporting Pitt's Motion on Representation (contrary to private interest) Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Occupation 1782 - 1783  Presents unsuccessful Anti-Bribery Bills (with Mahon) Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 13 Jul 1782 - Apr 1783  Lord of the Treasury (Commissioner of the Treasury, one of five men) Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Friendship Jun 1783  EJE's First Cousin Speaks to Harriot Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visiting 11 Jul 1783  Fishing and Dining with Pitt and Wilber. at Wimbledon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Portrait Aug 1783  Payment of 50gns from 'Mr. Elliot, Jun' to Reynolds Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visiting 10 Sep 1783  Sets out with Pitt for France Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Visiting 24 Oct 1783  Returns to England from France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Elected Oct 1780 - Dec 1783  M.P. for St. Germans Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Elected 1784  Mayor of Liskeard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 17 Jun 1784  Chosen for House Committee on Case of the Borough of Downton, Wiltshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Occupation 18 Apr 1785  Votes for Pitt's Motion for Parliamentary Reform Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Personal Event 21 Dec 1785  Thrown from Horse in London and Lames Knee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visiting 04 Oct 1786  EJE Travels to Holwood House Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Visiting Nov 1786  EJE and Pitt Visit Burton Pynsent with Little HH Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence 1786 - 1787  15 Downing Street, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 25 Mar 1787  First Will (Written at Downing Street) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visiting 18 Apr 1787  EJE and Pitt return from a visit to Burton Pynsent Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Occupation Nov 1787 - Dec 1787  Meetings at Wilberforce's House about Slave Trade Abolition Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Occupation 16 Dec 1788  Votes for Pitt's Motion in Support of the Rights of the Two Houses of Parliament Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Subscription 1789  'Elegiac Sonnets' by Charlotte Smith (Fifth Edition) Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Subscription 1789  Annual Donation of 2l. 2s. to Marine Society Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Visiting 08 Apr 1789  EJE leaves Downing-street to Visit Burton Pynsent Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Visiting 23 Mar - 27 Apr 1790  EJE Visits Dowager Lady Chatham at Burton Pynsent Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Visiting 22 Nov 1790  EJE Arrives at Downing-street from Burton Pynsent Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Membership 1791  Admission to Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Occupation 04 Feb 1791  Chairs House Committee on Slave Trade Abolition Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Possessions 15 Mar 1791  Soane Surveys Capt. Lewis' House at Clapham Common for EJE Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Occupation Mar 1791 - Apr 1791  Almost Daily Meetings at Matthew Montague's House in Manchester-sq. on Abolition Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Occupation 16 Apr 1791  Chairman of Committee on Stewartry of Orkney and Zetland (Bribery and Converted Elections) Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    Inheritance 27 Jun - 28 Jun 1791  Court Case Setting EJE's Inheritance on Harriet Hester Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Possessions 08 Aug 1791  Soane Places Ad for Villa in Clapham for EJE Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Dedication 1792  Marcus Antoninus by Richard Graves is Dedicated to EJE Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    Will Jan 1792  Second and Final Will Written Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 15 Mar 1792  Chairs Committee on Wine License Bill Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 
    Occupation 23 May 1792  Supports (via speech) Mahon's Bill to Prevent Bribery in Elections Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Visiting 16 Oct 1792  EJE Leaves London to Visit Burton Pynsent Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Occupation Feb 1793  Chairs Committee on Merits of Stockbridge Election Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Elected 04 Apr 1793  Elected Director of Sierra Leone Company Find all individuals with events at this location  [33] 
    Occupation 19 Jun 1793  Appointed Commissioner for the Affairs of India (with a salary) Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    Occupation Dec 1783 - 19 Jun 1793  Lord of the Treasury Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Occupation 20 Jun 1793  Appointed Joint Comptroller of the East India Board (with Mr. Jenkinson) Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    Elected 27 Mar 1794  Elected Director of Sierra Leone Company Find all individuals with events at this location  [35] 
    Military Service 29 Mar 1794  Attends Meeting of Fencibles Committee at the Star and Garter in London Find all individuals with events at this location  [36] 
    Visiting 06 May - 08 May 1794  Meets with Sir Francis Basset to Set Up Fencibles (in West Cornwall) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visiting 08 May - 13 May 1794  Port Eliot (Arrives in PM and leaves about the 13th for Burton) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military Service 30 May 1794  Commissioned as Captain in Cornwall Regiment Fencible Cavalry Find all individuals with events at this location  [37] 
    Visiting 12 Jul 1794  EJE and HH Dine with Wilberforce Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 12 Mar 1795  Reports to the House as Committeeman on Voting Rights of the City of Carlisle Find all individuals with events at this location  [38] 
    Military Service 09 Jan 1796  Rank of Major (Cornwall Regt. of Fencible Light Dragoons) Find all individuals with events at this location  [39] 
    Occupation 07 Mar 1796  Chairs House Committee on Slave-Trade Abolition Find all individuals with events at this location  [40] 
    Occupation Abt Jun 1796  Discusses Formation of 'Society for the Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor' Find all individuals with events at this location  [41] 
    Occupation 17 Dec 1796  Signs Letter of Formation for 'Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor' Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 20 Dec 1796  Chairs Committee for Amendment of Act to Augment the Militia Find all individuals with events at this location  [42] 
    Occupation 20 Dec 1796  Chairs Committee on Amendment to Act for Raising Men for Army and Navy Find all individuals with events at this location  [42] 
    Occupation 20 Dec 1796  Chairs House Committee on Ammendment to Act for Raising of Provincial Force of Cavalry Find all individuals with events at this location  [42] 
    Occupation 21 Dec 1796  Brings up Report of Committee on Southwark Election Find all individuals with events at this location  [43] 
    Visiting Jul 1797  EJE Goes to Bath for Recovery of His Health Find all individuals with events at this location  [44] 
    Occupation 1785 - 17 Sep 1797  King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Occupation 1791 - 17 Sep 1797  Director of Sierra Leone Company Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1793 - 17 Sep 1797  Commissioner of Board of Control Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Elected 1784 - 17 Sep 1797  M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 17 Sep 1797  Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [45] 
    Death 20 Sep 1797  News of EJE's Death Reaches Pitt at Downing-st. (Common Post) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Salary 2, 500 Pounds a Year as Commissioner for Affairs of India Find all individuals with events at this location  [46] 
    Buried 26 Sep 1797  Eliot Family Vault, St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Subscription Mar 1798  Geo. Woolrich (Servant to EJE) Donates 3l. 3s. to Defense Find all individuals with events at this location  [47] 
    Person ID I00001  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2022 

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

    Wife Harriot Pitt,   b. 18 Apr 1758, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1786, 10 Downing Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Engaged 11 Jan 1785  London Papers Reported the Match as Sure Find all individuals with events at this location  [48] 
    Engaged Jul 1785  London Papers Report Match is Only Waiting on Legal Settlement Find all individuals with events at this location  [49] 
    Married 24 Sep 1785  Wm. Pitt's House at Putney, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [50] 
    Children 
     1. Harriet Hester Eliot,   b. 20 Sep 1786, 10 Downing Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Oct 1842, 17 Stratford Place, Oxford St, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Portraits
    Edward James Eliot, Esq.    		Edward James Eliot, Esq.
    Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1782

  • Notes 



  • Sources 
    1. [S00006] Online Parish Clerks for The Parishes of Rame Peninsula, Cornwall.

    2. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/eliot-hon-edward-james-1758-97.

    3. [S00001] ACAD A Cambridge Alumni Database.

    4. "Ipswich Journal" 12 Feb 1780.

    5. "Norfolk Chroncile" 15 Jul 1780.

    6. "Kentish Gazette" 29 Dec 1781, page 2.

    7. "Newcastle Chronicle" 25 May 1782, page 1.

    8. â\u20acœWilliam Pitt and the French Revolutionâ\u20ac by Jennifer Mori, pub by St. Martinâ\u20ac™s Press, 1997, page 20.

    9. HistoryofParliamentOnline.com.

    10. "Hereford Journal" 18 Sep 1783.

    11. â\u20acœReports of the Proceedings in Committees of the House of Commons, upon Controverted Electionsâ\u20ac by Alex. Luders, Esq., Lonon, 1785, page 107ff.

    12. "Kentish Gazette" 14 May 1785, page 4.

    13. "Oxford Journal" 7 Oct 1786, page 3.

    14. "Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette" 9 Nov 1786, page 3.

    15. "Caledonian Mercury" 19 Apr 1787, page 2.

    16. "Kentish Gazette" 7 Dec 1787, page 3.

    17. "The History and Proceedings of the Lords and Commons of Great Britain" 1798, page 93.

    18. "Elegiac Sonnets" by Charlotte Smith, Fifth Edition (with Additional Sonnets and Other Poems), 1798.

    19. "Whitehall Evening Post" 21 Jul 1789, page 1.

    20. "London Evening Post" 9 Apr 1789.

    21. "Public Advertiser" 30 Apr 1790.

    22. "Public Advertiser" 24 Nov 1790.

    23. "A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London: on Thursday, June 14, 1792" by John Warren (Right Reverend John, Lord Bishop of Bangor), pub by Rivington, 1792, page 32.

    24. "Derby Mercury" 10 Feb 1791.

    25. "Sir John Soane and London" by Ptolemy Dean, pub. Lund Humprhies, 2006, page 189.

    26. "Kentish Gazette" 5 Apr 1791, page 3.

    27. "Reports of the Proceedings Before Select Committees of the House in Cases of Controverted Elections" Vol 1, by Simon Fraser, 1793, page 368.

    28. "Bibliotheca Cornubiensis" by George Boase and William Prideaux Courtney, 1882, vol. 3, page 1,172.

    29. "Leeds Intelligencer" 19 Mar 1792, page 1.

    30. "Derby Mercury" 23 May 1792, page 2.

    31. "Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette" 18 Oct 1792.

    32. â\u20acœThe Representative History of Great Britain and Irelandâ\u20ac by Thomas H. B. Oldfield, pub. By Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1816, page 512-16.

    33. "Caledonian Mercury" 6 Apr 1793.

    34. "Oxford Journal" 22 Jun 1793, page 2.

    35. "St. James's Chronicle" 29 Mar 1794, page 1.

    36. "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 27 Feb 1852, page 6.

    37. "Kentish Gazette" 06 Jun 1794, page 2.

    38. â\u20acœThe History of the Cases of Controverted Elections: Which Were Tried and Determined During the First and Second Sessions of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain, 15 & 16 Geo. IIIâ\u20ac by Baron Sylvester D. Glenbervie, 1802, page 481.

    39. "Kentish Gazette" 15 Jan 1796, page 2.

    40. "Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette" 12 Mar 1796, page 2.

    41. â\u20acœThe Reports of the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poorâ\u20ac, edited by Sir T. Bernard, 1798, page 262.

    42. "Journals of the House of Commons" Vol. 52, 1797, page 220-1.

    43. "Reading Mercury" 26 Dec 1796.

    44. "Evening Mail" 21 Jul 1797.

    45. Silver Plaque in the Chapel of the Church at St. German's.

    46. Lloyd's Evening Post, London.

    47. "True Briton" 14 Mar 1796, page 3.

    48. "Whitehall Evening Post" 11 Jan 1785.

    49. "Sussex Advertiser" 18 Jul 1785, page 2.

    50. [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;;).