2nd Earl St. Germans, William Eliot

1767 - 1845  (77 years)

• Name	William Eliot
  Title	2nd Earl St. Germans,
  Born	01 Apr 1767	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Christened	05 Apr 1767	St. German's, St. Germans, Cornwall   [2]
  Education	Bef 1784	Liskeard School, Cornwall   [3]
  Education	23 Sep 1784	Entered Pembroke College, Cambridge   [1]
  Degree	1786	Awarded M.A.   [1]
  Residence	1791	Spring-garden Terrace, London   [4]
  Military Service	1792	Lieut. Royal Cornwall Militia   [3]
  Military Service	1792	Ensign, Royal Cornwall Militia   [3]
  Occupation	1793	Charge d'Affaires, Berlin   [3]
  Elected	Nov 1791 - 1793	Secretary of Legation at Berlin   [1]
  Elected	Aug 1793 - 1794	Secretery of Embassy to the Hague   [1]
  Military Service	1795	Captain, Royal Cornwall Militia   [3]
  Elected	1796	Envoy to Munich   [1]
  Elected	Dec 1796 - 1798	Minister to Elector Palatine and Diet of Ratisbon   [1]
  Elected	07 Jan 1791 - 1802	M.P. for St Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Military Service	1803	Major, Royal Cornwall Militia   [3]
  Member	1804	Lieut.-Colonel, Royal Cornwall Militia   [3]
  Elected	Jul 1800 - Jan 1804	Lord of the Admiralty   [1]
  Occupation	05 Jun 1804 - 24 Jan 1805	Under Secretery for Foreign Affairs   [1]
  Military Service	1807	Colonel, Royal Cornwall Militia   [3]
  Elected	1810	Mayor of Liskeard
  Occupation	Mar 1807 - Jan 1812	Lord of the Treasury   [1]
  Address	1810-1815	37 Hanover-square, London (Rented)   [5]
  Address	1815-1816	34 West Street, London (Rented)   [5]
  Visiting	Oct 1816	Leaves Batts's Hotel, Dover-street, for the Continent   [6]
  Title (Facts Pg)	17 Nov 1823	2nd Earl of St. Germans (Suc. Bro. John)   [3]
  Elected	1802 - 17 Nov 1823	M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall   [1]
  Appointment	9 Jan 1824	Recorder of Liskeard   [7]
  Residence	12 Feb 1824	Earl of St. Germans Left London for His Seat in Cornwall   [8]
  Occupation	1823-1833	Recorder of Liskeard
  Resignation	11 Feb 1833	Borough of Liskeard (Position of Alderman)   [9]
  Residence	1825 - 19 Jan 1845	7 New Burlington-street   [10]
  Residence	1835 - 19 Jan 1845	Stables at 8 Burlington Mews Old   [10]
  Died	19 Jan 1845	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [11]
  Buried	30 Jan 1845	Eliot Family Plot, St. Germans, Cornwall, England   [11]
  Person ID	I00329	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	Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower,   b. 13 Apr 1769, Earl Gower's House in Whitehall, London ,   d. 24 Mar 1806, Madeira  (Age 36 years)
  Engaged	Bef 14 Aug 1797	Lady Stafford Wrote on the 14th of Her Pleasure at the News of the Engagement   [12]
  Married	30 Nov 1797	St. Michael & All Saints, Trentham, Staffordshire   [13]
  • "Derby Mercury" 21 Dec 1797, page 4: Lately at Trentham, in Staffordshire, by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, the Honourable Wm. Eliot, Esq. M.P. to the Right Honourable Lady Georgina Augusta Leveson Gower, daughter of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford. • "Derby Mercury" 21 Sep 1797, page 2: It is reported that Lady Georgiana Gower, daughter to the Marquis of Stafford, is in the course of a few days to be led to the Hymeneal Altar by the Hon. Wm. Elliot, Member for St. Germain's. • "Staffordshire Advertiser" 23 Sep 1797, page 3: Lady Georgina Gower, daughter to the Marquis of Stafford, is expected in a few days to be espoused to the Hon. William Elliot, Member for St. Germain's, Cornwall; this is supposed to be the cause of her brother, Lord Gower, not setting out for Lisle on Tuesday.
  Children	1. 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)   2. Caroline Georgiana Eliot,   b. 27 Jul 1799, Plymouth, Devon ,   d. 22 Apr 1866, St. Michael's, Bogner, Chichester, Sussex  (Age 66 years)   3. Susan Caroline Eliot,   b. 12 Apr 1801,   d. 15 Jan 1835, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 33 years)   4. Charlotte Sophia Eliot,   b. 28 May 1802,   d. 08 Jul 1839, Park Hill House, Torquay, Devon  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 2	Letitia A'Court,   b. 09 Aug 1778, Salisbury, Wiltshire ,   d. 20 Jan 1810, Her Home, Cleveland-Court, St. James's, London  (Age 31 years)
  Marriage License	26 Jan 1809  [14]
  Married	07 Feb 1809	Heytesbury, Wiltshire
  • Wiltshire and Swindon Archives on A2A: 101/173/3 7 Feb 1809 Marriage settlement made on the marriage of William Eliot and Latitia A'Court. (Received an e-Mail from Archives dated 04 Mar 2013): I have a quick look at the lengthy deed and it appears that the sum of £1000 and a sixth share in £2500 in 3% reduced bank annuities was to be settled on any children of the marriage.
  Children	1. Baby Twin Eliot,   b. 20 Jan 1810, Cleveland-Court, St. James's, London ,   d. 20 Jan 1810, Cleveland-Court, St. James's, London  (Age 0 years)   2. Baby Twin Eliot,   b. 20 Jan 1810, Cleveland-Court, St. James's, London ,   d. 20 Jan 1810, Cleveland-Court, St. James's, London  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 3	Charlotte Robinson,   b. 26 Mar 1784,   d. 03 Jul 1813, Hanover Square, London, England  (Age 29 years)
  Married	07 Mar 1812	House of the Earl of Powis, Berkeley Square, Westminster   [15]
  • "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921" (Westminster, St George Hanover Square, 1812, 10): Marriage Record reads: "The Honorable William Eliot of this Parish widower and Charlotte Robinson Spr. of the Parish of Denston in the County of Suffolk were married in the dwelling House of the Rt. Honorable The Earl of Powis in Berkeley Square in this Parish by Special Licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury this seventh day of March in the Year 1812 by me Edwd Ebor." • "Morning Chronicle" 10 Mar 1812, page 3: On Saturday were married, by special licence, by the Archbishop of York, at the Earl of Powis's, in Berkeley-square, the Hon. Mr. Eliot, brother of Lord Eliot, to Miss Robinson, daughter of General Robinson. Immediately after the ceremony, the happy pair set off for their seat at Twickenham. • "The Annual Register" Volume 54, 1812, page 157: Honourable W. Elliot, brother to Lord Elliot, to the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-general Robinson, of Denston-hall, Suffolk.
  Children	1. Baby Eliot,   b. 24 Jun 1813, Hanover Square, London, England ,   d. 24 Jun 1813, Hanover Square, London, England  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 4	Countess St. Germans Susanna "Susan" Mordaunt,   b. 15 Dec 1779,   d. 05 Feb 1830, Fulford Park, Devon  (Age 50 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1814	Chapel of Walton, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire   [16]
  • "Derby Mercury" 01 Sep 1814, page 1: The Hon. Wm. Eliot, brother to Lord Eliot, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the amiable and accomplished Miss Susan Mordaunt, youngest daughter of the late Sir John Mordaunt, Bart. and sister to Sir Charles, one of the present worthy Representatives in Parliament for the county of Warwick. • "London Star" 23 Aug 1814: The Hon. Mr. Eliot, brother to Lord Eliot, will shortly lead to the hymeneal alter Miss Susan Mordaunt, youngest daughter of the late Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., of Warwickshire. • "Warwickshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910" (Wellesbourne, 1800-1824, 14): Marriage Record Transcription: "The Honble William Eliot of the Parish of St. Geroge Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex, Widower, and Susan Mordaunt of this Parish, Spinster, were married in the Chapel of Walton by Special Licence with Consent of _________ this thirtieth Day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, By me Fras Miles - Rector of Barford In the Presence of : Charles Mordaunt and John Erskine"
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S00001] ACAD A Cambridge Alumni Database. [S00008] St. German's Parish Records, www.cornwall-opc-database.org, (Name: Name: Name: Online Parish Records;;;). HistoryofParliamentOnline.com. Universal British Directory (1791). [S9] London Land Tax Records. "Morning Chronicle" 05 Oct 1816, page 3. [S10] Cornwall Record Office Eliot Collection. EL/B/17/1/3 "New Times" Saturday, February 14, 1824. "Sherborne Mercury" 18 Feb 1833, page 4. [S00016] Westminster Rate Books (scans on FindMyPast.co.uk). [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;;). "Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence" Vol. 1, 1916. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials). Faculty Office Marriage Licences Transcriptions on FindMyPast.co.uk. "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921" (Westminster, St George Hanover Square, 1812, 10). "Warwickshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910" (Wellesbourne, 1800-1824, 14).