4th Earl of St. Germans, William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot

1829 - 1881  (51 years)

• Name	William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot
  Title	4th Earl of St. Germans,
  Born	14 Dec 1829	Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall   [1]
  Christened	10 Feb 1830	St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,   [1]
  Education	Abt Mar 1842	Leaves Cheam
  Education	16 Sep 1842 - 1846	Eton (Left Summer Term 1846)   [2]
  Occupation	01 Jan 1849	WGCE is in Dresden
  Occupation	06 Sep 1849	Appointed Attache at Hanover   [3]
  Occupation	29 May 1850	Appointed Attache at Madrid   [3]
  Occupation	14 Jul 1851	Appointed Attache at Lisbon   [3]
  Occupation	29 Nov 1853	Appointed 2nd Paid Attache at Berlin   [3]
  Occupation	09 Mar 1857	Appointed 1st Paid Attache at Constantinople   [3]
  Occupation	28 Jun 1858	Appointed 1st Paid Attache at St. Petersburg   [3]
  Occupation	08 Aug 1859	Appointed Secretary of Legation at Rio de Janeiro   [3]
  Occupation	21 Oct 1859	Appointed Secretary of Legation at Athens   [3]
  Occupation	14 May 1860 - 24 Jan 1861	Charge d'Affaires at Athens   [3]
  Photo	30 Aug 1861	Paris, France (CDV by Disderi)
  Occupation	21 Oct 1861	Transferred to Rio de Janeiro   [3]
  Occupation	12 Mar - 08 Aug 1863	Charge d'Affaires at Rio de Janeiro   [3]
  Occupation	10 Jun 1864	Transferred to Lisbon   [3]
  Occupation	06 Oct 1863 - Aug 1864	Acting Secretary of Legation at Washington   [3]
  Occupation	16 Apr 1865	Resigned from the Foreign Office   [3]
  Elected	May 1866 - Nov 1868	M.P. for Devonport   [3]
  Title (Facts Pg)	14 Sep 1870	Summoned to the House of Lords in his Father's Barony of Eliot of St. Germans   [3]
  Census	1871	36 Dover St., St. George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London   [4]
  Died	19 Mar 1881	13 Grosvenor Gardens, London
  Buried	24 Mar 1881	Kensal Green, London (Plot 269, Old Square 167 now Square 183)   [5]
  Person ID	I00333	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Countess St. Germans, Jemima Cornwallis,   b. 24 May 1803, Burlington-street, London, Middlesex ,   d. 02 Jul 1856, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, St. George, Hanover Square, London  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F00121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S00003] FamilySearch.org. Eton College Archivist (E-mail dated 17 Nov 2016). "The Foreign Officer List and Diplomatic and Consular Hand Book January 1877", 1877, page 92. "1871 England Census Record" (London, St George Hanover Square, Mayfair, District 3, 36). "Morning Post" (25 March 1881) Plot Info: Cemetery Info as e-mailed from Kensal Green.