John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans 1761-1823

Paternal Family Tree: Eliot

On 25th September 1756 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 29] and [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 21] were married.

On 30th September 1761 John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans was born to Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 34] and Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 26] at Port Eliot, Cornwall.

On 13th January 1784 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 56] was created 1st Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 49] by marriage Baroness Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.

On 9th September 1790 John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans [aged 28] and Caroline Yorke Countess St Germans [aged 25] were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly.

On 30th January 1797 [his brother] William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 27] were married at Trentham, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 75] and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford.

In 1804 [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 69] died.

On 17th February 1804 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 76] died. His son John [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.

On 13th February 1809 [his brother] William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 41] and [his sister-in-law] Letitia à Court were married at Heytesbury, Wiltshire [Map]. She died eleven months later.

Before 23rd January 1810 John Hoppner [aged 51]. Portrait of John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans [aged 48].

On 7th March 1812 [his brother] William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 44] and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Robinson [aged 22] were married at Earl of Powis' House Mayfair. She died sixteen months later. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 30th August 1814 [his brother] William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 47] and [his sister-in-law] Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans [aged 34] were married at Walton, Warwickshire.

                    The London Gazette 17066. Whitehall, September 30, 1815.
                
                    His Royal, Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the Dignities of Earl and Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable George James Earl of Cholmondeley [aged 66], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Earl of Rocksavage, in the county palatine of Chester, and Marquess Cholmondeley. [Note. Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 54] by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.]
                
                    His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable James Walter [aged 40], Viscount Grimston, of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, and Baron Verulam of Gorhambury, in the county of Hertford, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Grimston and Earl Verulam.
                
                    His Royal Highness has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignities of Baron and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Charles Viscount Whitworth [aged 63], Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, His Majesty's Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Baron Adbaston, in the county of Stafford, and Earl Whitworth.
                
                    His Royal Highness has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable John Lord Brownlow [aged 36], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Alford, of Alford in the county of Lincoln, and Earl Brownlow.
                
                    His Royal Highness has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignity of Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable John Craggs Lord Eliot [aged 54], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl of Saint Germains, in the county of Cornwall.
                
                    His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable John Lord Boringdon [aged 43], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stiles, and titles of Viscount Boringdon, of North Malton, in the County of Devon, and Earl Morley, of Morley in the said county.
                
                    His Royal Highness bas also been pleased, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Orlando Baron Bradford [aged 53], and the heirs mile of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Newport, in the county of Salop, and Earl of Bradford, in the said, county. [Note. Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford [aged 48] by marriage Countess Bradford.]
                
                    His Royal Highness has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable William Baron Beauchamp [aged 68], of Powyke, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Elmley, in the county of Worcester, and Earl of Beauchamp. [Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp by marriage Countess Beauchamp.]
                
                    His Royal Highness has also been pleased, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty to grant the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Alan Hyde Lord Gardner [aged 45], Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's fleet, by the name, stile, and title of Viscount Gardner. [Note. He died before the patent had passed the Great Seal so the patent was null and void.]