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Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (29 August 1798 – 7 October 1877; styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845) was a British politician and diplomat.


Background and education

St Germans was born in
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, Devon, the son of
William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (1 April 1767 – 19 January 1845), known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician. Eliot was born at Port Eliot, Cornwall, the third son of Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot a ...
and his first wife, Lady Georgina (13 April 1769 – 4 March 1806), daughter of
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 172126 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Background ...
. He was educated at
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from 1809 to 1811, and matriculated at
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on 13 December 1815.


Political career

St Germans became the Secretary of Legation at Madrid on 21 November 1823. He became Member of Parliament for
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the following year. Beginning his career as a Tory, he remained loyal to
Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer ...
, and served as a
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from 1827 until 1830. Out of parliament between 1832 and 1837, he served in Peel's second government first as
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and later as
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. He brokered the so-called
Lord Eliot Convention The Lord Eliot Convention, or simply the Eliot Convention or Eliot Treaty ( es, Convenio Lord Eliot), was an April 1835 agreement brokered by Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans between the two opposing sides of the First Carlist War. It had as ...
in Spain, which aimed to end the indiscriminate executions by firing squad of prisoners on both sides of the
First Carlist War The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy: the conservative a ...
. When the debate over the
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broke the Conservative Party he followed Peel, and served as
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in
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's coalition government. In that role, he hosted the visit of
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and the Prince Consort to the 1853 Great Exhibition held in Dublin. The Queen gave Lady St Germans a gift of jewellery to mark the occasion. He was twice
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under
Lord Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period ...
. In 1860, he accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of Canada and the USA.


Family life

Lord St Germans married Lady Jemima Cornwallis (24 December 1803, Brome, Suffolk – 2 July 1856, Dover Street, London), daughter of
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (19 October 1774 – 9 August 1823), styled Viscount Brome until 1805, was a British Tory politician. He served as Master of the Buckhounds between 1807 and 1823. Background Cornwallis was the only s ...
, at St James Church, Westminster, on 2 September 1824. They had six sons and two daughters: *Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot (17 December 1825 – 15 January 1911), married
Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (13 August 1821 – 24 February 1906), was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. He was the fifth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Lady Maria Fane. H ...
and was the mother of
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. *Edward John Cornwallis Eliot, Lord Eliot (2 April 1827 – 26 November 1864), born in London, educated at
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from 1839 to 1843, matriculated at
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on 21 October 1844, styled ''Lord Eliot'' from January 1845, commissioned a Cornet and Sub-lieutenant,
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and subsequently
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of that Regiment, 1852, died unmarried at
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. *Captain Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot (9 September 1828 – 5 November 1854), officer
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, killed at the
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. * William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans (14 December 1829 – 19 March 1881) *Ernest Cornwallis Eliot (28 April 1831 – 23 January 1832) *Lady Elizabeth Harriet Cornwallis Eliot (September 1833 – 16 March 1835) * Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (11 February 1835 – 24 September 1911) *Colonel Charles George Cornwallis Eliot, CVO (16 October 1839 – 22 May 1901), courtier and soldier, married on 26 October 1865 Constance Rhiannon Guest, daughter of Sir John Josiah Guest, Bt and
Lady Charlotte Guest Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of the '' Mabinogion'', the earliest prose l ...
, succeeded
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as a
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1871 to 1899, then replaced by Sir Francis Knollys and succeeded Alpin McGregor as a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to
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. Lord St Germans died at St Germans on 7 October 1877, aged 79.GRO Register of Deaths:DEC 1877 5c 29 ST GERMANS Edward Granville Eliot, aged 79 He was the great-grandfather of
Margaret Eliot Margaret Augusta Eliot (26 February 1914 – 27 February 2011) was an English music teacher and musician. She was a professor of oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and her best-known student (from 1948) was George Martin; in 2011, j ...
(1914–2011), the mother of
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and
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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Germans, Eliot, Edward, 3rd Earl Of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall Earls of St Germans Politicians from Plymouth, Devon Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath United Kingdom Postmasters General Eliot, Edward People educated at Westminster School, London Eliot, Edward Eliot, Edward Eliot, Edward Eliot, Edward Eliot, Edward Saint Germans, E3 1798 births 1877 deaths Edward Granville Eliot Chief Secretaries for Ireland