Granville John Eliot, 7th Earl of St Germans (22 September 1867 – 20 November 1942) was an English aristocrat.

Early life

Granville Eliot was the son of

Charles George Cornwallis Eliot 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 Plymouth, Devon, the son of Willia ...

(16 October 1839 – 22 May 1901) and his wife, Constance Rhiannon Guest (November 1844 - 1916). He was educated at Castleden Hall School, Farnborough,

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1881 UK Census: Granville Eliot, scholar aged 13 of Castleden Hall School, Farnborough - RG11/1251 f.25 p.10 and

Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...

and became a

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, living in the Malverns.

Title

On 21 March 1922, on the death of his first cousin John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans, Granville became the 7th

Earl of St Germans Earl of St Germans, in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that is held by the Eliot family. The title takes its name from the village of St Germans, Cornwall, and the family seat is Port Eliot. The earldom h ...

. He died unmarried on 20 November 1942 and his titles passed to his younger brother, Montague.

References

*'Obituary', ''The Times'', 21 November 1942 1867 births 1942 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School Earls of St Germans Granville John Eliot {{England-earl-stub