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 and his wife Catherine (née Elliston). He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, taking an M.A. in 1786.[1] From November 1791 until 1793 he was a Secretary of Legation at Berlin, from 1793 to 1794 Secretary of Embassy and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and from 1796 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Elector Palatine and to the Diet of Ratisbon. Eliot also sat as Tory Member of Parliament for St Germans from 1791 to 1802 and for Liskeard from 1802 to 1823 and served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1800 to 1804 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1804 to 1805. In 1823 he succeeded his elder brother as second Earl of St Germans and entered the House of Lords.

Family

Lord St Germans married four times.

References

  1. "Eliot, William (ELT784W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Marquess of Lorne
Edward James Eliot
Member of Parliament for St Germans
with Marquess of Lorne 17911796
Lord Grey of Groby 17961802

17911800
Succeeded by
(Parliament of Great Britain abolished)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
(self in Parliament of Great Britain)
Member of Parliament for St Germans
with Lord Grey of Groby 17961802

18011802
Succeeded by
Lord Binning
James Langham
Preceded by
John Eliot
Lord Dunmore
Member of Parliament for Liskeard
with John Eliot 18021804
William Huskisson 18041807
Viscount Hamilton 18071812
Charles Philip Yorke 18121818
Sir William Henry Pringle 18181823

18021823
Succeeded by
Sir William Henry Pringle
Lord Eliot
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Arbuthnot
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
18041805
Succeeded by
Robert Ward
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Eliot
Earl of St Germans
1823-1845
Succeeded by
Edward Granville Eliot
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