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Paternal Family Tree: Eliot
On 1st April 1767 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans was born to Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot (age 39) at Port Eliot, Cornwall.
In 1786 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 18) was awarded Master of Arts: Cambridge University at Pembroke College, Cambridge University.
In 1791 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 23) was elected MP St Germans.
On 30th January 1797 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 29) and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 27) were married at Trentham, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 75) and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford.
On 29th August 1798 [his son] Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 31) and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 29) at Plymouth, Devon [Map]. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] from 1809 to 1811, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 13 December 1815.
On 27th July 1799 [his daughter] Caroline Georgina Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 32) and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 30).
In 1800 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 32) was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty.
On 12th April 1801 [his daughter] Susan Caroline Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 34) and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 31).
In 1802 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 34) was elected MP Liskeard.
On 28th May 1802 [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 35) and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 33).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 20th June 1803 Nathaniel Ryder 1st Baron Harrowby (age 67) died. His son Dudley (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire. [his sister-in-law] Susanna Leveson-Gower Countess Harrowby Lincolnshire (age 30) by marriage Baroness Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire.
On 11th October 1803 Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort (age 58) died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry (age 36) succeeded 6th Duke Beaufort, 8th Marquess Worcester, 12th Earl Worcester, 14th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 6th Baron Botetort. [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 32) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
On 26th October 1803 [his father-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 82) died. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 45) succeeded 2nd Marquess Stafford, 3rd Earl Gower, 4th Baron Gower, 8th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 38) by marriage Marchioness Stafford.
On 17th February 1804 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot (age 76) died. His son [his brother] John (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.
In 1806 [his brother-in-law] George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 47) was appointed 632nd Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67).
On 24th March 1806 [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 36) died.
On 13th February 1809 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 41) and Letitia Acourt were married at Heytesbury, Wiltshire [Map].
On 7th March 1812 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 44) and Charlotte Robinson (age 22) were married at Earl of Powis' House Mayfair. She died sixteen months later. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 3rd July 1813 [his wife] Charlotte Robinson (age 23) died.
On 30th August 1814 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 47) and Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans (age 34) were married at Walton, Warwickshire.
On 17th November 1823 [his brother] John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans (age 62) died without issue. He was buried at St Germans Priory [Map]. His brother William (age 56) succeeded 2nd Earl St Germans, 3rd Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. [his wife] Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans (age 43) by marriage Countess St Germans.
In 1824 [his son-in-law] Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp (age 39) and [his daughter] Susan Caroline Eliot (age 22) were married. She the daughter of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 56) and [his former wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp.
On 2nd September 1824 [his son] Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans (age 20) were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis and Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis (age 47). He the son of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 57) and [his former wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.
In July 1825 [his son-in-law] Reverend George Martin (age 34) and [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Eliot (age 23) were married. She the daughter of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 58) and [his former wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 1830. Thomas Lawrence (age 60). Portrait of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 62).
On 5th February 1830 [his wife] Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans (age 50) died at Fulford Park [Map]. She was buried at St Swithun's Church, Shobrooke [Map]. Memorial at St Germans Priory [Map].
Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans: On 15th December 1779 she was born to John Mordaunt 7th Baronet and Elizabeth Prowse Lady Mordaunt. On 30th August 1814 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans and she were married at Walton, Warwickshire. On 17th November 1823 John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans died without issue. He was buried at St Germans Priory William succeeded 2nd Earl St Germans, 3rd Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. She by marriage Countess St Germans.
On 15th January 1835 [his daughter] Susan Caroline Eliot (age 33) died.
On 8th July 1839 [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Eliot (age 37) died.
After 1845. St Germans Priory [Map]. Memorial to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 77) and [his former wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.
Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower: On 13th April 1769 she was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford. On 30th January 1797 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans and she were married at Trentham, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford. On 24th March 1806 Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower died.
On 19th January 1845 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 77) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 46) succeeded 3rd Earl St Germans, 4th Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. [his daughter-in-law] Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans (age 41) by marriage Countess St Germans.
The Times. 20th February 1891. We regret to announce that [his grandson] EARL BEAUCHAMP (deceased), Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, died suddenly yesterday at Madresfield Court, his Worcestershire seat. He was taken ill while at luncheon, after a journey to a neighbouring town, and died before medical aid could be obtained, the cause of death being heart disease. His death will be felt as a serious loss, both in the English Church and in the Conservative party. A strong and moderately "high" Churchman, he took a leading position in his own diocese and in the Church at large in the promotion and defence of Anglican interests and; though he did not come prominently before the public as a politician, he exercised for many years considerable influence in the councils of the Tory' leaders. Frederic Lygon was the second son of the [his former son-in-law] fourth Earl Beauchamp by [his daughter] Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, daughter of the secoud earl of St. Germans. He was born in 1830, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1852 he was elected a Fellow of All Souls, and the received tho degree of D.C.L. from his University in 1870. As the Hon. Frederick Lygon, he entered Parliament as member for Tewkesbury in 1857, for which place be sat till 1863, when be was elected for West Worcestershire. At his [his grandson] elder brother's death, without issue, in 1866, he succeeded to the peerage as sixth Earl. Both as a member of the House of Commons and as a peer he hold posts in Conservative Governments. In 1859 he was for a short time a Lord of the Admiralty. During the whole of Mr. Disraeli's Ministry which lasted from 1874 to 1880 he was Lord Steward of the Queen's Household. On the return of the Conservatives to power in 1885 he ras Paymaster-General of the Forces for the few months that the Government lasted, and he returned the same post when the general election put an end to Mr. Gladstone's short-lived Administration in 1886. He did not, however, remain in the Goverornent for a year, as he resigned in June, 1887. Since 1876 he had been Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. The deceased earl was twice married, 1st, in 1868, to [his granddaughter-in-law] Lady Mary Catharine, only daughter of the sixth Earl Stanhope (she died in 1876), and, secondly, to [his granddaughter-in-law] Lady Emily Annora Charlotte (age 37), daughter of the third Earl Mdanvers (age 66). He is succeeded by his eldest son, William, Viscount Elmley, who was born in 1872.
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Great x 3 Grandfather: John Eliot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Eliot
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Eliot
GrandFather: Richard Eliot
Father: Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Craggs
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Craggs
GrandMother: Harriet Craggs