Family and Education
b. 29 Aug. 1798, o.s. of William Eliot*, 2nd earl of St. Germans, and 1st w. Lady Georgiana Augusta Leveson Gower, da. of Granville Leveson Gower†, 1st mq. of Stafford. educ. Westminster 1809-11, Christ Church, Oxf. 1815. m. 2 Sept. 1824, Lady Jemima Cornwallis, da. and coh. of Charles, 2nd Mq. Cornwallis, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 3rd earl of St. Germans 19 Jan. 1845; GCB 24 Jan. 1857. d. 7 Oct. 1877.
Offices Held
Ld. of treasury Apr. 1827 – Nov. 1830; envoy extraordinary to Spain 1834 – 37; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Sept. 1841 – Jan. 1845; PC [GB] 3 Sept. 1841; PC [I] 12 Oct. 1841; postmaster-gen. Jan. – June 1846; ld. lt. [I] Jan. 1853 – Mar. 1855; ld. steward of household Nov. 1857 – Feb. 1858, June 1859-Jan. 1866.
Main residence: 47 Dover Street, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
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ELIOT, Edward Granville, Lord Eliot (1798-1877)
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