William Eliot
Male, Deceased Person
1586 – 1650
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Who was William Eliot?
Sir William Eliot was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.
Eliot was the son of Lawrence Eliot of Busbridge, Surrey. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 15 October 1602 aged 15. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1605. He inherited the estate at Busbridge in 1618 and was knighted on 1 February 1621.
In April 1640, Eliot was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere in the Short Parliament.
Eliot died in 1650 at the age of 64.
Eliot married Joan and had a son William.
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