Jago Eliot

Who was Jago Eliot?

Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, Lord Eliot was the son of Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans, and Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans.

In 1988, on the death of his grandfather, he became styled Lord Eliot. Educated at Millfield School, he was known for his hobbies of surfing and was the European body boarding champion in 1988.

He married former model Bianca Ciambriello. The couple were first "married" in the "Lost Vagueness" garden at the Glastonbury Festival, before a more formal ceremony at Port Eliot, the seat of the Eliot family. The alternative wedding is featured in Julian Temple's 2006 film Glastonbury. They had one son, Albert Clarence, and twin daughters, Ruby and Violet.

Eliot was an early collaborator with Eddie Izzard at Covent Garden as a busker, he then moved to Brighton in the late 1980s where he inspired and promoted a number of nights at the ZAP club, including Fundamental and Pow Wow. He returned to Cornwall in the mid 1990s and in 2002 founded the Port Eliot Literature Festival, an annual event held in the grounds of the house.