John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans

Who was John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans?

John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans, known as the Lord Eliot from 1804 to 1815, was a British politician.

Eliot was born at Port Eliot, Cornwall, the third son of Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot, and his wife Catherine Elliston. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, taking an M.A. in 1784. He served from 1784 to 1804 as Tory Member of Parliament for Liskeard, Cornwall. On 17 February 1804 he succeeded his father as second Baron Eliot. In 1808 he became Colonel of the East Cornwall Militia, and in 1810, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant.

On 28 November 1815, Eliot was created Earl of St Germans, in the County of Cornwall, with a special remainder to his brother William Eliot and his heirs male. On 16 February 1816 he took his seat in the House of Lords.