Everything about Edward Craggs-eliot 1st Baron Eliot totally explained
Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot (born 'Edward Eliot'
London on
July 8 1727 –
February 17 1804 Port Eliot,
Cornwall) was born to
Richard Eliot (c.
1694 –
November 19 1748) and
Harriot Craggs (c.
1704 – January
1769), the illegitimate daughter of the
Privy Counsellor and
Secretary of State,
James Craggs (
April 9 1686 –
March 2 1721) and
Hester Santlow, the noted actress.
In 1742, he matriculated at
St Mary Hall, Oxford but didn't graduate. During 1747–1748, he travelled in
Continental Europe, principally
Holland,
Germany and
Switzerland. On
November 19 1748 he succeeded his father. From 1748–1768 he was
Member of Parliament for
St Germans,
Cornwall, the place of his family estate
Port Eliot. In succession, he became
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Liskeard (1768–1774), for
St Germans (1774–1775), and for
Cornwall (1775–1784).
In 1751, Edward was appointed
Receiver General of the
Duchy of Cornwall. From 1760 until 1776, Edward was one of the eight Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, and in 1775 he again became
Receiver General of the Duchy. However, in 1776 he notably voted against the employment of
Hessian Troops, and resigned from the
Board of Trade and Plantations, and from the government.
On
January 13 1784 he was formally created 1st
Baron Eliot of St Germans, and he took his seat in the
House of Lords on
February 2 1784. In 1789 he changed his surname from Eliot to Craggs-Eliot, presumably to prevent the extinction of the Craggs surname. However, his children generally used the surname Eliot.
Edward was an acquaintance of
Dr Samuel Johnson and a patron of Sir
Joshua Reynolds.
Edward married on
September 25 1756 to
Catherine Elliston (
September 1735 –
February 23 1804), daughter of Captain Edward Elliston and Catherine Gibbon, the aunt of
Edward Gibbon.
Edward and Catherine had four children:
Edward died at his
Port Eliot estate on
February 17 1804, and was buried at
St Germans,
Cornwall
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