Ekin, Roger Gillies, son of Col. Tom Charles Ekin TA MICE, and Emily Mary, d. of Maj. Alfred Phillips IA; b. 18 Nov. I 895; adm. Sept. 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912; RMC Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. IA Oct. 1914, Capt. Oct. 1918, Maj. Oct. 1932; Brevet Lieut.-Col. July 1936, Col. July 1939, Briga dierJune 1941, acting Maj.-Gen. Mar. 1946; served Palestine 1916-9, Waziristan 1919-21, NW Frontier 1930, 1938 and 1940; OC 5 Battn Frontier Force Rifles 1937-40, Tactical Sch. India 1940-1, 46 Infantry Bde Burma 1942, Nowshera Bde 1942-5, Kohat Bde 1945-6; GOC Bihar and Orissa 1946- 7, retd 1947; despatches five times, CIE June 1946; sec. Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance 1947-61; m. 1st 15 May 1923 Phyllis Marian, d. of Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Leycester Croker KCB CMG of Donyland House, Essex; 2nd 8 Mar. 1972 Mona, widow of Etienne Bruno de Hamel of Tamworth, Staffs; d. 6 Mar. 1990.
Ekserdjian, Angus George Martin, son of Col. Nubar Martin Ekserdjian TA TD, economist, of Knaphill, Surrey, and Mabel Brown, d. of George Angus, steel maker, of Motherwell, Lanarks; b. 11 Dec. 1948; adm. May 1962 (B); left Dec. 1967; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1968, BA 1971, MA 1976; called to the Bar, Middle Temple Feb. 1973; d. 26 Mar. 1989.
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Eldridge, Basil Edgar, son of the Rev. Philip Xenophon Eldridge, of Upper Tooting; b. Feb. 9, 1887; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); left Dec. 1903; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1914; ord. deacon 1916, priest 1917 (Southwark); Curate of St. James, Bermondsey, Surrey, 1916-20, of All Saints, Tufnell Park, 1921-2, and of Tonbridge, Kent, 1923-6; Vicar of Crowborough, Sussex, 1926-36, of Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey, 1936-41, and of St. Mark, New Milverton, Warwickshire, 1942-52; Rector of Great Holland, Essex, 1952; m. July 3, 1923, Enid Ethel Waterfall; d. 7 May 1979.
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ELERS, PETER, younger son of George Elers, Chelsea, Middlesex, attorney, and Mary, dau. of Peter Charon; b. 1 Jan 1758; adm. 8 Apr 1771; left Whitsun 1775; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. minor pensioner 27 Jun 1775; BA 1779; MA 1782; Fellow, Sidney Sussex Coll.; Rector of Rishangles, Suffolk, from 1787; Rector of Addington, Surrey, from 13 Apr 1805; Domestic Chaplain to William, Duke of Clarence (afterwards William IV); d. unm. 7 Nov 1820.
ELES, JOHN; b.; adm.; BB 1674-5 (Chapter Muniments 33708-9).
ELIOT, EDWARD GRANVILLE, 3RD EARL OF ST. GERMANS, only son of William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St. Germans, and his first wife Lady Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower, fourth dau. of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv); b. 29 Aug 1798; adm. 3 Feb 1809; left 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1815; Secretary to Legation, Madrid 1823, Lisbon 1824; MP Liskeard Jan 1824-32 East Cornwall (Cons) 1837- 19 Jan 1845; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1827-30; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain 1834, where he induced the Royalists and Carlists to make the “Eliot Convention” for the humaner treatment of their prisoners; Chief Secretary for Ireland Sep 1841 - Jan 1845; Privy Councillor 3 Sep 1841; Postmaster-General Jan - Jul 1846; although a Conservative politician up to 1846, he followed Sir Robert Peel over the abolition of the Corn Laws and held office under subsequent Peelite and Liberal Prime Ministers; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Dec 1852- Feb 1855; Lord Steward of the Household 1857-8, 1859-66; GCB 24 Jan 1857; DL Cornwall 1841; Hon. LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 20 Nov 1841; m. 2 Sep 1824 Lady Jemima Cornwallis, third dau. of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquis Cornwallis; d. 7 Oct 1877. DNB.