Eliot, Edward Granville, 1798-1877
- GB-2014-WSA-06725
- Pessoa singular
- 1798-1877
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.