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.
ELIOT, GRANVILLE, COMTE DE MORANGE, only son of Maj. -Gen. Roger Eliot, Governor of Gibraltar, and Charlotte, dau. of William Elliot of Wells, near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, a London lace merchant; b. 7 Oct 1713; adm. Feb 1724/5; went to Dr Dunster’s Academy, Little Marlborough Street, London 1727; Univ. Groningen 1730-2, where he studied law; Chamberlain to Elector Palatine 1735; created Comte de Morange 28 Mar 1736; Maj. -Gen. of Cavalry in Elector’s Service 22 Apr 1745; Lieut. -Gen. 24 Jun 1746; Lieut. -Gen. of Cavalry, Netherlands Army 2 Nov 1748; Col. in Halket’s Regt., Scotch Brigade of Netherlands Army, 16 Feb 1758; Maj. -Gen. in British Army and Col., 61st Foot, from 21 Apr 1758; served on staff in expedition to St. Malo Aug 1758; commanded a brigade of cavalry under Marquis of Granby at battle of Minden 1 Aug 1759; by his advice the use of light cavalry was introduced into the British Army; m. 1st, 1735 (IGI) Jeanne Thérèse du Hau, Comtesse de Montigny, Maid of Honour to Duchess of Lorraine, and dau. of Philippe du Hau, Comte de Montigny, Chamberlain to Duke of Lorraine; m. 2nd, 3 Sep 1750 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of William Duckett, Hartham, Wilts., Col. 2nd Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards; d. in Germany while on active service 10 Oct 1759.
ELIOT, RICHARD, second son of Rev. Edward Eliot, Vicar of Norton Bavant, Wilts., and Prebendary of Salisbury, sometime Archdeacon of Barbados, and ---, d. of --- Skeats [or Skeet ?], Barbados, West Indies; b. 6 Apr 1831; adm. (G) 7 Jan 1844; QS 1845; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student; BA 1853; MA 1856; ordained 1857; d. 14 May 1862.
By charter dated 21 May 1560 she restored the foundation of Henry VIII as the “Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of the Blessed Peter Westminster”, among the reasons being given for the foundation being the liberal education of youth to the greater ornament of the state. By letters patent addressed to Trinity College, Cambridge, dated 11 June 1561, she expressed a wish that they should select as many Westminsters as possible for education in that college. By further letters patent, dated 7 February 1576, she recapitulated and confirmed her former injunctions, which had established a body of seven electors, including the Dean of Westminster, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and the Master of Trinity, Cambridge, and she directed that at least three Westminster scholars should be elected annually to Christ Church and at least three more to Trinity College.
She is also said to have instituted an annual grant of £2 in Maundy money to be distributed as awards for exercises in prose and verse (J.Sargeaunt, Annals of Westminster School, 1898, 25), but although this grant is mentioned in the published Order of Service, there seems to be no contemporary evidence to substantiate it.
Silversmiths. Founded by George Richards Elkington (1801-1865), who patented the first commercial electroplating process, and his brother Henry Elkington in the 1830s under the name G.R. Elkington & Co. In 1842 Josiah Mason joined the firm, which became Elkington, Mason & Co until 1861. Operated as Elkington & Co from 1861-1963, when it was taken over by British Silverware Ltd.
ELLERSHAW, ARTHUR, son of Rev. John Ellershaw, Rector of Chew Stoke, Somerset, and Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of Lieut. -Col. William Pilsworth, Leeds, Staff Officer of Pensioners; b. 27 Feb 1869; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1880; Min. Can. 1883; left May 1885; RMA Woolwich, Gentleman Cadet 28 Aug 1886; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 27 Jul 1888; Lieut., 27 Jul 1891; Capt., 1 Mar 1899; Maj., 8 May 1909; Lieut. -Col., 9 Apr 1916; acting Brig. -Gen., 1917-9; Col., 1 Jan 1921; retired as Brig. -Gen., 1925; served North West Frontier, India 1897-8, with Natal Field Force in South African War 1900 (severely wounded), Aden expedition 1903-4, and 1914-8 War; commanded 111th Heavy Battery with 111th Division in Flanders 1914-5, 46th Heavy Artillery Brigade in France 1916, Heavy Artillery 1st Corps 1917, 8th Corps Feb - Jun 1918, 6th Corps Jun 1918 - Nov 1919 in France and Flanders; mentioned in despartches LG 17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 4 Jan 1917, 11 Dec 1917, 20 Dec 1918; DSO 3 Jun 1915; CMG 1 Jan 1918; CB 1 Jan 1919; French Croix de Guerre; m. 4 Nov 1926 Nora Mary, younger dau. of J. T. Middleton, Woking, Surrey; d. 16 Jul 1929.
ELLETSON, JEREMIAH; b.; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1719/20.