Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans

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Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, GCB , DL , LL.D , PC (29 August 1798–7 October 1877) was a British politician.

He was born in Plymouth, Devon, on August 29, 1798 to William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (April 1, 1767 - January 19, 1845) and his first wife, Georgina Augusta Leveson-Gower (April 13, 1769 - March 24, 1806). He was educated at Westminster School from 1809 - 1811, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 13 December 1815.

He became the Secretary of Legation at Madrid on 21 November 1821. He was styled Lord Eliot in 1826 and became Member of Parliament for Liskeard that year. Beginning his career as a Tory, he remained loyal to Robert Peel, and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1827 until 1830. Out of parliament between 1832 and 1837, he served in Peel's second government first as Chief Secretary for Ireland and later as Postmaster General. When the debate over the Corn Laws broke the Conservative Party he followed Peel, and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government. He was twice Lord Steward under Lord Palmerston.

In 1860, he accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of Canada and the USA.

On September 2, 1824 Edward Granville Eliot married Jemima Cornwallis (December 24, 1803 - July 2, 1856) at St James Church, Westminster. They had six sons and two daughters:

• Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot (December 17, 1825 - January 15, 1911)
• Edward John Cornwallis Eliot (April 2, 1827 - November 26, 1864)
• Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot (September 9, 1828 - November 5, 1854)
• William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans (December 14, 1829 - March 19, 1881)
• Ernest Cornwallis Eliot (April 28, 1831 - January 23, 1832)
• Elizabeth Harriet Cornwallis Eliot (September 1833 - March 16, 1835)
• Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (February 11, 1835 - September 24, 1911)
• Charles George Cornwallis Eliot (October 16, 1839 - May 22, 1901)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: William Eliot	Member for Liskeard 1826–1832	Succeeded by: Charles Buller
Preceded by: Sir William Molesworth, Bt Sir William Trelawney, Bt	Member for East Cornwall 1837–1845	Succeeded by: William Carew
Political offices
Preceded by: Viscount Morpeth	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1841–1845	Succeeded by: Sir Thomas Fremantle
Preceded by: The Earl of Lonsdale	Postmaster General 1845–1846	Succeeded by: The Marquess of Clanricarde
Preceded by: The Earl of Eglinton	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1853–1855	Succeeded by: The Earl of Carlisle
Preceded by: The Earl Spencer	Lord Steward 1857–1858	Succeeded by: The Marquess of Exeter
Preceded by: The Marquess of Exeter	Lord Steward 1859–1866	Succeeded by: The Earl of Bessborough
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: William Eliot	Earl of St Germans 1845–1877	Succeeded by: William Eliot