Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans

The Earl of St Germans
Born	Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot 26 January 1914(1914-01-26) Marylebone, London, England
Died	11 March 1988(1988-03-11) (aged 74) Tangier, Morocco
Residence	Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornwall
Occupation	Landowner
Title	9th Earl of St Germans
Spouse	Helen Mary Villers Margaret Eleanor Wyndham Mary Bridget Thomas
Children	Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot

Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans (26 January 1914, Marylebone, London – 11 March 1988),^[1] was a British peer.

Eliot was the son of Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans and Helen Agnes née Post. He was educated at Eton and became a Captain in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, attached to the Royal Armoured Corps. He was a Justice of the Peace and DL.

On 16 September 1960, he succeeded his father to become the 9th Earl of St Germans.

Family

Lord St Germans married three times:

On 25 April 1939 divorced 1947, to Helen Mary Villers (17 April 1915 ^[2] - 6 December 1951) with children:
- Peregrine Nicholas Eliot (b. 2 January 1941)
- Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot (6 March 1943 - 6 January 2004) who was married 9 October 1965 (div 1987) to Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne.
On 27 May 1948 divorced 1959, to Margaret Eleanor Wyndham, with no issue
In 1965, to Mary Bridget Thomas, daughter of colonial Governor Sir Shenton Thomas, with no issue.

Lord St Germans died on 11 March 1988 in Tangiers, Morocco,^[3] and his titles passed to his son, Peregrine Nicholas Eliot

^ GRO Register of Births: MAR 1914 1a 925 MARYLEBONE - Nicholas R. M. Eliot, mmn = Post
^ GRO Register of Births: JUN 1915 8a 438 Northwich, mmn = Cole
^ No GRO reference - hence died abroad

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Montague Eliot	Earl of St Germans 1960–1988	Succeeded by Peregrine Eliot

Persondata
Name	Saint Germans, Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of
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Date of birth	January 26, 1914
Place of birth	Marylebone, London, England
Date of death	March 11, 1988
Place of death	Tangiers, Morocco