William Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans

William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans (14 December 1829 – 19 March 1881), known as Lord Eliot from 1864 to 1877, was a British diplomat and Liberal politician.

Life and career

Eliot was born at Port Eliot, Cornwall, the third but eldest surviving son of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, and his wife Jemima (née Cornwallis). He was educated at Eton College and then joined the Diplomatic Service. He served as Attaché at Hanover from 1849 to 1853, as Attaché at Lisbon from 1851 to 1853, as 2nd Paid Attaché at Berlin from 1853 to 1857, as 1st Paid Attaché at Constantinople from 1857 to 1858, as 1st Paid Attaché at St Petersburg from 1858 to 1859, as Secretary of Legation at Rio de Janeiro in 1859, as Secretary of Legation at Athens from 1859 to 1861, as Secretary of Legation at Lisbon from 1860 to 1861 and from 1864 to 1865, as Chargé d'Affaires at Rio de Janeiro from 1861 to 1863 and as Acting Secretary of Legation at Washington DC from 1863 to 1864.

He resigned in 1865 and was elected Member of Parliament for Devonport in 1866, a seat he held until 1868. In 1870 he was summoned to the House of Lords as through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Eliot. Lord St Germans died unmarried in March 1881, aged 51, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    William Ferrand
    John Fleming
    Member of Parliament for Devonport
    1866 1868
    With: Montague Chambers
    Succeeded by
    Montague Chambers
    John Delaware Lewis
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Edward Granville Eliot
    Earl of St Germans
    18771881
    Succeeded by
    Henry Cornwallis Eliot
    Peerage of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Edward Granville Eliot
    Baron Eliot
    18701881
    (writ of acceleration)
    Succeeded by
    Henry Cornwallis Eliot


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