1729 - 1804 (74 years)
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| Name |
Edward (1st Baron of St Germains) Eliot |
| Birth |
8 Jul 1729 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
17 Feb 1804 |
| Person ID |
I156356 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Father |
Richard (of Port Eliot) Eliot, b. 6 Sep 1694 d. 19 Nov 1748 (Age 54 years) |
| Mother |
Harriet Craggs, b. Abt 1713 d. 1 Feb 1769 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Mar 1726 |
Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London  |
- Harriot's marriage to Richard Eliot was, obviously, arranged. Although they did grow to love each other, there were more than personal feelings involved in this union. Richard was nearly thirty-two years old at the time, Harriot just "thirteen and one month". There is no doubt as to how they could have met, since they were related through the marriage of Richard's older brother and Harriot's aunt, Elizabeth Craggs, when Harriot was just five years old.
On March 4, 1726, Richard Eliot and Harriot "Smith" applied for a marriage license. Six days later, on the tenth day of March, they were married at Lincoln's Inn Chapel in London. The marriage was a great benefit to both parties, since Harriot was now legally entitled to claim her parentage, and Richard would receive his bride's fortune. No exact figure seems to have been recorded, but her "gilt and gesso" wedding chest still stands in the hall at Port Eliot. (Now one of only three such chests in a private collection, the gilt, when polished and new, would have given the chest the appearance of being solid gold. Displayed on the lid are the arms of both Eliot and Craggs.) Four months after her marriage, on 16 Jul 1726, Harriot was granted her own Arms, which were "Impaled with her said Husband's, in lieu of those descended unto her from her Father." Never again would Harriot use the maiden name of Smith, and her sons (upon inheritance of the Craggs estate) would bear the combined names of Harriot and Richard and be legally known as "Craggs Eliot".
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| Family ID |
F61769 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot (London, 8 July 1727 – 17 February 1804, Port Eliot, Cornwall) was an English official and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1748 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Eliot.
He was born to Richard Eliot (c.1694 – 19 November 1748) and Harriot Craggs (c.1704 – January 1769), the illegitimate daughter of the Privy Counsellor and Secretary of State, James Craggs (9 April 1686 – 2 March 1721) and the noted actress, Hester Santlow. His sister Anne, who married Captain Hugh Bonfoy, was a noted beauty who was painted twice by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Another sister, Elizabeth, married Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers.
On 15 Apr 1789, according to the stipulation in his Craggs-estate inheritance, he changed his surname from Eliot to Craggs (on occasion using "Craggs Eliot" instead of Edward Craggs Lord Eliot). At the same time, the Eliot arms were quartered with those of the Craggs family and used by Edward and his sons.
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