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Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans (26 January 1914 – 11 March 1988) was a British peer.
The Earl of St Germans | |
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| Born | 26 January 1914 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 11 March 1988 (aged 74) Tangier, Morocco |
| Occupation | Landowner |
| Title | 9th Earl of St Germans |
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Early life and education
editBorn at 2, Wyndham Place, Marylebone, London,[1] Eliot was the son of Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans and Helen Agnes, daughter of Arthur Post, of New York.[2] He was educated at Eton.
Career
editEliot 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.
Personal life
editLord St Germans married three times:
- On 25 April 1939 (divorced 1947) to Helen Mary (17 April 1915 – 6 December 1951), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Walter Villiers, DSO, CBE, of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (a descendant of the politician and diplomat Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon – himself son of the 2nd Earl of Jersey – and of the politician John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon), and Lady Kathleen Mary, daughter of Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen.[3] Their children were:
- Peregrine Nicholas Eliot (b. 2 January 1941, d. 15 July 2016)
- 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, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William Francis George Wyndham, of Heathfield Lodge (great-grandson of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont and a descendant also of the Lords Polwarth) and Maud Eleanor, daughter of William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe, of Heath House, Petersfield, Hampshire (son of the politician William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton);[4] they had 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,[5] and his titles passed to his son, Peregrine Nicholas Eliot.
References
edit- ^ "Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot (1914 - 1988)".
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3482
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 802
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2019
- ^ Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer: An Anthology of Great Lives in 365 Days, Harry Quetteville, Aurum, 2012, 11