Earl of St. Germans
Earl of Saint Germans , in the County of Cornwall , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the town of St. Germans in Cornwall.
The Earls family seat is in Port Eliot near Saltash in Cornwall.
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created in 1815 for John Eliot, 2nd Baron Eliot . The award was made with the special addition that in the absence of male descendants of his own, the title could also be inherited by his brother William Eliot and his male descendants.
As early as 1804 he had inherited the title Baron Eliot , of St. Germans in the County of Cornwall, awarded to him in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 from his father . This has since been listed as a subordinate title to the Earl, and the Earl's apparent marriage bears the courtesy title of Lord Eliot derived from it .
List of title owners
Barone Eliot (1784)
- Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot (1727-1804)
- John Eliot, 2nd Baron Eliot (1761–1823) (promoted to Earl of St. Germans in 1815 )
Earls of Saint Germans (1815)
- John Eliot, 1st Earl of St. Germans (1761–1823)
- William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St. Germans (1767–1845)
- Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans (1798–1877)
- William Eliot, 4th Earl of St. Germans (1829-1881)
- Henry Eliot, 5th Earl of St. Germans (1835-1911)
- John Eliot, 6th Earl of St. Germans (1890-1922)
- Granville Eliot, 7th Earl of St. Germans (1867–1942)
- Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St. Germans (1870-1960)
- Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St. Germans (1914–1988)
- Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St. Germans (1941-2016)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the grandson of the current title holder Albert Eliot, Lord Eliot (* 2004).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page