Nicholas Eliot, 9th 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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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, 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 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
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of St Germans
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Montague Eliot | Earl of St Germans 1960–1988 | Succeeded by Peregrine Eliot |