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| Baron Eliot |
Although the title Lord Eliot was in use much earlier, the peerage title Baron Eliot was formally created on January 13 1784 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Edward Eliot, later Edward Craggs-Eliot (July 8 1727 - February 17 1804). His son, John Eliot (September 30 1761 - November 17 1823), was created Earl of St Germans on November 28 1815, with which title the Barony then merged. Baron Eliot (or Lord Eliot) is customarily used as a courtesy title by the Heir Apparent to the Earldom. (references) |
| Bartholomew Eliot George Warburton |
Success, brought out an historical work, Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers (1849), and edited Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his Contemporaries. He perished in the burning of the steamer Amazon. (references) |
| Cathleen Blanche Lily Eliot |
Lady Cathleen Blanche Lily Eliot, born 29 July, 1921, died 1994, younger daughter of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans and Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset, daughter of the 9th Duke of Beaufort. Married first, Captain John Beeton Seyfried, Royal Horse Guards, and had one son, David John, born 3 March 1952 (see Barony of Herbert) and one daughter, Sarah Diana, born 1949. Marriage dissolved 1956. Married secondly, Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, and had one daughter, Louise Deborah, born 1958, and one son, Michael Guy Havelock, born 1962. (references) |
| Charles Eliot |
Charles Eliot (November 1, 1859 - March 25, 1897) was a leading American landscape architect, whose career was cut short by untimely death at age 38 from spinal meningitis. Eliot pioneered many of the fundamental principles of regional planning and laid the conceptual and political groundwork for land and historical conservancies across the world. In addition, he played a central role in shaping the Boston Metropolitan Park System, designed a number of public and private landscapes, and wrote prolifically on a host of topics. (references) |
| Charles Eliot (diplomat) |
Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot (born January 8, 1862 at the village of Sibford Gower near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England; died March 16, 1931 at sea in the Straits of Malacca) was educated at Cheltenham College. (references) |
| Charles Eliot Norton |
Charles Eliot Norton (November 16, 1827 - October 21, 1908) was an American scholar and man of letters. (references) |
| Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot |
Edward Craggs-Eliot was born 'Edward Eliot' in London on July 8 1727 to Richard Eliot (c.1694-November 19 1748) and Harriot Craggs (c.1704-January 1769), the illegitimate daughter of the Privy Counsellor and Secretary of State, James Craggs (April 9 1686-March 2 1721). (references) |
| Edward John Cornwallis Eliot |
Edward John Cornwallis Eliot (April 2 1827-December 3 1864) was born in London to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans and his wife Jemima Cornwallis. He was educated at Eton College from 1839 - 1843, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on October 21 1844. (references) |
| Eliot A. Cohen |
Eliot A. Cohen is a professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and is considered to be a prominent neo-conservative. Cohen is the director of the Strategic Studies department at SAIS and has specialized in strategic studies, the Middle East, Persian Gulf, Iraq, arms control, and NATO. Cohen has also worked for the Department of Defense and taught at the U.S. Naval War College. He is a member of the Project for the New American Century at the American Enterprise Institute. (references) |
| Eliot Coleman |
Eliot Coleman (1939?-) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and a proponent of organic farming. His 1989 book, The New Organic Grower, is considered must-reading for organic farmers and market gardeners. He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), and was an advisor to the US Department of Agriculture during during their 1979-80 study, Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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