Daniel Eliot

Daniel Eliot (1646–1702) of Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornwall was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for St Germans from 1679 until 1700 and April to December 1701.[1]

Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornwall

Born at Port Eliot in 1646, he was the son of John Eliot and Honora Norton.[1] His younger brother Richard (1652–1685) was also a member of parliament for St Germans.[1] Eliot attended Christ's College at Cambridge.[2] Following his father's death in 1685 he inherited Port Eliot and married Katherine Fleming.[1] They had a daughter Katherine (died 1724) who married Browne Willis in 1707.[3]

He left Port Eliot to his cousin Edward Eliot, MP.

References

  1. Henning, Basil Duke,The House of Commons 1660–1690, Volume 1, Secker & Warburg, London, 1983
  2. Cherry, George L.,The Convention Parliament, 1689: A Biographical Study of Its Members, Bookman Associates Inc., New York, 1966
  3. Courtney, William Prideaux (1900). "Willis, Browne" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Eliot and
Edward Eliot
Member of Parliament for St Germans
1660–1700
With: Richard Eliot
Sir Thomas Higgons
Sir Walter Moyle
Henry Fleming
John Tanner
Succeeded by
John Speccot and
Henry Fleming
Preceded by
John Speccot and
Henry Fleming
Member of Parliament for St Germans
April–December 1701
With: Henry Fleming
Succeeded by
Richard Edgcumbe and
Henry Fleming
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