Elton baronets

The Elton Baronetcy, of Bristol, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 31 October 1717 for Abraham Elton, Mayor of and Member of Parliament for Bristol from 1722 to 1727.[1] The second Baronet was also Mayor of Bristol and represented Taunton and Bristol (1727–1742) in the House of Commons. The seventh Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bath. The eighth Baronet was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1895. The tenth Baronet was a pioneer of the British documentary film industry.

Frederick Coulthurst Elton, great-grandson of Isaac Elton, great-grandson of Jacob Elton, third son of the first Baronet, was a colonel in the British Army. His son Frederick Algernon George Young Elton (1867–1921), was a brigadier-general in the Royal Artillery.

Mary Elton (née Stewart of Castle Stewart) the second wife of the fifth baronet, The Reverend Sir Abraham Elton, helped develop the resort town of Clevedon and endowed local schools: the Mary Elton Primary School in Holland Road, Clevedon, is named after her. [2]

The ancestral seat of the Elton family is Clevedon Court, Clevedon, Somerset.