Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans
Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans (2 January 1941 – 15 July 2016), was a British peer and founder of the Elephant Fayre and Port Eliot Lit Fest.
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| Born | Peregrine Nicholas Eliot 2 January 1941 |
| Died | 15 July 2016 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Landowner |
| Title | 10th Earl of St Germans |
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Biography
Peregrine Nicholas Eliot was the son of Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans and his wife Helen Mary née Villers (c. 1918 – 6 December 1951). He was educated at Eton.
In 1963, he became a partner in Seltaeb, the company established to oversee the distribution of Beatles merchandise.
In 1988, on the death of his father, he succeeded as the 10th Earl of St Germans.
Festivals
Elephant Fayre
In 1980 a small festival which had outgrown its site at Polgooth in mid-Cornwall approached the Port Eliot estate and asked if it could be held in the idyllic grounds. The estate office agreed a price, and there began the Elephant Fayre, one of the most eclectic festivals of the 1980s. The festival ran from 1981–1986, beginning with some 1,500 visitors over four days, and featured a mix of music, theatre and visual arts. Over the years the festival grew, attracting crowds of up to 30,000 and bands such as The Cure, The Fall and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The burning down of the oldest tree in the park, looting of the village surgery and the robbing of stall-holders in 1985 prompted Lord Eliot and fellow organisers to make the 1986 festival the last.
Port Eliot Festival
In 2003 Lord St Germans began the Port Eliot Lit Fest.[1]
Marriages & children
He was married three times:
On 9 October 1964 he married[2] Hon. Jacquetta Jean Frederika Lampson (b. 1943), a daughter of Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn. They had three sons:
- Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, Lord Eliot (born 24 March 1966, died 15 April 2006), father of Albert Clarence Eliot, 11th Earl of St Germans (born 4 November 2004)[3]
- Hon Louis Robert Eliot (born 11 April 1968)
- Hon Francis Michael Eliot (born 16 November 1971).[4]
They were divorced in 1990.
On 20 April 1992 he married[5] Elizabeth Dorothy Williams (b. 1961), with no issue. They were divorced in 1996.
On September 2005 he married Catherine Wilson, with no issue.
Death
Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl St. Germans died after a short illness (following surgery for cancer) on 15 July 2016.[6]
References
- "Port Eliot Lit Fest".
- GRO Register of Marriages: DEC 1964 5c 601 WESTMINSTER – Eliot = Lampson
- The Peerage, entry for Jago Eliot
- Francis Eliot's biological father is the artist Lucian Freud, according to David Kamp, "Freud, Interrupted", Vanity Fair, February 2012, page 147
- GRO Register of Marriages: APR 1992 13 1331 KENSINGTON & CHELSEA – Eliot = Williams
- The Earl of St Germans, founder of the Port Eliot Festival – obituary, The Telegraph, 17 July 2016
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of St Germans
- Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Nicholas Eliot |
Earl of St Germans 1988–2016 |
Succeeded by Albert Eliot |