William Eliot (MP)
William Eliot | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Haslemere | |
| In office 1640–1640 Serving with Sir John Jacques, Bt | |
| Preceded by | Parliament suspended since 1629 |
| Succeeded by | John Goodwin Sir Poynings More, Bt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1586 |
| Died | 7 December 1650 (aged 63–64) |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Goring
(m. 1616; died 1620)Joan d'Ewes
(m. 1620; died 1648) |
| Parent(s) | Lawrence Eliot Mary Barker |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Oxford |
Sir William Eliot (c. 1586 – 7 December 1650) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.
Early life
Eliot was the son of Lawrence Eliot of Busbridge, Surrey and Mary (née Barker) Eliot.
He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 15 October 1602 aged 15. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1605.[1]
Career
In 1618, Eliot inherited the estate at Busbridge,[2] and was knighted on 1 February 1621.[3]
In April 1640, Eliot was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere in the Short Parliament.[4]
Personal life
In 1616, Eliot married Mary Goring, the daughter of George Goring, MP, and Anne (née Denny) Goring. Her brother, George Goring was created the Earl of Norwich.[5]
After the death of his first wife in 1620, he married Joan d'Ewes, a daughter of Paul d'Ewes, of Milden, Suffolk, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and his first wife Cecelia Simonds (daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Simonds of Coaxden), on 7 February 1620. Her brother was Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet. Together, they were the parents of a son:[2]
- Sir William Eliot (c. 1624-c. 1697), who married Elizabeth Wray, a daughter of Sir Christopher Wray and sister to Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet and Sir Drury Wray, 9th Baronet.[6] After her death in 1658, he married Barbara Godfrey.[7]
Lady Eliot died on 6 December 1648. Sir William died in 1650 at the age of 64. In 1681, his son was knighted KB William Eliot, of Godalming, Surrey at Hampton Court Palace.[6]
Descendants
Through his son William's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Albinia Eliot (1658–1717), who married George Courthope, son of George Courthope, MP for Sussex and East Grinstead, in 1684.[8]
References
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440–479. Date accessed: 1 March 2011
- ^ a b 'Parishes: Hambledon', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911), pp. 42–44. Date accessed: 2 March 2011
- ^ Knights of England
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ "GORING, George II (d.1602), of Ovingdean and Danny Park, Suss". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ a b Dalton, Charles (1881). History of the Wrays of Glentworth 1523-1852: Including Memoirs of the Principal Families with which They Were Connected. Chapman and Hall, Limited. p. 23. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Wherry, Albinia Lucy Cust (1929). Albinia Book: Being the History of Albinia Cecil and of Those who Have Borne Her Name, with a New and Particular Account of the Celebrated Albinia Bertie, Countess of Buckinghamshire, and Her Immediate Descendants. M. Hughes. p. 23. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Helms, M. W.; Crook, B. M. "COURTHOPE, George (1616-85), of Whiligh, Ticehurst, Suss". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 August 2025.