Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans

Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans (26 January 1914, Marylebone, London – 11 March 1988),[1] was a British peer.

Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans
Born(1914-01-26)26 January 1914
Marylebone, London, England
Died11 March 1988(1988-03-11) (aged 74)
Tangier, Morocco
OccupationLandowner
Title9th Earl of St Germans
Spouse(s)
  • Helen Mary Villers
    (
    m. 19391947)
  • Margaret Eleanor R. Wyndham
    (
    m. 19481959)
  • Mary Bridget Thomas
    (
    m. 19651988)
Children

Eliot was the son of Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans and Helen Agnes née Post. He was educated at Eton and became a Captain in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, attached to the Royal Armoured Corps. He was a Justice of the Peace and DL.

On 16 September 1960, he succeeded his father to become the 9th Earl of St Germans.

Family

Lord St Germans married three times:

  • On 25 April 1939, divorced 1947, to Helen Mary Villers (17 April 1915 [2] – 6 December 1951) with children:
  • On 27 May 1948, divorced 1959, to Margaret Eleanor Wyndham, with no issue
  • In 1965, to Mary Bridget Thomas, daughter of colonial Governor Sir Shenton Thomas, with no issue.

Lord St Germans died on 11 March 1988 in Tangiers, Morocco,[3] and his titles passed to his son, Peregrine Nicholas Eliot

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References

  1. GRO Register of Births: MAR 1914 1a 925 MARYLEBONE – Nicholas R. M. Eliot, mmn = Post
  2. GRO Register of Births: JUN 1915 8a 438 Northwich, mmn = Cole
  3. No GRO reference – hence died abroad
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Montague Eliot
Earl of St Germans
1960–1988
Succeeded by
Peregrine Eliot
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