Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans

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Occupation Landowner Education Eton College		Name Nicholas 9th Title 9th Earl of St Germans
Full Name Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot Born 26 January 1914 ( 1914-01-26 ) Marylebone, London, England Residence Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornwall Died March 11, 1988, Tangier, Morocco Spouse Margaret Wyndham (m. 1948), Helen Villers (m. 1939) Children Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans Similar People Lady Jacquetta, Louis Eliot, Jago Eliot
Grandchildren Louis Eliot, Jago Eliot

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

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 – 6 December 1951) with children:

Peregrine Nicholas Eliot (b. 2 January 1941)

Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot (6 March 1943 – 6 January 2004) who was married 9 October 1965 (div 1987) to Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne.

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, and his titles passed to his son, Peregrine Nicholas Eliot

References

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