On another occasion, Sir John said, "Why should we fear the justice of a King, when we do that which is just ?” On the presentation to the House of "Heads of Articles for Religion," on Feb. 25th, the King immediately sent his commands for Parliament to adjourn to the 2d of March. On that day, after prayers were ended, and the House was set, Sir John stood up and commenced, "God knows I speak now with all duty to the King." He then charges the innovations on the Lord Treasurer, (Weston ;) and in conclusion protests,-"As I am a gentleman, if my fortune be ever again to meet in this honorable assembly, where I now leave, I will begin again." The Speaker then delivered the King's message for a further adjournment; which the House regarded not, claiming that an adjournment properly belonged to themselves. It was on this occasion that Sir John Eliot offered a Remonstrance concerning Tonnage and Poundage, and the scenes took place as described by Hume. On the 10th of March, 1628-9, the King dissolved the Parliament, which did not again meet for twelve years. Two days after the dissolution, Sir John Eliot and eight others were summoned to appear before the Privy Council. Sir John was questioned, whether he had not spoken such and such words, and showed such and such a paper, in the House. He answered, that whatsover at that time was said and done, was performed by him as a public man and a member of that House, and he was ready to give an account, whenever called to it by that House. In the meantime, being a private man he would not trouble himself to remember what he had either spoken or done, in that place, as a public man. Upon this answer, he was committed, with others, a close prisoner to the Tower. On the 25th of April, 1629, the prisoners were proceeded against in the Star Chamber, before the Judges. Sir John was charged with affirming," That your Majesty's Privy Council, all your Judges and Counsel learned, had conspired together to trample under their feet the liberties of the said subjects of this realm, and the privileges of that House;" and he, with others conspired, &c. [Here are described the scenes of March 2d, in which Sir John is made the principal actor.] The prisoners were refused bail. The plea of Sir John that Parliament alone had jurisdiction was overruled, and he was required to answer. The sentence was, 1st. That Sir John be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure. 2d. That he shall not be delivered, until he give security for his good behavior, and have made submission and acknowledgment of his offense; and 3d. Inasmuch as they considered him the greatest offender, and the ringleader, he shall pay to the King a fine of £2,000. Sir John died in the Tower, Nov. 27, 1732, as stated above. 6 Sir John left, besides other children, a son and heir,JOHN Eliot, M. P., who died in 1685; and left an only son and heir, DANIEL' Eliot, M. P., whose sole daughter, Catharine, was married to the learned antiquary, Brown Willis, M. P. of Whiddon Hall, county of Buckingham. Daniel Eliot dying without male issue, passed over his two senior uncles, Richard and Edward, and bequeathed his estates to his cousin, [nephew,] EDWARD Eliot, Esq., M. P., grandson of Nicholas, fourth son of Sir John. Edward Eliot married, first, Susan, daughter of Sir William Coryton; and, second, Elizabeth Craggs, sister and co-heir to James Craggs, Esq., Postmaster General He died in 1722, and was succeeded by his only son, JAMES Eliot, who died unmarried in 1742; when the property reverted to his uncle. (Qu. Is not this the same as James Craggs? See 30, p. 17.) RICHARD Eliot, Esq., M. P., of Port Eliot, from whom it has regularly descended to its present proprietor, the Earl of St. Germans.* He married in March, 1726, Harriet, daughter of the Right Hon. James Craggs, Secretary of State in the reign of George I; by whom he had issue:— 1. Edward', born July 8th, 1727, his heir. II. Richard', who died young. П. John', a captain in the British navy, who died un married. Iv. Anne', who was married to Capt. Bonfoy, of the British navy. v. Harriet', who married Pendocke Neale, Esq.; and died Jan. 27, 1776. * St. Germans was made a borough by Queen Elizabeth. vi. Elizabeth', who married Sir Charles Cocks, the first Lord Sommers; and died Jan. 1, 1771. After his death in 1748, his widow married, Nov. 1749, Hon. Capt. John Hamilton, and had a son, John James Hamilton, who was the first MARQUESS and ninth EARL of Abercorn. She died in 1769. Richard was succeeded by his son, EDWARD CRAGGS Eliot, Esq., M. P. of Port Eliot, Cornwall. He assumed, by sign-manual, the additional surname of Craggs; and was elevated to the peerage by the title of BARON ELIOT of ST. GERMANS, in the county of Cornwall, Jan. 30, 1784. He married, Sept. 25, 1756, Catharine, the only daughter and heiress of Edward Elliston, Esq., of South Weald, Essex-and cousin, maternally, of Gibbon, the celebrated historian-by whom he had issue:— 1. Edward James", born July, 1758. II. John", born Sept. 30, 1761; and III. William", born April 1, 1767. The eldest son,-Hon. EDWARD JAMES Eliot, M. P., married Harriet, daughter of William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, by whom he had an only daughter, Hester Harriet Pitt, who became the wife of Maj. Gen. Sir William Henry Pringle, G. C. B. and M. P. At his death, Sept. 20, 1797, he was succeeded by his brother, Hon. JOHN Eliot, M. P., second son of Lord Eliot, who was created EARL of ST. GERMANS, Nov. 28, 1815. He married, first, Sept. 9, 1790, Caroline, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke, who died July 26, 1818, without issue; and second, Aug. 19,1819, Harriet, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole Carew. The Earl died Nov. 17, 1823, without issue, and was succeeded by his youngest brother, WILLIAM" Eliot, the second Earl, Minister at the Hague and Munich, and a Lord of the Treasury. He married, first, Nov. 1, 1797, Georgiana Augusta, fourth daughter of Granville Leviston Gower, first Marquess of Stafford. He married, second, Feb. 13, 1809, Letitia, eldest daughter of Sir William Pierce Ashe A' Court, baronet, sister of William, Lord Heytesbury. She died Jan. 20, 1810. He married, third, March 7, 1812, Charlotte, daughter of John Robertson, Esq., a Lieut. General in the army. She died July 3, 1814. He married, fourth, Aug. 30, 1814, Susan, youngest daughter of Sir John Mordaunt, baronet. She died Feb. 5, 1830. Issue by his first wife, 1. Edward Granville", born Aug. 29, 1798, M. P., the present Earl. II. Caroline Georgiana", born July 27, 1799. III. Susan Caroline", born April 12, 1801; married, July 8, 1824, Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon, brother of the Earl Beauchamp; and died Jan. 15, 1835. Iv. Charlotte Sophia", born May 28, 1802; married, July 26, 1825, the Rev. George Martin, Canon of Exeter, and Chancellor of the Diocese; and died July 8, 1839. EDWARD GRANVILLE" Eliot, Earl of St. Germans, and Baron Eliot, of St. Germans, in Cornwall, C. B., and LL. D., succeeded his father William in 1845; formerly M. P., a Lord of the Treasury, Ambassador to Spain, Postmaster General, and Chief Secretary for Ireland; and now Lord Lieut. of Ireland. He m., Sept. 2, 1824, Jemima, (b. April 29, 1803,) 3d dau. of Charles, 2d Marquess, 3d Earl, and 7th Baron of Cornwallis, and his wife Louisa, dau. of the Duke of Gordon. The marquessate and earldom of Cornwallis are now or will soon become extinct. The Earl of St. Germans has children,1. Louisa Susan Cornwallis", b. Dec. 17, 1825; m., 1850, Hon. and Rev. Walter Ponsonby. II. Edward John Cornwallis", Lord Eliot, b. April 2, 1827; m. Granville Charles Cornwallis", b. Sept. 9, 1828; Lieut. IV. William Gordon Cornwallis", b. Dec. 14, 1829; attached to her Majesty's Mission at Madrid. v. Ernest Cornwallis", b. April 28, 1831; d. Jan. 16, 1832. vi. Elizabeth Harriet", b. Aug. 24, 1833; d. March 16, 1835. VII. Henry Cornwallis", b. Feb. 11, 1835; in the navy. VIII. Charles George Cornwallis", b. Oct. 16, 1839. |