Sir William Eliot ( – 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 ( Barker) Eliot.
He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 15 October 1602 aged 15. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1605. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440–479. Date accessed: 1 March 2011
Career In 1618, Eliot inherited the estate at Busbridge, 'Parishes: Hambledon', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911), pp. 42–44. Date accessed: 2 March 2011 and was knighted on 1 February 1621.Knights of England
In April 1640, Eliot was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere in the Short Parliament.
Personal life In 1616, Eliot married Mary Goring, the daughter of George Goring, MP, and Anne ( Denny) Goring. Her brother, George Goring was created the Earl of Norwich.
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:
Sir William Eliot (-), who married Elizabeth Wray, a daughter of Sir Christopher Wray and sister to Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet and Sir Drury Wray, 9th Baronet. After her death in 1658, he married Barbara Godfrey.
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.
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.
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