Edward Honourable

August 24, 1758 (age 39)

Cornwall

After Harriot’s death, Eliot moved to Broomfield, near Clapham, where he came into contact with the Clapham Section(s) of evangelical reformers, whose cause he espoused. He began to take an active part in their reforming causes, including the abolition of the slave trade, prison reform and poor relief, the Proclamation Society, and Bishop Porteus’ Sunday Observance bill. He was active in lobbying the cause of the Clapham Section(s) in parliament and acted as a mediator between Wilberforce and Pitt in their campaigns. In 1793, having resigned from the Treasury on health grounds, Eliot was appointed joint commissioner for Indian affairs He became an investor in the British East India Company stock, and was expected to become governor-general of Bengal. However, he suffered from a recurring chronic stomach disorder which made it impossible for him to take up that office. Eliot died at Portuguese Eliot, Cornwall on 17 September 1797, and was buried at Street Germans on 26 September 1797. (True Briton, London Newspaper, Tuesday, 26 September 1797 The church record for EJE"s burial was apparently entered belatedly, when his burial date was entered as 3 October 1797 His true death date can be found on the silver plaque at Street Germans Church) He had remained close to Pitt and Wilberforce, who both lamented his passing.

Edward Honourable

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Eliot was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot (1727–1804), politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784.

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Pembroke College.

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After Harriot’s death, Eliot moved to Broomfield, near Clapham, where he came into contact with the Clapham Section(s) of evangelical reformers, whose cause he espoused. He began to take an active part in their reforming causes, including the abolition of the slave trade, prison reform and poor relief, the Proclamation Society, and Bishop Porteus’ Sunday Observance bill. He was active in lobbying the cause of the Clapham Section(s) in parliament and acted as a mediator between Wilberforce and Pitt in their campaigns.

In 1793, having resigned from the Treasury on health grounds, Eliot was appointed joint commissioner for Indian affairs

He became an investor in the British East India Company stock, and was expected to become governor-general of Bengal. However, he suffered from a recurring chronic stomach disorder which made it impossible for him to take up that office.

Eliot died at Portuguese Eliot, Cornwall on 17 September 1797, and was buried at Street Germans on 26 September 1797. (True Briton, London Newspaper, Tuesday, 26 September 1797 The church record for EJE"s burial was apparently entered belatedly, when his burial date was entered as 3 October 1797 His true death date can be found on the silver plaque at Street Germans Church) He had remained close to Pitt and Wilberforce, who both lamented his passing.

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15th Parliament of Great Britain. 16th Parliament of Great Britain. 17th Parliament of Great Britain]

He was elected Member of Parliament for Street Germans, Cornwall from 1780 and for Liskeard from 1784.

He soon became a Treasury minister from 1782, and was a member of the government of the Younger Pitt from 1783, being appointed King"s Remembrancer in the Exchequer of pleas in 1785.

Now he found himself living close to Wilberforce and other leading members of the group dubbed ‘the Saints’.

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Friend:: William Wilberforce

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