569 William Eliot

Constituency :  Devonport  1866-8

William  was  the  other  Liberal  victor  at  Devonport.

William  was  the  son  and  heir  of  the  Earl  of  St  Germans. He  was  educated  at  Eton   then  joined  the  Diplomatic  Service. He  served  at  Hanover, Lisbon, Berlin, Constantinople, St  Petersburg, Rio, Athens  and  Washington  DC.

In  1870  William  was  accelerated  to  the  Lords  as   Baron  Eliot  until  succeeding  his  father  in  1877.

He  died  in  1881  aged  51.