Edward Eliot was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  between 1660 and 1679.

Eliot was the son of Sir John Eliot

John Eliot (statesman)

Sir John Eliot was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he eventually died, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.-Family and early life:...

 of Port Eliot St Germans and his wife Radigund Gurdie, daughter of Richard Gurdie of Trebursey. He was educated at Blundell's School

Blundell's School

Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...

 in Tiverton from 1629. On the death of his father in 1632 he inherited the Trebursey estate. He was commissioner for assessment in Cornwall from 1644 to 1652 and in 1657. In 1659 he was among a group of Cornish leaders who issued a proclamation at Truro calling for a free parliament.

In 1660, Eliot was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Launceston

Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Convention Parliament  in a double return and was unseated on 29 June. In 1661 he was elected MP for St Germans

St Germans (UK Parliament constituency)

St Germans was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1562 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 for the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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 together with his brother John

John Eliot (died 1685)

John Eliot was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1660 to 1685..Eliot was the son of Sir John Eliot of Port Eliot. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton and at Lincoln College, Oxford...

He was commissioner for assessment from 1660 to 1680 and from 1689 to 1707.

Eliot died before June 1710 when his will was proved.

Eliot married Anne Fortescue daughter of Francis Fortescue of Preston Devon.