Jago Eliot, Lord Eliot
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Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, Lord Eliot (24 March 1966 – 15 April 2006) was the son of Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans
, and Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans (née Lampson.)
In 1988, on the death of his grandfather, he became styled Lord Eliot. Educated at Millfield School, he was known for his hobbies of surfing and was the European body boarding champion in 1988.
He married former model
Bianca Ciambriello. The couple were first "married" in the "Lost Vagueness" garden at the Glastonbury Festival before a more formal ceremony at Port Eliot
, the seat of the Eliot family
. The alternative wedding is featured in Julian Temple's recently-released film Glastonbury.
They had one son, Albert Charger, and twin daughters, Ruby and Violet.
Eliot’s cultural impact across a variety of scenes was considerable, an early collaborator with Eddie Izzard
at Covent Garden as a busker, he then moved to Brighton in the late 80’s where he inspired and promoted a number of legendary nights at the ZAP club, including Fundamental and Pow Wow which created a miraculous fusion of performance and dance culture. He eventually returned to Cornwall in the mid 90s to pursue an academic and artistic exploration of the emerging digital realm
Eliot worked with digital and creative projects, either with the Arts Council or the Port Eliot Literary Festival, and London Arts projects. Shortly before his death, Eliot had been awarded an Artist Fellowship in Creative Technology by Hewlett-Packard and was exploring invisible sculpture and 3D soundscapes.
He also began to develop strategies to ensure Port Eliot would continue to be a vibrant cultural laboratory, building on the legend of the Elephant Fair and helping define the ethos the[ Port Eliot Literary Festival through conversations with friends such as Tom Hodgkinson
of the Idler
magazine. His passion for the arts saw him also involved with the A Foundation, through his Literati project and i-DAT with the A Conversation at Port Eliot in 2006. This was the first in a proposed series on emerging ideas in art, science and technology organised by Jago Eliot and The Institute of Digital Art and Technology at the University of Plymouth
. The themes for this seminar were ‘art and irrationality’ and ‘a geography of the immaterial’.
He died on 15 April 2006. He was determined to have died from epilepsy
, which he had developed in 2004.
Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans
Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans was born on 2 January 1941 to Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans and his wife Helen Mary née Villers ....
, and Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans (née Lampson.)
In 1988, on the death of his grandfather, he became styled Lord Eliot. Educated at Millfield School, he was known for his hobbies of surfing and was the European body boarding champion in 1988.
He married former model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
Bianca Ciambriello. The couple were first "married" in the "Lost Vagueness" garden at the Glastonbury Festival before a more formal ceremony at Port Eliot
Port Eliot
Port Eliot in St Germans, Cornwall, is the seat of the Eliot family, whose current head is Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans. Port Eliot comprises a house with its own church which is the parish church of St Germans. An earlier church building was the cathedral for the whole of Cornwall...
, the seat of the Eliot family
Earl of St Germans
Earl of St Germans, in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for John Eliot, 2nd Baron Eliot, with remainder to his younger brother the Hon. William Eliot and the heirs male of his body. He had earlier represented Liskeard in Parliament...
. The alternative wedding is featured in Julian Temple's recently-released film Glastonbury.
They had one son, Albert Charger, and twin daughters, Ruby and Violet.
Eliot’s cultural impact across a variety of scenes was considerable, an early collaborator with Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard
Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...
at Covent Garden as a busker, he then moved to Brighton in the late 80’s where he inspired and promoted a number of legendary nights at the ZAP club, including Fundamental and Pow Wow which created a miraculous fusion of performance and dance culture. He eventually returned to Cornwall in the mid 90s to pursue an academic and artistic exploration of the emerging digital realm
Eliot worked with digital and creative projects, either with the Arts Council or the Port Eliot Literary Festival, and London Arts projects. Shortly before his death, Eliot had been awarded an Artist Fellowship in Creative Technology by Hewlett-Packard and was exploring invisible sculpture and 3D soundscapes.
He also began to develop strategies to ensure Port Eliot would continue to be a vibrant cultural laboratory, building on the legend of the Elephant Fair and helping define the ethos the[ Port Eliot Literary Festival through conversations with friends such as Tom Hodgkinson
Tom Hodgkinson
Tom Hodgkinson is a British writer and the editor of The Idler, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed approach to life, enjoying it as it comes rather than toiling for an imagined better future...
of the Idler
The Idler
There have been three British publications called The Idler:* The Idler , a series of essays by Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries.* The Idler , a literary and humorous magazine started by Jerome K...
magazine. His passion for the arts saw him also involved with the A Foundation, through his Literati project and i-DAT with the A Conversation at Port Eliot in 2006. This was the first in a proposed series on emerging ideas in art, science and technology organised by Jago Eliot and The Institute of Digital Art and Technology at the University of Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Plymouth University is the largest university in the South West of England, with over 30,000 students and is 9th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students . It has almost 3,000 staff...
. The themes for this seminar were ‘art and irrationality’ and ‘a geography of the immaterial’.
He died on 15 April 2006. He was determined to have died from epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...
, which he had developed in 2004.
External links
- Jago Eliot: Aristocrat, surfer and cyber artist, obituary by Heathcote WilliamsHeathcote WilliamsHeathcote Williams is an English poet, actor and award-winning playwright. He is also an intermittent painter, sculptor and long-time conjuror...
, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 1 May 2006 - Obituary in the Western Morning NewsWestern Morning NewsThe Western Morning News is a politically independent daily regional newspaper founded in 1860 and covering Devon and Cornwall and parts of Somerset and Dorset.-Organisation:...
- Aristocrat widow tells how she found cocaine peer dead in the bath", Daily Mail, 23 August 2006
- Review of the Elephant Fayre, 1983