IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 ELL/500-502
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Eliott, General George Augustusl, 1st Baron Heathfield (1770-1790)
Date(s): [1770-1790]
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1ft; 30cm
Name of creator(s): Eliott | George Augustus | 1770-1790 | 1st Baron Heathfield | General
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
George Eliott, son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Bt., of Stobs, descended through four generations from a younger branch of the Minto family, received a French military academy training and fought on the Continent at an early age with the Prussian army. After training as a field engineer, he served during the War of 1739 to 1748 in the British Army, becoming a captain in 1745 and a lieutenant-colonel in 1754. During the Seven Years War he was present at the capture of Havana. In 1774 he was made Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Ireland and the following year he went out, as Governor, to prepare Gibraltar for the threatened attack from Spain. This did not come until 1779. From then until 1783 the Rock was under constant siege, being relieved on three occasions. For his skilful defence Eliott was raised to the peerage in 1787.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of George Eliott, consisting of three cases of orders and letters relating mainly to the siege of Gibraltar.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers, part of the Minto collection, were purchased by Sir James Caird in 1941 from the Earl of Minto.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26