William Elliot of Wells
William Elliot of Wells (1701–1764) was an army officer, courtier, and Member of Parliament during the reign of George II. The son of William Elliot of Wells (1660-1728, known to posterity as the "Laceman", from his trade in gold-embroidered lace from which he made his fortune) and his wife Eleanor nee Tankard, the younger William was christened February 1701 at St James's Church, Piccadilly, Westminster. Around 1720, he stood as legal guardian to Granville Elliott, the infant son of his elder sister Charlotte Elliot and her recently deceased husband Roger Elliott. He entered the army in 1722 as a cornet in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, and in the following year joined Charles Churchill's Regiment of Dragoons as a captain. While serving under Col. Churchill, Elliot witnessed the will
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Calne (UK Parliament constituency)Earl CowperGeorge Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron HeathfieldGranville ElliottHenrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of GranthamHenry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of GranthamLady Frances ElliotList of Great Britain by-elections (1734–1754)List of MPs elected in the 1741 British general electionList of ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of Great BritainLord DingwallWalter Hungerford (MP)William Duckett (Calne MP, died 1749)William ElliotWilliam Northey (died 1770)
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William Elliot of Wells
William Elliot of Wells (1701–1764) was an army officer, courtier, and Member of Parliament during the reign of George II. The son of William Elliot of Wells (1660-1728, known to posterity as the "Laceman", from his trade in gold-embroidered lace from which he made his fortune) and his wife Eleanor nee Tankard, the younger William was christened February 1701 at St James's Church, Piccadilly, Westminster. Around 1720, he stood as legal guardian to Granville Elliott, the infant son of his elder sister Charlotte Elliot and her recently deceased husband Roger Elliott. He entered the army in 1722 as a cornet in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, and in the following year joined Charles Churchill's Regiment of Dragoons as a captain. While serving under Col. Churchill, Elliot witnessed the will
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