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178 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Daughters, Emily Blanche, b. 1872. Alice Florence, b. 1873. Nina Charlotte, b. 1875. Brother living, Dudley Oliphant, b. 1846. Sisters lining, Florence Emily, b. 1853. Blanche Emmeline, b. 1858. Creation, Baron Elibank, in the peerage of Scotland, 1643. A Baronet, 1629. &rms, Quarterly : 1st and 4th, or, a fetterlock, on a chief, gules, three estoiles, Blitck- barony; 2nd, gules, a chevron between three crescents, two and one, argent, Olip/innt ; 3rd, azure, a martlet, or, between three mullets, two in chief and one in base, argent, the whole within a double tressure of the last, Elibank. Cvcst, A lion rampant, gules, sup- porting a battle-axe, proper. Supporters, Two horses, argent, bridled, gules. Seat/;, Darn-hall, Eddleston, Peeblesshire ; Ballencrieff, Haddingtonshire ; Pitheavlis , Perthshire. Club, Naval and Military. ELIBANK, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was liis father, Alexander Oliphant, Qth Baron Elibank. He was b. May 23, 1804, succeeded his father April 9, 1830, and d. May 31, 1871. Was a Dep. Lieut, of Peebles-shire, and Major Gen. of the Royal Company of Archers of the Queen's Body Guard of Scotland : m. 1838, Emily Maria, only daughter of Archibald Montgomery, Esq., of Whim, Peebles- shire; having had issue four sons and four daughters. ELIBANK, Dowager Baroness, EMILY MARIA, only daughter of Archi- bald Montgomery, Esq., of Whim, Peebles-shire; m. 1838, the 9th Baron Elibank, who d. May 31st, 1871. Residence, ELIOT, BARON. (ELIOT.) WILLIAM GORDON CORXWALLIS ELIOT, 1st Baron, son of the 3rd Earl of St. Germans, by the Lady Jemima, daughter of the 2nd Marquess Cornwallis. Born Dec. 14th, 1829 ; educated at Eton ; was Attache at Hanover 184950. at Madrid 185051, and at Lisbon 185153 ; 2nd Paid Attache at Berlin 18537 ; 1st Paid Attache at Constantinople 1857 8, and at St. Petersburg 18589, Secretary of Le- gation at Rio de Janeiro Aug. to Oct. 1859, Press close upon those who take at Athens, 1859 61 (being Charge d'Af- tne lead - faires there from May 1860 to Jan. 1861) , and at Rio de Janeiro 1861 3 (being Charge d' Affaires there Mar. to Aug. 1863) , Acting Secretary of Legation at Washington 1 8634, and Secretary of Legation at Lisbon 1864 5, when he resigned. Unsuccessfully contested Cricklade 1865 ; sat as M.P. for Devonport (L.) 18668. Is a Dep.-Lieut. and a Magistrate for Cornwall. Called to the Upper House during the life- time of his father 1870. Brothers living, Henry Cornwallis, b. 1835. Charles George Cornwallis, b. 1S3Q, m. 1865. Sister living, Louisa Susan Cornwallis, b. 1S25, m. 1850, (Ponsonby). Creation, Called up in his father's Barony of Eliot of 1784. arras Argent, a fesse gules between double cottises wavy azure. Crest An ele- phant's head argent, plain collared gules, .<~upportms, Two eagles reguardant, wings dis- played and inverted proper, each charged on the breast with an ermine spot sable. Seats, Port Eliot, St. German's, Cornwall; Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, Town Residence, 36, Dover-street, W. Clubs Travellers', St. James's.