William Eliot (MP)

In 1618, Eliot inherited the estate at Busbridge,^[2] and was knighted on 1 February 1621.^[3]

In April 1640, Eliot was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere in the Short Parliament.^[4]

In 1616, Eliot married Mary Goring, the daughter of George Goring, MP, and Anne (née Denny) Goring. Her brother, George Goring was created the Earl of Norwich.^[5]

After the death of his first wife in 1620, he married Joan d'Ewes, a daughter of Paul d'Ewes, of Milden, Suffolk, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and his first wife Cecelia Simonds (daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Simonds of Coaxden), on 7 February 1620. Her brother was Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet. Together, they were the parents of a son:^[2]

• Sir William Eliot (c. 1624-c. 1697), who married Elizabeth Wray, a daughter of Sir Christopher Wray and sister to Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet and Sir Drury Wray, 9th Baronet.^[6] After her death in 1658, he married Barbara Godfrey.^[7]

Lady Eliot died on 6 December 1648. Sir William died in 1650 at the age of 64. In 1681, his son was knighted KB William Eliot, of Godalming, Surrey at Hampton Court Palace.^[6]

Through his son William's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Albinia Eliot (1658–1717), who married George Courthope, son of George Courthope, MP for Sussex and East Grinstead, in 1684.^[8]