[3] During the reign of King Henry VIII the Eliot family gained significant wealth through privateering.

[1] The priory was renamed Port Eliot[5] and experienced significant expansion with many farms and cottages being added to the property.

Richard Eliot (1614–85) and Catherine Killigrew (1618–89) had an illegitimate son George Elliott (1636–68), who became surgeon or doctor to the Tangier Garrison.

George's son Roger Elliott (1665–1714) was appointed Governor of Gibraltar[9] and married Charlotte Elliot, the sister-in-law of Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet, of Stobs.

The marriage helped bring this branch of the family back to prominence after the relative obscurity of Richard and George.

Roger's son, Granville Elliott (1713–59) rose to the rank of Major General and married Jeanne Thérèse du Han (1703–48), a lady of honour for the Empress of Germany.

[10] Granville was appointed Chamberlain for Emperor Charles VI, made Count of the Empire, and Comte de Morhange.

Despite his attempt failing in London, Granville was given the title Graf von Port Eliot at the court of Lorraine.

[10] In 1750, following the death of his first wife, Granville returned to England, remarried to Elizabeth Duckett (1724–1804), and started an English family.

Documentation undertaken by his third son Edward John Eliot (1782–1863) forms an important record of military life during the early 1800s.

Members of the Boston Brahmins, the Eliots played a significant role in shaping the American education system.

The family remained closely tied to the British Military, residing directly across from the Department of National Defence on Elgin Street.

used a passage from The Book of the Governor by Sir Thomas Elyot, “fac aut tace” which translates to “do or be silent”.

Descendants of the Eliot military family owned land in the Forest Hill and Brockley area.