Francis Perceval Eliot (September 1755 – 23 August 1818) was an English soldier, auditor, and man of letters.

On 17 April 1764, he lodged with Mrs Bathurst, Charterhouse Square and attended the public school of St Bartholomew.

He moved back to London full-time, and took an oath as a Commissioner of Public Accounts,[5] based at Somerset House in the Strand.

He died at his home at 22 Portman Street, London on 23 August 1818 and was buried on 28 August in or by the western wall of the St Marylebone burial ground on the south side of Paddington Street, London – near to his father-in-law, the Rev Dr John Breynton.

On 28 November 1778 at St George's, Hanover Square, London, Francis married Anne Breynton (c. 1756 – 15 August 1829), the daughter of Rev Dr John Breynton, and had by her 7 sons and 3 daughters: Many of Eliot's sons went on to play significant roles in the British Armed Forces.