Richard Eliot (1694–1748), of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, was a British diplomat, official and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1748.
He married Harriot, who was the illegitimate daughter of James Craggs and the actress Hester Santlow[2] on 10 March 1726.
After he ceased to be Commissioner of Excise in May 1729, he was appointed surveyor general of the Duchy of Cornwall in January 1730.
He continued to act with the Prince of Wales's party, voting against the Administration on the chairman of the elections committee in December 1741.
He was in financial difficulties which were caused according to his wife by his Duchy office, which had cost him ‘£7,000 and contributed to his death.