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C O R N W A L L , E N G L A N D
T h e R i g h t H o n o u r a b l e T h e E a r l o f S t . G e r m a n s
In 1433 the Earl’s family moved to Cornwall where Port Eliot guarded the
seaport. But the waters drew back and battlemented Port Eliot now commands
rolling parkland. Royal Architect, Humphrey Repton gilded the lily by
romanticising the romantic and Port Eliot’s rooms now combine 19th century
splendour with the Earl’s kaleidoscopic collection. The furniture and paintings
reflect generations of stirring endeavour. Sir John Eliot alone dared impeach
King James I’s great favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, but found himself
resultingly incarcerated in the Tower on London. Historic sponsors of the arts,
Eliots were Royal portrait painter Sir Joshua Reynold’s first supporters. They
always selected the rarest furniture of their fortress retreat where the Earl’s family
delights to this day in personal expertise in the family collection. The home
of The Right Honourable Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, the 9th Earl of St.
Germans, and Baron of St. Germans.
