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The following is the entry for George Elliot in William O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'.
ELLIOT. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 17; h-p., 3.) George Elliot is eldest son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. This ofilcer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1827; obtained his first commission 12 Nov. 1834; and afterwards served for upwards of three years in South America on board the Astraea 26 [should be: Actaeon 16], Capt. Lord Edw. Russell. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 15 Jan. 1838; and, being appointed, 29 May following, to the Columbine 16, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he was ultimately ordered to India. Capt. Elliot, whose Post-commission hears date 3 June, 1840, returned to England with his father, as Acting-Captain of the Volage 26, in 1841. He further, from 7 June, 1843, until 1846, commanded the Eurydice 26, on the North America and West India station. At present he is unemployed.He married, 1 Aug. 1842, Hersey Susan Sidney, only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Wauchope, of Niddrie Marischall, co. Mid-Lothian, and niece of Sir David Baird, Bart., by whom he has issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson. |
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