Edward Carlyon Eliot

Edward Carlyon Eliot, was a British Colonial Service administrator.

Personal

Eliot was the son of Edward Eliot and Elizabeth Harriette, and described as a neat, slim man of medium height with very black hair. His brother was Charles Eliot, who was Commissioner for British East Africa and Ambassador to Japan.
Edward married, first, Clara Frances Paterson on 6 June 1899; and, second, Alice Marion Shand, granddaughter of Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls, in 1927, with whom he had a son, David, in 1935.

Career

1888-1892 Cattle ranching in Argentina
1893-1895 Sugar planting in Demerara
1895 Entered the Colonial Service. Among the posts he held were:

During his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands he worked to improve conditions involved in the mining of phosphates.
Eliot was appointed CBE in the 1931 New Year Honours List

Selected works

Eliot's published writings encompass two works in three publications in one language and 56 library holdings.Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate. Report for 1912-1914: Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. June, 1915.Address to Legislative Council of Dominica Broken Atoms Ocean Island Affairs: Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, 1913-20.
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