Eliott, George Augustus, first Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar
(1717–1790)
- James Falkner
Extract
Eliott, George Augustus, first Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar (1717–1790), army officer, the seventh son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, third baronet, and his wife, Eleanor Eliott, was born in Stobs, Roxburghshire, on 25 December 1717. Educated at Leiden University, he also attended the French military college...