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George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield

Also known as: George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield; primary name: Eliott, George Augustus; other name: (1st Baron) Heathfield
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Male
Life dates: 1717-1790
Biography: Major-General, Colonel of the Light Horse and General. Second-in-Command in the expedition to Havana. In 1775 he was made Governor of Gibraltar, and led the famous defence against the French and Spanish siege in 1779-1783. In 1787 he was given the Order of the Bath by George III and created Lord Heathfield of Gilbraltar. [nb his name is spelled Eliott, not Elliot]
Bibliography: BM Satires; ODNB

99 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0406.32 |
Producer name: BIOG23600 Drawn by:John Singleton Copley |
Production date: 1737-1815

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.349 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

medal

Museum number: M.4884 |
Producer name: BIOG114251 Designed by:Johann Christian Reich |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1906,1103.421 |
Producer name: BIOG114251 Designed by:Johann Christian Reich |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4878 |
Producer name: BIOG116313 Designed by:Terry |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4875 |
Producer name: BIOG116313 Designed by:Terry |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medallion

Museum number: 1938,0314.23.CR |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Made in:England

medallion

Museum number: 1891,1213.4

portrait medallion

Museum number: 1919,0305.2 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production date: 1787-1790 |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Taleo, or the royal sportsman, running down the enemies of Great Britain |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4900 |
Producer name: BIOG153290 Published by:Thomas Colley |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: The bum-bardment of Gibraltar, or f-t-g against thunder |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5040 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas ColleyPublished by:William Humphrey |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: The cock of the rock. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5537 |
Producer name: BIOG27543 Published by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: The examination of Sr Elijah Impey at the tryal of Mr Hastings |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4988 |
Producer name: BIOG40249 Print made by:John Nixon |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: All alive or the political churchyard. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5033 |
Producer name: BIOG157637 Published by:B Pownall |
Production date: 1783

print

Museum number: 1850,0612.679 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:George Thomas Doo |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 17 |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5743 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: General Elliot. |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3462 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert PollardAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27th of November 1781 |
Museum number: 1841,0313.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Terror to the dons or the governor-instructing his little family |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5941 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: References to the Print of The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar ... |
Museum number: 1841,0313.56.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1831,0531.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27th of November 1781 |
Museum number: 1841,0313.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Elliot, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: S,7.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Antonio Cesare Poggi |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 17 |
Museum number: 1983,U.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: References to the print of the sortie ... 27th of Nov. 1781 |
Museum number: 1917,1208.4031 |
Producer name: BIOG42275 Print made by:Antonio Cesare Poggi |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1850,0612.680 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Political sparring, for the amusement of English Spanish French and Dutch masters and misses |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5958 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27th of November 1781 |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1963 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: General Sir George Augustus Eliott, K.B. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1218 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BondIntermediary draughtsman:George Francis Joseph |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 17 |
Museum number: 1851,0901.412 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: Aa,6.21 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Richard Earlom |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1861,1214.22 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:R Page |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A view of Gibraltar with the Spanish battering ships on fire |
Museum number: 1881,1112.254 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Keyse SherwinPublished by:John Keyse Sherwin |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Terror to the dons or the governor-instructing his little family |
Museum number: 1851,0901.479 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; advertisement; leaflet

Museum number: 1908,0717.1 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrinted by:Henry Reynell |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: General Sir George Augustus Eliott, K.B. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits |
Museum number: 2006,U.106 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsIntermediary draughtsman:George Francis Joseph |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Installation |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5727 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:William Moore |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1850,0612.659 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1839,1012.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honble Sir George Augustus Elliott |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2612 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1782-1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A view of Gibraltar with the Spanish battering ships on fire |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1879 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Keyse SherwinPublished by:John Keyse Sherwin |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: Le General George Aug: Elliott. / Gouverneur de Gibraltar. |
Museum number: 1873,0809.567 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian von MechelAfter:Lt George Frederic Koehler |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: The Pastora Battg. Ship one of the Ten destroyed before Gibraltar Sepr, 13 1782 |
Museum number: J,11.122 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1782

print

Museum number: 1850,0612.660 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1836

print; book-illustration

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1831,0531.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BondAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1807-1812

print

Title: The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27th of November 1781 |
Museum number: 1841,0313.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1799

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1841,0313.50 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1806

print

Museum number: 1831,0531.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1787-1831

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Le Général Elliott Écossois |
Museum number: 1865,0114.313 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1865

print

Title: ...Representation of the brave & gallant defence of Gibraltar ... on the14th Septr. 1782 |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1838 |
Producer name: Print made by:James FittlerAfter:Richard Paton |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: Vue de Gibraltar ...en 1782 |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl SchützPublished by:Artaria & Co |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: Le. General Eliot Gouverneur de Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1914,1117.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Leonhard StaubAfter:Lt George Frederic Koehler |
Production date: 1800-1826 |
Production place: Published in:Zwickau

print; satirical print

Title: Proclamation of peace |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5046 |
Producer name: BIOG50753 Published by:William Wells |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: ... land forces ... take possession of the north gate of the city and Punto Castle ... |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3294 |
Producer name: After:Dominic SerresPrint made by:James Mason |
Production date: 1762

print

Title: General George Augustus Elliott |
Museum number: 2010,7081.783 |
Producer name: BIOG45124 Published by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: General Sir George Augustus Elliott, |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1661 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1787-1890

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1853,1112.72 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1806

print

Title: ...Representation of the brave & gallant defence of Gibraltar ... on the14th Septr. 1782 |
Museum number: 1883,1208.181 |
Producer name: After:James FittlerAfter:Richard Paton |
Production date: 1880

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1841,0313.51 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1810

print; book-illustration

Title: General Sir George Augustus Elliott, |
Museum number: 1871,1209.5342 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1787-1890

print

Title: ... land forces ... take possession of the north gate of the city and Punto Castle ... |
Museum number: 1849,1003.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MasonAfter:Dominic Serres |
Production date: 1762

print

Title: Sir George A. Elliott Kt. Bn. Governor and Commandr, in Chief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: J,11.121 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1782

print

Title: ...Representation of the brave & gallant defence of Gibraltar ... on the 14th Septr. 1782 |
Museum number: 1854,1020.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:James FittlerAfter:Richard Paton |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: G. A.Elliot, Admiral. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.680 |
Producer name: Print made by:Leonhard StaubAfter:Lt George Frederic Koehler |
Production date: 1800-1826 |
Production place: Published in:Zwickau

print; satirical print

Title: The Long-Winded Speech, or the oratorical organ harmonized with sublime and beautiful inflation |
Museum number: 1948,0214.512 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:William Moore |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: Oh! Lord, Howe- they run or Jack English clearing the gangway before Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4888 |
Producer name: BIOG153290 Published by:Thomas Colley |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: The cock of the rock on his charger. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5905 |
Producer name: BIOG31858 Published by:William Holland |
Production date: 1790

print; satirical print

Title: Govr Elliot giving the Spaniards a dose of hot balls for their better digestion, or Prince Nassau in |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4886 |
Producer name: BIOG153290 Published by:Thomas Colley |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print; music sheet/cover

Title: William's return!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.7855 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:William Heath |
Production date: 1809

print

Museum number: 1841,0313.51.+ |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrinted by:B McMillan |
Production date: 1791-1841 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,1208.131 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPublished by:John Young |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: References to the print of the sortie ... 27th of Nov. 1781 |
Museum number: 1866,1114.824 |
Producer name: BIOG42275 Print made by:Antonio Cesare Poggi |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Georg Augustus Elliot. Königl. Gros-Brittan. General Lieut. u. Comendant der Vestung Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7163 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Richard Purcell |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1853,1112.73 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1806

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1841,0313.49 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1806

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1841,0313.48 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1806

print; book-illustration

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1831,0531.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BondAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1807-1812

print

Title: The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1841,0313.47 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1806

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.7404 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrinted by:B McMillan |
Production date: 1800s

print

Museum number: 1864,0309.249 |
Producer name: After:John Singleton CopleyPrinted by:B McMillan |
Production date: 1800

print; satirical print

Title: The cock of the rock. |
Museum number: 1851,0901.300 |
Producer name: BIOG27543 Published by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1786

print

Title: General Elliott. |
Museum number: 1951,1110.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:William AngusAfter:Lt George Frederic Koehler |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: General Elliott. |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1848 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist JHPublished by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: References to the Print of The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar ... |
Museum number: 1892,0714.647 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1838,0714.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27th of November 1781 |
Museum number: 1841,0313.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Elliot, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: 1864,0514.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Antonio Cesare Poggi |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield |
Museum number: Q,2.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Baron Heathfield. |
Museum number: 1951,1110.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1810-1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: General Elliott. |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5101 |
Producer name: Print made by:William AngusIntermediary draughtsman:Miller |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27th of November 1781 |
Museum number: 1841,0313.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Trumbull |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 17 |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5742 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield, Baron Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1866,1013.788 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:John Cochran |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lord Heathfield Engravings from the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Museum number: 1915,0508.414 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPublished by:Henry Graves & Co |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Georg Augustus Elliot. Königl. Gros-Brittan. General Lieut. u. Comendant der Vestung Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7162 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Richard Purcell |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

token

Museum number: 1870,0507.1635 |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Issued in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

token

Museum number: 1870,0507.1634 |
Authority: BIOG87178 Issuer:Henry Biggs |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Issued in:Moore Street

token

Museum number: SSB,186.117 |
Authority: BIOG87178 Issuer:Henry Biggs |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Issued in:Moore Street

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