Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans was born on January 2 1941 to Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans (January 26 1914 - 1988) and his wife Helen Mary Villers (c.1918 - December 6 1951).

Lord St Germans was educated at Eton College and has published his interests as:

• Career: Landowner, 30 yrs in a job without prospects
• Recreations: Mucking about, sitting still
• Clubs: Pratts

In 1988 on the death of his father, he succeeded as the 10th Earl of St Germans.

Lord St Germans has been twice married.

1. On October 9 1964 divorced 1990, to Jacquetta Jean Frederika Lampson (b. 1943), with 3 children:
   1. Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot (b.March 24 1966)
   2. Louis Robert Eliot (b.April 11 1968)
   3. Francis Michael Eliot (b.November 16 1971)
2. On April 20 1991 divorced 1996, to Elizabeth Dorothy Williams (b. 1961), with no issue