ayor, 1710-1711; Alderman, 1712-1728;
Governor, Incorporation of Poor, 1713-1715; High Sheriff of
Gloucestershire, 1716; created baronet, 1717; Mayor, September, 1720;
M.P., 1722-1727.

[Illustration: [_From an original painting at Clevedon Court._

A.E.

THE FIRST SIR ABRAHAM ELTON, BART.]

[Illustration: [_From an original painting at Clevedon Court._

M.E.

MARY, WIFE OF THE FIRST ABRAHAM ELTON, BART.]

The portraits of Abraham and Mary Elton which are here given, are
reproduced, with Sir Edmund Elton's kind consent, from photographs by
Mr. Edwin Hazell, of Linden Road Studio, Clevedon. The original oil
paintings hang in the picture gallery at Clevedon Court.

According to Barrett, in the St. Werburgh's vestry room, over the door
on the inside, as part of a long Latin inscription, was the name of
"Abrahamo Eltono, Guardianis, 1694." The baronetcy was conferred on him
in recognition of his staunch support of the Hanoverian succession
during the Jacobite riots of 1715-16, to the great disgust of Stewart,
the local Jacobite chronicler.

In the Board Room, at St. Peter's Hospital, under the date 1700, Abraham
Elton's name appears as a benefactor for L100.

In 1727, Sir Abraham Elton, Bart., gave L2 10s. per annum to five poor
housekeepers in St. Werburgh's parish not receiving alms, paid September
11, L50. He died at his house in Small Street in the same year--1727.
Having bequeathed considerable sums in local charities, he settled his
estates in Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wilts, on various members of
his family. He was for many years head of the commerce of Bristol, a
pioneer of its brass and iron foundries, owner of its principal weaving
industry, and of some of its glass and pottery works, besides largely
controlling the shipping of the port. His wife survived him by only two
months. They are both buried in the family vault in SS. Philip and Jacob
Parish Church, within the altar rails near Sir Abraham's parents. The
house in Small Street was their town house from about 1690 down to the
date of their deaths.

Sir Abraham Elton (second baronet), baptized 30 June, 1679, at St. John
the Baptist, Broad Street, was Councillor, 1710-1723; Sheriff,
1710-1711; Mayor, 1719-1720; Master, Merchant Venturers, 1719-1720;
Alderman, 1723-1742; baronet, 1727; M.P., 1727-1742; died October 19th,
1742. He married on the 14th of May, 1702, Abigail, daughter of Zachary
Bayly, of Charlcot House, Wilts, and of Northwood Pa