Tuliskeun saterusna pikeun paragraf ieu - Dina taun 1737, Elliot ditugaskeun salaku mayor tina 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, anu anjeunna janten letnan-kolonel di 1741. Anjeunna perang di duanana Dettingen
sarta Fontenoy, tapi mundur komisi na di 1746. Putra lanceukna nu pangkolotna, George Augustus Eliott (nu saterusna jadi Lord Heathfield, pembela Gibraltar), mangrupa salah sahiji perwira bawahanana di 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards.