 Complete the following phrase:  Left without a ship after the peace in 1763, Elliot did not return to active service until 1767, when he was given command of the 60-gun , one of the Plymouth guardships. He also briefly became Member of Parliament for Cockermouth that year. He was moved to the newly built on 26 September 1770, but left her the following year and received no further commissions until 1777, when he took command of the 64-gun during the American War of Independence. He had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1776, during his time ashore. He was promoted to commodore on 11 April 1778, and shortly afterwards took the Earl of Carlisle, George Johnstone and William Eden to North America to negotiate with the colonists as the Carlisle Peace Commission. After arriving at Delaware Elliot joined Richard Howes command and took part in the 