Family and Education
b. 23 Apr. 1751, 1st s. of Gilbert Elliot. educ. La Pension Militaire, Fontainebleau 1764-6; Edinburgh Univ. 1766-8; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1768; L. Inn 1769, called 1774. m. 3 Jan. 1777, Anna Maria, 1st da. of Sir George Amyand, 1st Bt., 4s. 3da. suc. fa. as 4th Bt. 11 Jan. 1777; mother in her Fife and Forfarshire estates 28 Dec. 1778, and assumed add. names of Murray Kynynmound; cr. Baron Minto 20 Oct. 1797; Earl of Minto 24 Feb. 1813.
Offices Held
Civil commr. to Toulon and P.C. 25 Sept. 1793; minister to the Italian States Mar. – May 1794; viceroy of Corsica 1794 – 96; envoy to Vienna 1799 – 1801; pres. of Board of Control Feb. – July 1806; gov. gen. India 1806 – 13.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Minto, Roxburgh.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
ELLIOT, Gilbert (1751-1814)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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