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ELWES, John (1714-89), of Marcham, Berks. and Stoke, Suff.

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b. 7 Apr. 1714, o.s. of Robert Meggott, Southwark brewer, and gd.-s. of George Meggott, M.P. for Southwark 1722-3, by Amy, da. of Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Bt., M.P. educ. Westminster 1722-9; Geneva. unm. suc. fa. c.1718; gd.-fa. 1723; took name of Elwes 1750; suc. to Stoke estates of his uncle, Sir Hervey Elwes, 2nd Bt., M.P., 1763.
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ELWES, John (1714-89), of Marcham, Berks. and Stoke, Suff.
Main residences: Marcham, Berks.; Stoke, Suff.
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ELIOT, Hon. Edward James (1758-97), of Port Eliot, Cornw.

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b. 24 Aug. 1758, 1st surv. s. of Edward Eliot, and bro. of Hon. John Eliot. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1775. m. 24 Sept. 1785, Lady Harriet Pitt, da. of William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1da.
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Ld. of Treasury July 1782 – Apr. 1783, Dec. 1783–1793; commr. of Board of Control 1793 – d.; King’s remembrancer 1785 – d.

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ELIOT, Hon. Edward James (1758-97), of Port Eliot, Cornw.
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ELIOT, Hon. Edward James (1758-97)

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ELIOT, Hon. John (1761-1823), of Port Eliot, Cornw.

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b. 30 Sept. 1761, 2nd surv. s. of Edward Eliot, and bro. of Hon. Edward James Eliot. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1780. m. (1) 9 Sept. 1790, Caroline (d. 26 July 1818), da. of Charles Yorke s.p., (2) 19 Aug. 1819, Harriet, da. of Reginald Pole Carew, of Antony, Cornw., s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Eliot 17 Feb. 1804; cr. Earl of St. Germans 26 Nov. 1815.
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ELIOT, Hon. John (1761-1823), of Port Eliot, Cornw.
Main residence: Port Eliot, Cornw.
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ELIOT, Hon. John (1761-1823)

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ELLIOT, Gilbert (1722-77), of Minto, Roxburgh.

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b. Sept. 1722, 1st s. of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Bt., M.P. of Minto, S.C.J. (Lord Minto), by Helen, da. of Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Bt., of Allanbank, Berwick, and bro. of John Elliot. educ. Dalkeith 1732; Edinburgh Univ. 1735; adv. 1743; Leyden; tour in Holland and Germany 1744-5. m. 15 Dec. 1746 Agnes, da. and h. of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound of Melgund, Forfar, and Lochgelly and Kynynmound, Fife, 4s. 2da. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 16 Apr. 1766.
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Sheriff-depute Roxburghshire Mar. 1748 – Nov. 1753; ld. of Admiralty Nov. 1756 – Apr. 1757, June 1757–61; ld. of Treasury Mar. 1761 – May 1762; treasurer of the chamber May 1762 – Mar. 1770; P.C. 14 July 1762; keeper of the signet [S] Dec. 1766 – d.; treasurer of the navy Mar. 1770 – d.

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ELLIOT, Gilbert (1722-77), of Minto, Roxburgh.
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This biography is based upon research by Rosemary Mitchison.

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ELLIOT, Gilbert (1751-1814), of Minto, Roxburgh.

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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.
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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.

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ELLIOT, Gilbert (1751-1814), of Minto, Roxburgh.
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