Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,1st Earl of Minto,,known as Sir Gilbert Elliott,4th Baronet until 1797,and The Lord Minto from 1797 to 1814,was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1776 and 1795. He was viceroy of the short-lived Anglo-Corsican Kingdom from 1793 to 1796 and went on to become Governor-General of India between July 1807 and 1813.
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,4th Earl of Minto,,known as Viscount Melgund by courtesy from 1859 to 1891,was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada,the eighth since Canadian Confederation,and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India,the country's 17th.
Gilbert Elliot,Elliott or Eliott may refer to:
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,2nd Earl of Minto,,styled as Viscount Melgund between 1813 and 1814,was a British diplomat and Whig politician.
Earl of Minto,in the County of Roxburgh,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,1st Baron Minto. The current earl is Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,7th Earl of Minto.
John Astor was a British Conservative politician.
Rowland Thomas Baring,2nd Earl of Cromer,,styled Viscount Errington between 1901 and 1917,was a British diplomat and courtier.
Violet Astor,Baroness Astor of Hever DStJ,was an English aristocrat.
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott,6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry,was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester,and the maternal great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard,Duke of Gloucester.
Hugh Elliot was a British diplomat and then a colonial governor.
Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone,19th Lord Elphinstone and 5th Baron Elphinstone,is a British peer in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,6th Earl of Minto,,styled Viscount Melgund until 1975,was a Scottish peer.
William George Spencer Scott Compton,5th Marquess of Northampton,KG,known as Lord William Compton from 1877 to 1887 and as Earl Compton from 1887 to 1897,was a British peer and Liberal politician.
William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,3rd Earl of Minto,was a British Whig politician. He was the eldest son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,2nd Earl of Minto.
Sir Gilbert Elliot,3rd Baronet,was born at Minto,Roxburghshire,and was a Scottish statesman,philosopher and poet.
Clan Kinninmont is a Scottish clan. The clan does not have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms,therefore the clan has no standing under Scots Law. Clan Kinninmont is considered an armigerous clan,meaning that it is considered to have had at one time a chief who possessed the chiefly arms,however no one at present is in possession of such arms. The original chiefly line died out when an heiress married into another family. The successors of this heiress,are the Earls of Minto,whose patronyme is that of „Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound“,Kynynmound being a variation of Kinninmont,this family bears,as part of its arms,the arms the clan.
Victor Gilbert Lasiston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,5th Earl of Minto was a member of the British nobility. He was the son of Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,4th Earl of Minto and Lady Mary Caroline Grey. He married Marion Cook,daughter of George William Cook,on 19 January 1921. He died in 1975.
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The Minto Papers is a collection of family,estate and political manuscripts related to the family of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,1st Baron Minto and his descendants. The collection has in it over 2000 manuscript volumes. The bulk of the collection was initially purchased in 1958 by the National Library of Scotland (NLS),with later additions to the collection made by purchase and donation. The collection is stored at the NLS main building on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh,Scotland.
Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond,was a Scottish landowner,lawyer and journalist.
