Early Life
Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott was born in November 1890 in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Mr. Canon Anthony Lewis Elliott, was the Rector of Killiney, Dublin. As a rector, Elliot's father acted as an administrator not only to the people in his parish, but also to his son. Cyril Elliott was introduced to a life of religion at a very young age, participating in church daily with his father.
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