Earl of Minto - Other Family Members

Other Family Members

Numerous other members of the family have also gained distinction.

• John Elliot, younger son of the second Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and also served as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland.
• Andrew Elliot, another younger son of the second Baronet, was the last colonial governor of New York.
• Jean Elliot, daughter of the second Baronet, was a poet and wrote one of the most famous versions of the Scottish folk tune The Flowers of the Forest.
• Hugh Elliot, second son of the third Baronet, was a diplomat and colonial administrator and served as Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1808 to 1814. His son Sir Charles Elliot was an Admiral in the Royal navy and colonial administrator.
• The Hon. Sir George Elliot, second son of the first Earl, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and also held political office under Lord Grey as First Secretary to the Admiralty from 1830 to 1834. He was the father of:
  • 1) Sir George Elliot (1812–1901), an Admiral in the Royal Navy, and
  • 2) Sir Alexander James Hardy Elliot (1825–1909), a Major-General in the Army.
• The Hon. John Edmund Elliot, third son of the first Earl, was a Member of Parliament. His grandson Charles Sinclair Elliot (1853–1915) was a Captain in the Royal Navy.
• The Hon. Sir Henry Elliot, second son of the second Earl, was a noted diplomat and served as Ambassador to Austria from 1877 to 1884. His son Sir Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot (1851–1940) was also a diplomat and served as Minister to Greece.
• Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1818–1895), third son of the second Earl, was an Admiral of the Fleet.
• The Hon. Arthur Elliot, second son of the third Earl, was a Conservative politician and served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1903.
• The Hon. Hugh Elliot, third son of the third Earl, sat as Member of Parliament for Ayrshire North.