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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 564 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GILBERT ELLIOT-See also:

MURRAY-KYNYNMOND, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Minto (1782-1859), eldest son of the 1st earl, was See also:ambassador to See also:Berlin from 1832 to 1834, first See also:lord of the See also:admiralty from 1835 to 1841 and lord privy See also:seal from 1846 to 1852. His See also:influence in the Whig party was partly due to the fact that his daughter, Frances, was the wife of Lord See also:John See also:Russell. His son See also:William See also:Hugh, the 3rd earl (1814—1891), was the See also:father of the 4th earl, GILBERT JOHN ELLIOT-MURRAY-KYNYNMOND (1845— ), who joined the Scots See also:Guards in 1867. In 1874, in the capacity of a newspaper correspondent, he witnessed the operations of the Carlists in See also:Spain; he took service with the , See also:Turkish See also:army in the See also:war with See also:Russia in 1877 and served under Lord See also:Roberts in the second Afghan War (1878—79), having narrowly escaped accompanying See also:Sir See also:Louis See also:Cavagnari See also:Kabul. He acted as private secretary to Lord Roberts during his See also:mission to the Cape in 1881; as military secretary to Lord See also:Lansdowne during his See also:governor-generalship of See also:Canada from 1883 to 1885; and as See also:chief of the See also:staff to See also:General See also:Middleton in the See also:Riel See also:Rebellion in Canada (1885). Having succeeded to the earldom in 1891 he was appointed governor-general of Canada in 1898. His See also:term of See also:office (1898—1904) was distinguished by a visit of the See also:prince and princess of See also:Wales to the colonies. In 1905, on the resignation of Lord Curzon, Lord Minto was appointed See also:viceroy and governor-general of See also:India, retiring in 1910. The 4th earl's See also:brother, the Hon. See also:Arthur See also:Ralph See also:Douglas Elliot (b. 1846), editor of the See also:Edinburgh.See also:Review, was a member of See also:parliament from 188o to 1892 and again from 1898 to 1906, and from 1903 to 1906 he was See also:financial secretary to the See also:treasury. Sir See also:Francis See also:Edmund Hugh Elliot (b.

1851), a See also:

grandson of the 2nd earl, became See also:British See also:minister at See also:Athens in 1903. See Hon. G. F. S. Elliot, The Border Elliots and the See also:Family of Minto (Edinburgh, 1897); the See also:article INDIA; See also:History; also the See also:Life and Letters of the first Earl of Minto, 1751—1806 (1874) and Lord Minto in India, 1807—1814 (188o), both edited by the countess of Minto; and Sir J. F. See also:Stephen, The See also:Story of See also:Nuncomar and the See also:Impeachment of Sir E. See also:Impey (1885).

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