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See also:MINTO, EARLS OF . The Scottish border See also:family of Elliot which has held the earldom of Minto since 1813 has had many distinguished members. See also:Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert Elliot, See also:bart. (1651-1718), and his son and successor, another Sir Gilbert Elliot (1693-1766), were both celebrated Scottish See also:judges and both took the See also:official See also:title of See also:Lord Minto. The See also:elder Sir Gilbert was sentenced to See also:death for his See also:share in the rising of the See also:earl of See also:Argyll in 1685, but was afterwards pardoned; the younger Sir Gilbert was a See also:scholar and an agriculturist. Among the See also:children of the latter were See also:John Elliot (d. 1808), a See also:naval officer, who served as See also:governor of See also:Newfoundland and was made an See also:admiral; See also:Andrew Elliot, the last See also:English governor of New See also:York; and the poetess See also:Jean, or Jane, Elliot (c. 1727-1805), who wrote the popular ballad " See also:Flowers of the See also:Forest." The eldest son, Sir Gilbert Elliot (1722-1777), who became the third See also:baronet in See also:April 1766, was a member of See also:parliament from 1753 to 1777, and a friend and follower of the earl of See also:Bute. He filled several public offices, and See also:Horace See also:Walpole said he was " one of the ablest members of the See also:House of See also:Commons." His second son was the diplomatist, See also:Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), who represented his See also:country at See also:Munich, at See also:Berlin, at See also:Copenhagen and at See also:Naples. He was governor of See also:Madras from 1814 to 1820, and he died on the loth of See also:December 1830.
See the See also:Memoirs of the Right Hon. Hugh Elliot, by the countess of Minto (See also:Edinburgh, 1868).'
The third baronet's eldest son was GILBERT ELLIOT, 1st earl of Minto (1751–1814). About 1763 Gilbert and his See also:brother Hugh were sent to See also:Paris, where their studies were supervised by See also:David See also:Hume and where they became intimate with See also:Mirabeau. Having passed the winters of 1766 and 1767 at Edinburgh University, Gilbert entered See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and on quitting the university he was called to the See also:bar. In 1776 he entered parliament as an See also:independent Whig. He became very friendly with See also:Burke, whom he helped in the attack on See also:Warren See also:Hastings and Sir See also:Elijah See also:Impey, and on two occasions was an unsuccessful See also:candidate for the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:speaker. In 1794 Elliot was appointed to govern See also:Corsica, and in 1797 he assumed the additional names of See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray-Kynynmond and was created See also:Baron Minto. From 1799 to 18o1 he was See also:envoy-extraordinary to See also:Vienna, and having been for a few months See also:president of the See also:board of See also:control he was appointed governor-See also:general of See also:India at the end of 18o6. He governed with See also:great success until 1813. He was then created See also:Viscount Melgund and earl of Minto. He died at See also:Stevenage on the 21st of See also:June 1814 and was buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey.
The earl's second son was Admiral Sir See also:George Elliot (1784-1863), who as a youth was See also:present at the battles of Cape St See also:Vincent and the See also:Nile, and who was secretary to the See also:admiralty from 183o to 1834. A See also:nephew of the earl was Sir See also:Charles Elliot (1801–1875) also an admiral, who took a prominent See also:part in the See also:war with See also:China in 184o. Afterwards he was governor of Bermuda, of See also:Trinidad and of St See also:Helena.
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