Baronets Elliot of Minto (1700)

1^st Baronet Elliot, Gilbert Elliot, b.c.1650, a.1700, d.1718

Sir Gilbert Elliot was a Lord of Session under the title of Lord Minto and was created 1^st Baronet Elliot of Minto in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

2^nd Baronet Elliot, Gilbert Elliot, b.c.1693, a.1718, d.1766

Son of the 1^st Baronet and Jean Carre (or Ker), daughter of Sir Andrew Carre of Cavers. He was also a Lord of Session, and Lord Justice Clerk from 1763 to his death.

3^rd Baronet Elliot, Gilbert Elliot, b.1722, a.1766, d.1777

Son of the 2^nd Baronet and Helen Steuart (b.?, d.1774), daughter of Sir Robert Steuart, 1^st Baronet Steuart of Allanbank. He was a Lord of the Admiralty from 1756 to 1762 and Treasurer of the Navy from 1767 to 1770.

4^th Baronet Elliot, Gilbert Elliot, b.1751, a.1777, d.1814

Son of the 3^rd Baronet and Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound (b.?, d.1778), a grand-daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1^st Baronet Dalrymple of Hailes (a brother of John Dalrymple, 1^st Earl of Stair). He spent time in Paris under the supervision of the famous philosopher David Hume, and returned to study at the University of Edinburgh and at Christ Church Oxford before becoming a King’s Counsel. In 1776 he became MP for Morpeth, and in 1794 was appointed Governor of Corsica. He was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain in 1797 as 1^st Baron Minto, of Minto in Roxburghshire. From 1807 until 1813 he was Governor-General of India, expanding the British presence in the Dutch East Indies, and on retiring was created 1^st Earl of Minto and 1^st Viscount Melgund (of Melgund in Forfarshire) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Earls of Minto (1813)

1^st Earl of Minto, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, as above

The additions to his surname were assumed when he was made a peer and are taken from his mother, Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound (b.?, d.1778), a descendant of Sir James Dalrymple, 1^st Viscount Stair.

2^nd Earl of Minto, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b.1782, a.1814, d.1859

Son of the 1^st Earl and Anna Maria Amyand (b.?, d.1829), daughter of Sir George Amyand, 1^st Baronet Amyand of London. The eldest son of a large family, he entered politics as a Whig MP, and later served as British Ambassador to Prussia, after which he was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1835 to 1841 and then Lord Privy Seal from 1846 to 1852.

3^rd Earl of Minto, William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b.1814, a.1859, d.1891

Son of the 2^nd Earl and Mary Brydone (b.?, d.1853). He was elected as an MP on several occasions, and in 1870 was made a Knight of the Thistle.

4^th Earl of Minto, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b.1845, a.1891, d.1914

Son of the 3^rd Earl and Emma Eleanor Elizabeth Hyslop (b.?, d.1882), daughter of General Sir Thomas Hyslop, 1^st Baronet Hyslop. Educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge, he joined the Scots Guards as a Lieutenant in 1867, but left in 1870. He then joined the 1^st Roxburghshire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps as a Captain, and later saw action with the Turkish Army against Russia, and in the Second Afghan War, before taking on several military colonial postings, including Canada. In 1886 he returned to Britain to further his political ambitions but was not elected to Parliament. However, he continued his involvement in the Volunteer movement, being promoted to Colonel in the South of Scotland Brigade. In 1898, he was named as Governor-General of Canada, a post that he took very seriously and earnestly, earning the respect of the local population. In 1905 he was appointed as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, retiring in 1910. For his devotion to public service he was made a Knight of the Garter.

5^th Earl of Minto, Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b.1891, a.1914, d.1975

Son of the 4^th Earl and Lady Mary Caroline Grey (b.?, d.1940), a grand-daughter of Sir Charles Grey, 2^nd Earl Grey.

6^th Earl of Minto, Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b.1928, a.1975, d.2005

Son of the 5^th Earl and Marion Cook.

7^th Earl of Minto, Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b.1953, a.2005

Son of the 6^th Earl and Lady Caroline Child-Villiers (b.1934), daughter of George Francis Child-Villiers, 9^th Earl of Jersey. As well as being 7^th Earl, he is also 7^th Viscount Melgund, 7^th Baron Minto and 10^th Baronet Elliot of Minto.

The courtesy title for the heir is Viscount Melgund.

(Last updated: 12/08/2009)