Biography of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto

Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto


Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto
1st son of Sir George Elliot, 4th Bart.

Date (from)	(Date to)	Event
16 November 1782		Born (Lyons).
1801		Edinburgh University.
1802	1805	Captain, Roxburgh militia.
1803		St John's College, Cambridge.
1806	1807	M.P. (whig) for Ashburton, Devonshire.
28 August 1806		Married Mary, eldest daughter of Patrick Brydone of Coldstream, Berwickshire (mother of five sons and four daughters, died 1853).
1812	1814	M.P. for Roxburghshire.
21 June 1814		Succeeded as 2nd Earl.
15 August 1830		Privy Councillor.
22 August 1832	15 September 1834	British ambassador to Berlin (Prussia).
16 September 1834		G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath)
19 September 1835	7 September 1841	First Lord of the Admiralty in Melbourne's 2nd administration.
20 July 1841		Lord John Russell married his daughter, Lady Francis Anna Maria Elliot (died 1898).
July 1846	February 1852	Lord Privy Seal in Lord John Russell's cabinet.
1847	1848	Diplomatic mission to Italy.
31 July 1859		Died.
Acording to the Dictionary of National Biography: 'It was said at the time that his period of office [as First Lord] was distinguished only by the outcry raised at the number of Elliots who found places in the naval service' Furthermore 'He was an indifferent speaker and was undistinguished by administrative capacity, but he possessed considerable influence in affairs of state.'.
Literature: (DNB).