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