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Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, PC, FRSE ( / kɪˈnɪnmənd /; [1] 23 April 1751 – 21 June 1814), known as Sir Gilbert Elliott, 4th Baronet until 1797, and the Lord Minto from 1797 to 1813, was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1776 and 1795.
Jun 17, 2024 · Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st earl of Minto (born April 23, 1751, Grey Friars, Edinburgh, Scotland—died June 21, 1814, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England) was the governor-general of India (1807–13) who successfully restrained the French in the East Indies.
Jul 9, 2023 · Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC (23 April 1751 – 21 June 1814), known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between 1777 and 1797 and as The Lord Minto between 1797 and 1813, was a Scottish politician diplomat. He was viceroy of the short-lived Anglo-Corsican Kingdom from 1793 to 1796 and went on to become Governor-General of India ...
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Minto, 1st Earl. (1751—1814) governor-general of Bengal. Quick Reference. (1751–1814). Minto was called to the bar in 1774 and entered Parliament in 1776. He was a close friend of Edmund Burke and assisted him in the impeachment proceedings against Warren Hastings.
It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The current earl is Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto (born 1953). The family seat is Minto Park, near Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
Minto, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl (1751–1814). Minto was educated in Paris under the supervision of David Hume and at Oxford. He was called to the bar in 1774 and entered Parliament in 1776 in the Whig interest.
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, GCB, PC (/ k ɪ ˈ n ɪ n m ə n d /; 16 November 1782 – 31 July 1859), styled as Viscount Melgund between 1813 and 1814, was a British diplomat and Whig politician.
