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Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,
4th Earl of Minto

Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond 1st Earl of Minto (born Edinburgh, Scotland, 23 April 1751 - died Stevenage, England, The family descends from the politician and judge Gilbert Elliot, who served as a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord Minto. The Senators of the College of Justice, also known as the Lords of Council and Session and as the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, are the judges of the Court In 1700 he was created a Baronet, of Minto in the County of Roxburgh, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. Baronetage of England (1611-1705 King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611 for the settlement of Ireland He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was also a prominent judge and politician and served as a Lord of Session (under the judicial title of Lord Minto) from 1726 to 1733, as a Lord of the Justiciary from 1733 to 1765 and as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763 to 1766. The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior Judge in Scotland behind the Lord President of the Court of Session. His eldest son, the third Baronet, was a politician and held ministerial office as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1756 to 1762 and as Treasurer of the Navy from 1767 to 1770. This is a list of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (incomplete before the Restoration, 1660 The Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the British government between the mid-16th and early 19th century He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Baronet. He was a noted diplomat, politician and colonial administrator and served as Governor-General of India from 1807 to 1813. The Governor-General of India (or from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India) was the head of the British administration in India, and In 1797 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Minto, of Minto in the County of Roxburgh. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of In 1813 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Melgund, of Melgund in the County of Forfar, and Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh. The latter titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when In 1797 Lord Minto assumed by Royal license the additional surnames of Murray-Kynynmound after those of Elliot.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He was a diplomat and Whig politician and held office as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1835 to 1841 and as Lord Privy Seal from 1846 to 1852. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised command over the Royal Navy. The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom ranking beneath the Lord Minto was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl. He sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Hythe, Greenock and Clackmannanshire. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. Greenock was a Burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974 when it was abolished Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire were constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl. He was a prominent colonial administrator and served as Governor General of Canada from 1898 to 1904 and as Viceroy of India from 1905 to 1910. The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative The Governor-General of India (or from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India) was the head of the British administration in India, and As of 2007 the titles are held by his great-grandson (the titles having descended from father to son), the seventh Earl, who succeeded in 2005.

Numerous other members of the family have also gained distinction.

Lord Minto's eldest son and heir apparent uses the courtesy title Viscount Melgund. A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of Nobility used by children former wives and other close relatives of a peer.

The family seat is Minto, near Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Minto is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Minto is located north of the River Teviot almost midway between the towns of Hawick Hawick ( ˈhɔɪk is a town in the Scottish Borders in the south east of Scotland. Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a Registration county of Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Elliot Baronets, of Minto (1700)

Earls of Minto (1813)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Gilbert Francis Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 1984)

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