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Hugh Elliott (other)
Hugh Elliott or Elliot may refer to: * Hugh Elliot (1752–1830), British diplomat and colonial governor * Hugh Elliot (MP) (1848–1932), British politician * Sir Hugh Elliott, 3rd Baronet (1913–1989), British conservationist & ornithologist * Hugh Elliott (diplomat) Hugh Stephen Murray Elliott (born 1965)Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 149 is a British diplomat, currently serving as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to S ..., British diplomat and UK ambassador to Spain since 2019 See also * Hugh Elliott Eaglesham (1873–1938), Canadian physician and politician * Hugh E. Montgomery (born 1948), British-born US physicist {{hndis, Elliott, Hugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Elliot
Hugh Elliot (6 April 1752 – 1 December 1830) was a British diplomat and then a colonial governor. Education and early career Hugh Elliot was born on 6April 1752, the second son of Sir Gilbert Elliot, and the younger brother of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto. His mother was the heiress of Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound. Hugh and Gilbert were educated together, first by private tutor, and later between 1764 and 1766 in Paris, where they were mentored by Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume and where Hugh struck up a friendship with Count Mirabeau. In 1768, at the age of 16, Hugh entered Christ Church, University of Oxford, but left after only two years to complete his military education at Metz. After that, at the still young age of 18, Hugh Elliot took a commission in the Russian army as an officer, and fought in the campaign against the Turks in the Balkans. According to family papers, at one point Elliot was forced to swim in the Danu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Elliot (MP)
The Honourable Hugh Frederick Hislop Elliot (31 February 1848 – 30 April 1932), was a British Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. Biography Elliot was the third son of William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto, and his wife Emma Eleanor Elizabeth, daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a Clerk in House of Commons and was private secretary to William Patrick Adam, M.P. First Commissioner of Works from 1873 to 1874. Elliott entered Parliament for Ayrshire North in 1885 as a Liberal. However, he opposed William Ewart Gladstone's Home Rule policy and was re-elected as a Liberal Unionist in 1886. He continued to represent the constituency until 1892, when he was the unsuccessful candidate at Glasgow St. Rollox.Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 Elliott died in April 1932, aged 84. Elliot married Mary Euphemia Long, daughter of Colonel Samuel Long, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Hugh Elliott, 3rd Baronet
Sir Hugh Francis Ivo Elliott, 3rd Baronet, OBE (Allahabad 10 March 1913 – 21 December 1989) was an eminent British conservationist, ornithologist and colonial civil servant. Born in India in 1913, the elder son of Sir Ivo Elliott, 2nd Baronet, he was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Eastbourne College and University College, Oxford where he was an active member of the Oxford Ornithological Society. From 1937 until 1950, he worked as a colonial civil servant, in Tanganyika Territory, where he was District Commissioner in Moshi. He was seconded in 1950 to Tristan da Cunha, where he served as the territory's first Administrator. In the 1953 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his service to the community on Tristan da Cunha. He returned to Africa in 1953, working in the Ministry of Natural Resources in Dar es Salaam; he was promoted to Permanent Secretary in 1958 and remained in that position until reti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Elliott (diplomat)
Hugh Stephen Murray Elliott (born 1965)Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 149 is a British diplomat, currently serving as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Spain and non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary to Andorra since 2019. Prior to this, he was Director for Communications at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Early life Elliott attended Bedford School from 1973 to 1983, where his father Tim Elliott taught Spanish. He then went up to Trinity College, Cambridge where he read Modern and Medieval Languages. Diplomatic career Elliott joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989 as an Assistant Desk Officer for the East Africa Department. In 1991, Elliott was posted to Madrid for five years. From 1996 to 1999 held various positions in the FCO including as the Head of the Amsterdam Treaty Unit. He was then posted to Buenos Aires for three years as Head of Economic, Politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Elliott Eaglesham
Hugh Elliott Eaglesham (June 3, 1873 – 12 October 1938) was a physician and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Weyburn from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Clifford, Ontario, the son of Hugh Eaglesham and Margaret Marshall, and was educated in Harriston and at Trinity Medical College. In 1896, he married Mary Fletcher. Eaglesham served as president of the Saskatchewan Medical Council and was coroner for Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Eaglesham defeated Tommy Douglas Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist min ... to win his seat in the provincial assembly in 1934. References Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1873 births 1938 deaths Canadian coroners {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |