John Edmund Elliot (30 March 1788 – 4 April 1862) was a British
Liberal
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politician.
Background
Elliot was the third son of
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, (; 23 April 175121 June 1814), known as Sir Gilbert Elliott, 4th Baronet until 1797, and The Lord Minto from 1797 to 1814, was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Comm ...
, and Anna Maria, daughter of
Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet
Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (26 September 1720 – 16 August 1766) was a British Whig politician, physician and merchant.
Origins
He was the second son of Claudius Amyand, Surgeon-in-Ordinary to King George II, by his wife Mary Rabache, a ...
.
Political career
Elliot sat as
Member of Parliament
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for
Roxburghshire
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from 1837 to 1837 and again from 1847 to 1859. He served under
Lord John Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and ag ...
as
Joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1849 and 1852.
Family
Elliot married Amelia, daughter of James Henry Casamaijor, in 1809. They had several children. He died in April 1862, aged 74. His wife survived him by ten years and died in July 1872.
Their children were:
* Edmund James (b. 1813, d. 1854) was married to Matilda Halkett in 1853.
* William Brownrigg (b. 1820, d. 1900) was married to Mary Morton in 1858.
* Amyand Powneg Charles (b. 1842, d. 1869) was married to Anna Maria Alexander in 1842.
* Augustus John (b. 1824, d. 1889) was married to Helene Lewis of Pleam in 1855.
* Amelia Jane (b. 1810, d. 1837) was married to Thomas Campbell Robertson in 1830.
* Anna Maria Elizabeth (b. 1812, d. 1883) was married to Pierce Taylor in 1865.
References
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Portrait - npg ax128967; hon. john edmund elliot
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1788 births
1862 deaths
Younger sons of earls
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1837–1841
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
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