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John Elliot (antiquary) John Elliot (1725–1782) was an English lawyer and antiquary. Life Elliot was born in 1725 in the parish of St. John-sub-Castro, Lewes, the son of Obadiah Elliot, proprietor of a brewery. After learning his rudiments at Lewes Grammar School h ...

(1725–1782), English antiquary *

John Elliot (Royal Navy officer) John Elliot (1732 – 20 September 1808) was a Scottish officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He rose to the rank of admiral, and served briefly as colonial governor of Newfou ...

(1732–1808), Royal Navy admiral, MP, and Governor of Newfoundland *

John Elliot (physician) John Elliot MD (1747 – 22 July 1787) was a physician and scientist in eighteenth-century London who was the first person to conjecture that different parts of the retina respond to particular colours of light. However, he was obsessed with Mary ...

(1747–1787), English physician and scientist *

John Elliot (brewer) Lieutenant-Colonel John Elliot (1765 – 27 March 1829) was a porter brewer who was lieutenant-colonel of the Westminster Volunteer Cavalry. He was head of the Elliott and Co. brewery of Pimlico, and treasurer of Westminster Hospital. Life J ...

(1765–1829), English brewer and officer of the Westminster Volunteer Cavalry *

John Elliot (politician) John Edmund Elliot (30 March 1788 – 4 April 1862) was a British Liberal politician. Background Elliot was the third son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Anna Maria, daughter of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet. Polit ...

(1788–1862), British politician *

John Elliot (railway manager) Sir John Elliot (6 May 1898 – 18 September 1988) was a British transport and railway manager. Born John Elliot Blumenfeld, he was the son of the ''Daily Mail'' news editor R. D. Blumenfeld (who later became managing editor of the ''Daily Expr ...

(1898–1988), British transport and railway manager *

John Elliot (songwriter) John Elliot (also known as Jack Elliot, John M. Elliot, John M. Elliott and Jack Elliott) (7 May 1914 – 3 January 1972) was an American songwriter, credited with having written more than 600 songs for motion pictures.''The Hour'' (5 January 1972), ...

(1914–1972), American songwriter *

John Elliot (author) Huzaifa Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, and television producer active from 1954 until around 1993. Between 1954 and 1960, he scripted a succession of one-off television plays ...

(1918–1997), British novelist, screenwriter, and television producer

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