Sir Thomas Henry Elliott, 1st Baronet, (7 September 1854 – 4 June 1926) was an English

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. Having entered the Inland Revenue Department in 1872, he rose to be

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to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1892–1913), and Deputy Master and

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of the

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(1913–1917).

Biography

Elliott was born on 7 September 1854 in London, England. He sat the civil service exam on 2 January 1872, and passed in first place. He served as

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to C. T. Richie between 1889 and 1892. In January 1892, he was appointed

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to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. He was the British Delegate to the

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from 1905. In January 1913, he was appointed Deputy Master and Comptroller of the

: as the

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was a title held by the

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, the deputy master was in charge of the day-to-day running of the Mint. He was additionally made ''ex officio'' Engraver of His Majesty's Seals in March 1913. He retired from the civil service in 1917. In 1880, Elliott married Ellen, daughter of late James Rowe. Together they had two children; one son and one daughter. Elliott died on 4 June 1926, aged 71. His son, Ivo, inherited the Elliott Baronetcy.

Honours

In the

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, Elliott was appointed a

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(CB). In the

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, he was promoted to

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of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and therefore granted the title "''sir''". In October 1917, upon retirement from the civil service, he was made a

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in the

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as Sir Thomas Henry Elliott, 1st Baronet, of

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, in the county of Surrey. In addition to his British honours, Elliott was awarded a number of foreign ones. He was made Commander of the ''

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'' and '' Officier de l'Instruction Publique'' by the French president. He was also made Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), and Commander of the

Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ( it, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the wo ...

by the King of Italy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Thomas Henry 1854 births 1926 deaths English civil servants Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Commanders of the Order of Agricultural Merit Commanders of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Recipients of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques