William Elliot (12 March 1766 – 26 October 1818) was an Irish politician who sat in the

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before its abolition. After the Act of Union he sat as a Whig in the

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of the

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. Elliot was elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1796 as a

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for

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. At the 1798 election he was returned for both Carlow Borough and for St Canice, but chose to continue to sit for St Canice. He held that seat until the

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was abolished at the end of 1800 by the Act of Union, when he did not initially have a seat in the new

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. However, he was elected at an unopposed by-election in March 1801 as MP for Portarlington, and held that seat until the 1802 general election, when he was returned to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for the English borough of

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. He held that seat until his death in October 1818, aged 52. He was sworn as a

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in March 1806, in

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, and appointed on 28 March as

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in the Ministry of All the Talents. He held that post until 1807.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliot, William 1766 births 1818 deaths Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Portarlington UK MPs 1801–1802 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Commissioners of the Treasury for Ireland Chief Secretaries for Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies