(Gilbert) Timothy Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto (; born 1 December 1953), styled Viscount Melgund between 1975 and 2005, is the chief executive of

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. He is the son of the late Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto and his first wife, Lady Caroline Child Villiers. The Earl resides in

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, but has continuing links with

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, as his parents did. He succeeded his father in the earldom on 7 September 2005. His father's estate has been the subject of a dispute between the Earl and his father's third wife. On 30 July 1983, he married Diana Barbara Trafford, daughter of Brian and Audrey (née Taylor) Trafford. They have two sons and one daughter; a third son is deceased. The Earl became a member of the

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in October 2022, having finished second in a

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to replace both the

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and the Baron Colwyn.

Children

* Gilbert Francis Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund (b. 1984) * The Hon. Lorne David Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (b. & d. 1986) * The Hon. Michael Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (b. 1987) * Lady Clare Patricia Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (b. 1991)

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Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto
1953 births Living people Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers {{UK-earl-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999