Gilbert (Elliot) Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1751 - 1814)

Born 15 Apr 1751 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Died 21 Jun 1814 at age 63 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Gilbert (Elliot) Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound is a member of Clan Elliot.

4th Baronet Minto

1st Earl Minto - Sir Gilbert Murray Kynynmound 1813-1814 was succeeded by Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 1814-1859

from Douglas Scott in A Hawick Word Book p:631

Earl o Minti is the title of the Lords of the Minto estate, beginning with Sir Gilbert, the 4th Baronet who was created Earl in 1813. The family also have the titles of Viscount Melgund and Baronet of Nova Scotia. They have been the most important landowners in the area around Denholm (Roxburghshire) for the last 300 years.

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• Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, first earl of Minto, from 1751 to 1806, when his public life in Europe was closed by his appointment to the vice-royalty of India by Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1751-1814; Minto, Emma Eleanor Elizabeth (Hislop) Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, countess of, d. 1882, ed [1]
• A Harwick Word Book by Douglas Scott [2]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 1st Earl of Minto
• The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland by John Debrett
• "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTPR-89K : accessed 15 March 2015), Gilbert Baronet Elliot, 15 Apr 1751; citing Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, reference 2:17P26WK; FHL microfilm 1,066,669.
• Memorials of the Earl of Sterling and of the House of Alexander, Vol. II

Author: Rev. Charles Rogers, LL.D. Publication: Edinburgh, Scotland: William Patterson Date: 1877 Page: Chapter 25, p. 76