Charles Eliot (diplomat)
Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot GCMG CB PC (8 January 1862 – 16 March 1931) was a British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist. He served as Commissioner of British East Africa in 1900–1904. He was British Ambassador to Japan in 1919–1925.
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Eliot GCMG CB | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 1919–1925 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Sir Conyngham Greene |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Tilley |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1912–1918 | |
| Succeeded by | Prof. G.P. Jordan |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield | |
| In office 1905–1913 | |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Fisher |
| Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate | |
| In office 30 December 1900 – 20 May 1904 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Hardinge |
| Succeeded by | Sir Donald Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1862 Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire |
| Died | 16 March 1931 (aged 69) Strait of Malacca |
| Alma mater | Cheltenham College Balliol College, Oxford |
He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist. He described a number of sea slug species, including Chelidonura varians.
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