Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Minto
PC, FRSE
The Right Honourable The Earl of Minto PC, FRSE
	by James Atkinson
Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
	In office; 31 July 1807 – 4 October 1813
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Sir George Barlow; (Acting Governor-General)
Succeeded by	The Earl of Moira
President of the Board of Control
	In office; 1806–1806
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Viscount Castlereagh
Succeeded by	Thomas Grenville
Viceroy of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
	In office; 1793–1796
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office disestablished
Personal details
Born	Gilbert Elliot; 23 April 1751; Edinburgh
Died	21 June 1814 (aged 63); Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Resting place	Westminster Abbey
Nationality	British
Spouse	Anna Maria Amyand (m. 1777)
Children	6, including:; Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto; George Elliot; John Edmund Elliot;
Parents	Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet; Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound;
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; Christ Church, Oxford;

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, PC, FRSE (/kɪˈnɪnmənd/; 23 April 1751 – 21 June 1814), known as Sir Gilbert Elliott, 4th Baronet until 1797, and the Lord Minto from 1797 to 1813, was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1776 and 1795. He was viceroy of the short-lived Anglo-Corsican Kingdom from 1793 to 1796 and went on to become Governor-General of India between July 1807 and 1813.

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