Charles Eliot (diplomat)

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	(1862-01-08)8 January 1862 Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire
Died	16 March 1931(1931-03-16) (aged 69) Strait of Malacca
Alma mater	Cheltenham College Balliol College, Oxford

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.^[1]

He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist.^[2] He described a number of sea slug species, including Chelidonura varians.