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

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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 (1751-04-23)23 April 1751 Edinburgh
Died	21 June 1814(1814-06-21) (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/;^[1] 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.