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Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, (of Minto) (c. 1693 – 16 April 1766) was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge from Minto in the Scottish Borders. From 1763 until his death 3 years later, he was Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judge in Scotland.
Sir Gilbert Elliot | |
|---|---|
| Lord Justice Clerk | |
| In office 1763–1766 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Tinwald |
| Succeeded by | Lord Glenlee |
| Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire | |
| In office 1722–1726 | |
| Preceded by | William Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Bt, of Stobs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1693 |
| Died | 16 April 1766 (aged 72–73) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse | Helen Stewart |
| Children | Gilbert Elliot Jean Elliot Andrew Elliot John Elliot |
| Parent | Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
He was the oldest son of the judge Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto (c. 1650–1718).[1] Elliot studied law at the University of Utrecht and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1715.[1]
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire from 1722 to 1726[1] He was an eager agriculturist, and was one of the members of an Edinburgh "committee of taste for the improvement of the town." He was a keen supporter of the Hanoverian succession, in opposition to Jacobitism.[2]
In June 1726, he was made a judge of the Court of Session, taking the judicial title Lord Minto. He became a Lord of Justiciary in 1733, and, in 1761, Keeper of the Signet. In 1763, he was promoted to Lord Justice Clerk.[3]
In 1718, Elliot was married to Helen Stewart, the daughter of Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, who had been a member of the pre-union Parliament of Scotland.[1] Together they were the parents of :[3]
- Eleanor Elliot (1719–1797), who married John Rutherfurd in 1737.[4]
- Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722–1777), who married Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound, a daughter of Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound.
- Jean Elliot (1727–1805), a poet who never married.
- Andrew Elliot (1728–1797), a trader in British North America who served as acting colonial governor of the Province of New York in 1783; he married twice: Eleanor McCall in 1754; and after her death in 1756, to Elisabeth Plumsted, daughter of William Plumsted, in 1760.[5][6]
- John Elliot (1732–1808), an admiral in the Royal Navy who never married.[7]
Sir Gilbert died on 16 April 1766 and was survived by nine children.
Descendants
Through his eldest daughter Eleanor, he was a grandfather to John Rutherfurd, MP for Roxburghshire (who married Mary Ann Leslie, the only child of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Leslie), Elizabeth Rutherfurd (who married Andrew St Clair of Herdmanston, de jure 12th Lord Sinclair, parents of Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair)[8] and Jane Rutherfurd (who married William Oliver of Dinlabyre).[9]
Through his son Andrew, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Elliot (c. 1756–1830), who married James Jauncey Jr.[10] and Admiral Robert Digby,[11] Agnes Murray Elliot (1763–1860), who married Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet, and Elizabeth Elliot (c. 1764–1847), who married William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.[12]
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