NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1782-1859 NRA: Kynynmound, Gilbert Elliot-Murray- (1782-1859) 2nd Earl of Minto, statesman DNB: Kynynmound, Gilbert Elliot Murray [formerly Gilbert Elliot], second earl of Minto (1782-1859), diplomatist and politician LBT ID: LdMinto2 VIAF ID: 10627006 LOC ID: nr97027639 | B/BAP: 1782-11-16 DIED: 1859-07-31 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
Son of the first earl (d. 1814), educated at Edinburgh University; he was MP for
Ashburton (1806-14), British ambassador to Berlin (1832-34) and first lord of the Admiralty
(1835-41). | |