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| | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond, 1st Earl of Minto, born Edinburgh, Scotland, 23 April 1751 - died Stevenage, England, June 21, 1814, was a Scottish politician and diplomat. |
 | | About 1763 Gilbert Elliot and his brother Hugh were sent to Paris, where their studies were supervised by the renowned Scottish philosopher David Hume, and where they became intimate with Honoré Mirabeau. |
 | | The Earl's second son was Admiral Sir George Elliot (1784-1863), who as a youth was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent and the Battle of the Nile, and who was Secretary to the Admiralty from 1830 to 1834. |
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