Social Victorians/People/Minto

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, sometimes Elliot
  • Earl of Minto
    • Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (17 March 1891 – 1 March 1914)[1]
  • Viscount Melgund
    • Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound ( – 17 March 1891)
    • Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1891?)
  • Viscountess Melgund
  • The title Viscount Melgund is a courtesy title for the heir presumptive and eldest son of the Earl of Minto.
  • The Right Hon. Sir Henry Elliot
  • Rt. Hon. Sir Henry George Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Organizations[edit | edit source]

The Right Hon. Henry George Elliot[edit | edit source]

  • Ambassador, the Court of St. James's to the Ottoman Empire (1867–1877)[2]
  • Ambassador, the Court of St. James's to Austria (1877–1884)[3]
  • Member, Committee, St. George's Chess Club (1884)[4]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1878 January 16, Henry Elliot had an audience with Queen Victoria.

1881 October 26, Francis Ford and Marie Ford married.[5]

1883 July 28, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound and Mary Caroline Grey married.[6]

1895 April 16, Mary Caroline Grey Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess Minto was granted the rank of an earl's daughter.[6]

1897 July 2, Friday, Lady Minto attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did Mr. Elliot.

1898 summer, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound was named Governor General of Canada, and the couple moved to Ottowa.[1]

Black-and-white photograph of a standing woman richly dressed in an historical costume with a pointed hat
Mary, Countess of Minto in costume as Princess Andrillon. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball[edit | edit source]

Mary, Countess of Minto[edit | edit source]

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mary, Countess Minto (at 544) was Princess Andrillon.

Henry Van der Weyde's portrait of "Mary Caroline (née Grey), Countess of Minto as Princess Andrillon" in costume is photogravure #96 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[7] The printing on the portrait says, "The Countess of Minto as Princess Andrillon," with a Long S in Countess and Princess.[8]

Gilbert, Earl of Minto was still alive; was he at the ball?

The Right Hon. Henry George Elliot[edit | edit source]

Henry Elliot (at 279) was one of the group called Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court in the procession of the Empress Catherine II of Russia.[9][10]

Anne Antrobus Elliot was still alive at this time; did she attend the ball?

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (9 July 1845 – 1 March 1914)[11]
  • Lady Mary Caroline Grey Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1858–1940)[6]
  1. Lady Eileen Nina Evelyn Sibell Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Scott (13 December 1884 – 29 May 1938)
  2. Lady Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Baring (26 September 1886 – 5 November 1961)
  3. Lady Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Petty-Fitzmaurice Astor (28 May 1889 – 3 January 1965)
  4. Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto (12 February 1891 – 11 January 1975)
  5. Hon. Gavin William Esmond Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (born 25 April 1895 – 6 August 1917)

Henry George Elliot[edit | edit source]

  • Henry George Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (30 June 1817 – 30 March 1907)[3]
  • Anne Antrobus ( – 17 December 1899)[12]
    1. Sir Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (24 March 1851 – 20 January 1940)
    2. Gertrude Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (17 August 1855 – 23 December 1947)


  • Sir Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (24 March 1851 – 20 January 1940)[13]
  • Marie (Henrietta Augusta Mary) Ford ( – 26 February 1938)[14]
    1. Katherine Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (8 November 1882 – 11 November 1964)
    2. Frances Clara Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (31 March 1885 – 28 November 1967)
    3. Dorothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (30 October 1888 – )
    4. Violet Marie Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (17 March 1896 – )

Relatives[edit | edit source]

  • The Right Hon. Sir Henry Elliot was the son of the 2nd Earl of Minto.

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

  1. Who was Princess Andrillon?

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto". Wikipedia. 2021-01-09. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto&oldid=999234385. 
  2. ↑ "Henry Elliot". Wikipedia. 2020-09-06. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Elliot&oldid=977059400.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Elliot.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rt. Hon. Sir Henry George Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  4. ↑ John Watkinson, ed (1884). The British Chess Magazine (in English). New York Public Library. Trubner & co. [etc.]. http://archive.org/details/britishchessmag01unkngoog. : 235.
  5. ↑ "Henrietta Augusta Mary Ford." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Lady Mary Caroline Grey." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  7. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  8. ↑ "Mary Caroline (née Grey), Countess of Minto as Princess Andrillon." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158456/Mary-Caroline-ne-Grey-Countess-of-Minto-as-Princess-Andrillon.
  9. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  10. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  12. ↑ "Anne Antrobus." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  13. ↑ "Sir Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  14. ↑ "Henrietta Augusta Mary Ford." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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