Sous-fonds GB 0064 ELL/1-10 - Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 3rd Bt. (Treasurer Of The Navy) (1722-1777)

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GB 0064 ELL/1-10 [1762-1777] Subfonds 1ft; 30cm Elliot , Sir , Gilbert , 1722-1777 , 3rd Baronet , statesman, philosopher and poet

Gilbert Elliot was called to the Scottish Bar in 1743 He entered Parliament in 1753 as Member for the county of Selkirk, but from 1765 until his death sat for the county of Roxburgh. In 1756 he was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty until 1761 when he became a Lord of the Treasury. He also became Treasurer of the Chamber in 1762 and, in 1766, Keeper of the Signet in Scotland. In 1770 he was made Treasurer of the Navy, which post he held until his death.

The papers, part of the Minto collection, were purchased by Sir James Caird from the Earl of Minto in 1941.

Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot; content is mainly official and consists of account rolls of the Treasurer of the Chambers, 1762 to 1770, and an account made as Treasurer of the Navy, 1776 to 1777. There are some miscellaneous papers and a few letters, some personal and some official, relating to the settlement of Elliot's naval accounts.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

There are other papers relating to Elliot as Treasurer of the Navy and as Lord of the Admiralty in the National Library of Scotland.

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

2010-08-26 Elliot , Sir , Gilbert , 1722-1777 , 3rd Baronet , statesman, philosopher and poet Naval affairs Financial administration Finance Accounting Royal Navy Military affairs Military science Social sciences

The papers, part of the Minto collection, were purchased by Sir James Caird from the Earl of Minto in 1941.

Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot; content is mainly official and consists of account rolls of the Treasurer of the Chambers, 1762 to 1770, and an account made as Treasurer of the Navy, 1776 to 1777. There are some miscellaneous papers and a few letters, some personal and some official, relating to the settlement of Elliot's naval accounts.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

There are other papers relating to Elliot as Treasurer of the Navy and as Lord of the Admiralty in the National Library of Scotland.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais