Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
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The Right Honourable the Earl of Minto KG GCSI GCMG GCIE PC |
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| 17th Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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In office 18 November 1905 – 23 November 1910 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst |
| 8th Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 12 November 1898 – 10 December 1904 |
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Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
Canadian • Wilfrid Laurier British • The Marquess of Salisbury • Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Grey |
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9 July 1845 Mayfair, London, UK |
| Died | 1 March 1914 (aged 68) Minto, Scotland, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto KG GCSI GCMG GCIE PC (9 July 1845 – 1 March 1914) was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the eighth since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 17th.
Minto was born in London, the son of William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto, and Emma, daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet. After completing his education at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Scots Guards in 1867, but left in 1870. He joined the 1st Roxburghshire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps as a Captain in 1872. In 1874, in the capacity of a newspaper correspondent, he witnessed the operations of the Carlists in Spain; he took service with the Turkish army in the war with Russia in 1877 and served under Lord Roberts in the second Afghan War (1878–1879), having narrowly escaped accompanying Sir Louis Cavagnari on his fatal mission to Kabul.
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