{{Infobox noble , name = , honorific suffix = {{post-nominals, country=GBR, size=100%, sep=,, OBE, DL , title = Earl of Minto , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = Earl of Minto COA

, more = no , succession = , reign = , reign-type = , tenure = 11 January 1975 – 7 September 2005 , predecessor = Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl , successor = Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl , suc-type = , spouse = {{married, Caroline Child-Villiers, 1952, 1965, end=div {{married, Mary Elizabeth Ballantine, 1965, 1983, end=d {{married, Caroline Larlham, née Godfrey, 1991 , spouse-type = , issue-type = , issue = {{ubl , Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , Laura Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , issue-link = Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto#Family , issue-pipe = Detail , full name = , native_name = , styles =

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, other_titles = Viscount Melgund (until 1975) , noble family = , house-type = , father = Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto , mother = Marion Cook , birth_name = , birth_date = {{Birth date, 1928, 06, 19, df=y , birth_place = , christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = {{Death date and age, 2005, 09, 07, 1928, 06, 19, df=y , death_place = , burial_date = 12 September 2005 , burial_place = Minto Parish Church , occupation = Politician , memorials = , website = , module = Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto, {{post-nominals, country=GBR, size=100%, sep=,, OBE, DL ({{IPAc-en, k, ɪ, ˈ, n, ɪ, n, m, ə, n, d; 19 June 1928 – 7 September 2005) (nicknamed "Gibbie"), styled Viscount Melgund until 1975, was a Scottish peer.

Background and life

Lord Minto was the son of the 5th Earl of Minto and his wife, Marion Cook. He attended

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and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and served in the

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until 1958. In the

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he was appointed a

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(MBE). He was an honorary lieutenant of the

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(Queen's Bodyguard in Scotland). He served as a Justice of the Peace for

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from 1961 onwards. He succeeded his father as Earl in 1975. He served as president of the South of Scotland Chamber of Commerce from 1980 to 1982, chair of the Scottish Council on Alcoholism (1973-1987), and a commissioner of the Local Government Property Commission (Scotland) from 1995-1998. The Earl was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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. He was Vice

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. In 1992, Minto House, the traditional

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near the village of

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but not occupied by the family since before the

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, was demolished in accordance with the Earl's wishes, despite it being a

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. Minto House was listed as Category A, and largely demolished within weeks. The Earl was at that time

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of the

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, which held regulatory jurisdiction over such actions.

Family

Lord Minto married Lady Caroline Child-Villiers (born 9 April 1934), daughter of

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and Patricia Kenneth Richards, on 26 November 1952. They had two children: * Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto ormerly Viscount Melgund">Viscount_Melgund.html" ;"title="ormerly Viscount Melgund">ormerly Viscount Melgund(born 1 December 1953); who is married and has three surviving children. * Lady Laura Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (born 11 March 1956) who married in 1984, John Reginald David Palmer, son of William Palmer, and has issue, two sons. Lord and Lady Minto were divorced in 1965. In 1965 Lord Minto married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Ballantine (29 December 1936 — 24 January 1983), daughter of Peter Ballantine, of Stonehouse Farm, Gladstone, New Jersey, United States. The marriage lasted until her death in 1983. He married, thirdly, in 1991 (divorced 2004){{unreliable source?, date=April 2020 to Mrs Caroline Larlham, née Godfrey (b. 1952).

Death

Lord Minto died after a fall, and due to severe lung disease that rendered an operation impossible, at the age of 77 in a nursing home. His funeral took place on Monday, 12 September 2005 at Minto Parish Church, near Hawick, Scottish Borders. His estate has been the subject of a dispute between his third wife and his son.{{cite news, title=Lady Minto chases cleaning jobs, but says she's owed £90k, url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/lady-minto-chases-cleaning-jobs-says-shes-owed-ps90k-1719182, newspaper=The Scotsman, accessdate=22 December 2022

References

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Earl of Minto Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The current earl is Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynm ...

, before= Victor Gilbert Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , after= (Gilbert) Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , years=1975–2005 {{s-end {{DEFAULTSORT:Minto, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl Of 1928 births 2005 deaths Nobility from the Scottish Borders Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Officers of the Order of the British Empire Place of birth missing Place of death missing Scots Guards officers Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 20th-century British Army personnel People educated at Eton College