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Hugh Frederick Hislop Elliot (31 February 1848 – 30 April 1932), was a British

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and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1892.

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Elliot was the third son of

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, and his wife Emma Eleanor Elizabeth, daughter of General

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. He was educated at

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. He was a Clerk in House of Commons and was private secretary to

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, M.P.

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from 1873 to 1874.House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
/ref> Elliott entered Parliament for

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in 1885 as a

. However, he opposed

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policy and was re-elected as a

in 1886. He continued to represent the constituency until 1892, when he was the unsuccessful candidate at Glasgow St. Rollox.Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 Elliott died in April 1932, aged 84. Elliot married Mary Euphemia Long, daughter of Colonel Samuel Long, in 1879. They had one son and two daughters. His wife survived him by two years and died in October 1934.

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, (; 9 July 18451 March 1914), known as Viscount Melgund by courtesy from 1859 to 1891, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the eighth since Canadi ...

, and Arthur Elliot were his elder brothers.

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* 1848 births 1932 deaths Younger sons of earls UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Scottish Liberal Party MPs Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub

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