Lieutenant-Colonel John Elliot (1765 – 27 March 1829) was a

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brewer who was lieutenant-colonel of the Westminster Volunteer Cavalry. He was head of the Elliott and Co. brewery of

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, and treasurer of

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Life

John Elliot was born to George Elliot and Margaret (Grant) Elliot. He matriculated at

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in 1783, graduating B.A. in 1786, M.A. 1790. In 1804, he married Eliza Lettsom at

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. Eliza was the youngest daughter of

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. The couple had fifteen children, Sir

Henry Miers Elliot Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1 March 1808 – 20 December 1853) was an English civil servant and historian who worked with the East India Company in India for 26 years. He is most known for '' The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians'' bas ...

being one of them who went on to become Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. Among his other children to have served in India, George Elliot served in the Bombay Cavalry, William served in the Madras Civil Service while Charles Morgan F.R.S served as Major Madras Engineers. Elliot died on 27 March 1829 at

Lodge,

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