Earl of Minto

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The title Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto.

Lord Minto holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Melgund, of Melgund in the County of Forfar (1813), in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Minto, of Minto in the County of Roxburgh (1797), in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is a Baronet of Nova Scotia (1700) with the location of Minto, co. Roxburgh. Lord Minto's eldest son and heir apparent uses the courtesy title Viscount Melgund.

The family seat is Minto, in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

[edit] Elliot Baronets, of Minto, co. Roxburgh (1700)

• Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet (c.1650-1718)
• Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (c.1693-1766)
• Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777)
• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Baronet (1751-1814) (created Baron Minto in 1797)

[edit] Barons Minto (1797)

• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto (created Earl of Minto in 1813)

[edit] Earls of Minto (1813)

• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814)
• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto (1782-1859)
• William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto (1814-1891)
• Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)
• Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto (1891-1975)
• Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto (1928-2005)
• Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto (b. 1953)

Heir Apparent: Gilbert Francis Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund (b. 1984)