IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 ELL/1-10
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 3rd Bt. (Treasurer Of The Navy) (1722-1777)
Date(s): [1762-1777]
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1ft; 30cm
Name of creator(s): Elliot | Sir | Gilbert | 1722-1777 | 3rd Baronet | statesman, philosopher and poet
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Gilbert Elliot was called to the Scottish Bar in 1743 He entered Parliament in 1753 as Member for the county of Selkirk, but from 1765 until his death sat for the county of Roxburgh. In 1756 he was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty until 1761 when he became a Lord of the Treasury. He also became Treasurer of the Chamber in 1762 and, in 1766, Keeper of the Signet in Scotland. In 1770 he was made Treasurer of the Navy, which post he held until his death.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot; content is mainly official and consists of account rolls of the Treasurer of the Chambers, 1762 to 1770, and an account made as Treasurer of the Navy, 1776 to 1777. There are some miscellaneous papers and a few letters, some personal and some official, relating to the settlement of Elliot's naval accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers, part of the Minto collection, were purchased by Sir James Caird from the Earl of Minto in 1941.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
There are other papers relating to Elliot as Treasurer of the Navy and as Lord of the Admiralty in the National Library of Scotland.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26