Hugh Frederick Hislop Elliot (23 February 1848-30 April 1932), was a British Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 and Liberal Unionist

Liberal Unionist Party

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.

Elliot was the third son of William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto

William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto

William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto , was a British Whig politician. He was the eldest son of the second earl.From 1814 until his accession in 1859, he was styled Viscount Melgund....

, and his wife Emma Eleanor Elizabeth, daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet, GCB was a senior British Army officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Serving exclusively in colonial campaigns, Hislop fought in the West Indies between 1796 and 1810 and subsequently in India, where he was a senior commander during the Third...

. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge

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

William Patrick Adam

William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...

, M.P. First Commissioner of Works

First Commissioner of Works

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 from 1873 to 1874.

Elliott entered Parliament for Ayrshire North

North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1885 as a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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. However, he opposed William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

's Home Rule

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 policy and was re-elected as a Liberal Unionist

Liberal Unionist Party

The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain, the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule...

 in 1886. He continued to represent the constituency until 1892, when he was the unsuccessful candidate at Glasgow St. Rollox

Glasgow St. Rollox (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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 Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto

Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the eighth since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 17th.-Early life and career:Minto was born in London, the...

, and Arthur Elliot

Arthur Elliot (politician)

The Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , known as Arthur Elliot, was a British journalist and Liberal Unionist politician.-Background and education:...

 were his elder brothers.

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