Timothy Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto (born 1 December 1953), styled Viscount Melgund between 1975 and 2005, is the head of British

Great Britain

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 company Paperchase

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. He is the son of the late Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto

Gilbert Edward George Leonard Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto was a 20th century member of British nobility from Scotland, whose family seat is in Roxburghshire.-Family:...

 and his first wife, Lady Caroline Child Villiers. The Earl resides in England

England

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, but has continuing links with Scotland

Scotland

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, as his parents did.

He succeeded his father in the earldom on 7 September 2005.

He is married since 30 July 1983 to Diana Barbara Trafford, daughter of Brian and Audrey (née Taylor) Trafford. They have two sons and one daughter; a third son is deceased.

Under one legitimist theory, Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven, elder sister of the Earl's ancestress Lady Frances, was the "de jure" Queen of England, and he is heir to her claims to the throne of England.

Children

• Gilbert Francis Elliot-Murray-Kynymound, Viscount Melgund (b. 1984)
• The Honourable Lorne David Elliot-Murray-Kynymound (b. & d. 1986)
• The Honourable Michael Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynymound (b. 1987)
• Lady Clare Patricia Elliot-Murray-Kynymound (b. 1991)

External links

• Photograph of Timothy Melgund (in blue shirt). Retrieved 27 May 2008.