Charles Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1818)

during the Second Opium War Born the son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto and Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (née Brydone), Elliot joined the Royal Navy in May 1832. Promoted to lieutenant on 27 June 1838, he was appointed to the second-rate HMS Rodney in August 1838. In response the Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies and China Station, Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, decided to enter Canton. Elliott went on to be commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Cressy in the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1859 and commanding officer of the second-rate HMS ''St Jean d'Acre'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in September 1860. ==Senior command==

, Elliot's flagship as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore Promoted to rear admiral on 5 August 1861, Elliot became Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station, with his broad pennant in the second-rate HMS Bombay, in April 1864. Elliot went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, with his flag in the base ship HMS Pembroke, in July 1870 and, having been promoted to full admiral on 8 February 1873, he became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in January 1880. promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 1 December 1881 and then retired in December 1888. Elliot died at his home, Brydone House in Bitterne, Southampton, on 21 May 1895. ==Family==

In 1863 Elliot married Louisa Blackett, daughter of Sir Edward Blackett, 6th Baronet; they had four children, three of whom died in infancy. Following the death of his first wife, he married Lady Harriet Emily Liddell, daughter of Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth in 1874; they had three daughters and a son. ==See also==