Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot
Sir Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot GCVO , GCMG (March 24, 1851 - July 14, 1940 ) was a British diplomat .
Life
Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot was the son of Henry George Elliot, a younger son of the 2nd Earl of Minto . He graduated from Balliol College at Oxford University with a Master of Arts. In 1904 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG). In 1905 he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) and in 1917 to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG). He married Henrietta Augusta Mary Ford († 1938) in 1881.
Act
Elliot entered the foreign service in 1874 and became an attaché in Constantinople . From 1895 to 1903 he was Consul General in Sofia and then until 1916 Ambassador to Athens. Elliot was accredited by George I (Greece) . In 1909 Eleftherios Venizelos came to power through the Goudi uprising . During the First World War, the Triple Entente tried to integrate Greece into the war against the Ottoman Empire through Elliot's diplomacy .
Web links
- Sir Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zachary C. Shirkey, Is This a Private Fight Or Can Anybody join ?: The Spread of .2009 - 266 S., S. 141
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin Henry Egerton | British ambassador to Greece 1903–1916 |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elliot, Francis Edmund Hugh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1851 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1940 |