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Old Photograph Minto House Lochgelly Fife Scotland
Old photograph of Minto Hpuse by Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. This was the property of the Right Honourable the Earl of Minto, anciently belonging to the family of Kininraonth, the heiress of which married Sir Alexander Murray of Melgund during the 17th century. Their descendants for a time held the lands, but the family again ending in an heiress, Agnes Murray Kynynmond, who married Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3d baronet of Minto, he thus acquired Lochgelly and Kininmonth. He was a lord of the admiralty 1756, treasurer of the chamber 1762, keeper of the signet for Scotland 1767, and treasurer of the navy 1770. His eldest son, Sir Gilbert Elliot, was viceroy of Corsica in 1795, and was raised to the peerage in 1797, by the title of Lord Minto. In 1799 he was envoy extraordinary to Vienna; and in 1806 was president of the board of control for Indian affairs. From 1808 to 1812 he was Governor-general of India; and was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Minto, Viscount Melgund, in 1813. The present Earl, who is first lord of the admiralty, succeeded his father in 1814. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.
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