10 Facts About Francis Elliot

Francis Elliot was the only son of Sir Henry Elliot, a diplomat, and grandson of the 2nd Earl of Minto.

Francis Elliot was at school at Eton College and coxed the school eight at Henley in 1866,1867 and 1868, when Eton won the Ladies' Plate each year.

Francis Elliot rowed in an Oxford-Etonian eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1871.

Francis Elliot joined the Diplomatic Service and was appointed Attache at Constantinople in 1874.

Francis Elliot served as 3rd Secretary at Vienna and 2nd Secretary at Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Lisbon, Cairo and Paris before being appointed Secretary of Legation at Athens in 1890.

Francis Elliot moved to Sofia as Agent and Consul-General in 1895.

Francis Elliot then served as Deputy Controller of the Foreign Trade Department at the Foreign Office until he retired in 1919.

In 1881 Francis Elliot married Henrietta, daughter of Clare Ford who had been his chief in Rio de Janeiro.

Francis Elliot was appointed CMG in January 1904, knighted KCMG in June of the same year and promoted to GCMG in the King's Birthday Honours of 1917.

Francis Elliot was given the additional knighthood of GCVO on the occasion of a state visit to England by George I of Greece in 1905.