Gilbert Edward George Leonard Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto (19 June 1928—7 September 2005) was a 20th century member of British nobility from Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, whose family seat is in Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Dumfries to the west, Selkirk to the north-west, and Berwick to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria and Northumberland in England.It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh...

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Family

The 6th Earl of Minto

Earl of Minto

Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The family descends from the politician and judge Gilbert Elliot, who served as a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord...

 was the son of Sir Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto

Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto

Victor Gilbert Lasiston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto was a member of the British nobility. He was the son of Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto and Lady Mary Caroline Grey. He married Marion Cook, daughter of George William Cook, on 19 January 1921...

 (1891–1975) and Marion Cook.

Marriages

• On 26 November 1952 he married Lady Caroline Child-Villiers (born 9 April 1934) daughter of George Francis Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (1910–1998) and Patricia Kenneth Richards. They divorced in 1965.

• In 1965 he married, secondly, to Mary Elizabeth Ballantine (29 December 1936 — 24 January 1983), daughter of Peter Ballantine, of Stonehouse Farm, Gladstone, New Jersey
  Gladstone, New Jersey
  Gladstone is an unincorporated area within Peapack-Gladstone in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07934....
  
  , U.S. The marriage lasted until her untimely death in 1983.

• He married, thirdly, in 1991 (divorced 2004) to Mrs Caroline Larlham, née Godfrey (b. 1952), a model, who now styles herself as the Dowager Countess of Minto.

Children

• Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto
  Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto
  Timothy Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto , styled Viscount Melgund between 1975 and 2005, is the head of British company Paperchase. He is the son of the late Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto and his first wife, Lady Caroline Child Villiers...
  
   [formerly Viscount Melgund] (born 1 December 1953); who is married and has three surviving children.
• Lady Laura Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (born 11 March 1956) who married in 1984, John Reginald David Palmer, son of William Palmer, and has issue, two sons.

Death

The 6th Earl Minto died of an unspecified illness at the age of 77 in a nursing home. His funeral took place on Monday, 12 September 2005 at Minto Parish
Church, near Hawick, Scottish Borders.