Earl of Minto
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The title Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto.
Lord Minto holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Melgund, of Melgund in the County of Forfar (1813), in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Minto, of Minto in the County of Roxburgh (1797), in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is a Baronet of Nova Scotia (1700). Lord Minto's eldest son and heir apparent uses the courtesy title Viscount Melgund.
The family seat is Minto House, in Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Earls of Minto (1813)
- Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814)
- Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto (1782-1859)
- William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto (1814-1891)
- Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914)
- Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto (1891-1975)
- Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto (b. 1928)
Heir Apparent: Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund (b. 1953)