Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto
Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto, , styled Viscount Melgund until 1975, was a Scottish peer.Background
Lord Minto was the son of Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto and Marion Cook.Family
Lord Minto married Lady Caroline Child-Villiers, daughter of George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey and Patricia Kenneth Richards, on 26 November 1952. They had two children:
Lord and Lady Minto were divorced in 1965. In 1965 Lord Minto married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Ballantine, daughter of Peter Ballantine, of Stonehouse Farm, Gladstone, New Jersey, United States. The marriage lasted until her death in 1983. He married, thirdly, in 1991 to Mrs Caroline Larlham, née Godfrey. Lord Minto died after a fall, and due to severe lung disease that rendered an operation impossible, 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. His estate has been the subject of a dispute between his third wife and his son.
